Lee West Henderson (1930-2017)

Mildred S. Dresselhaus (1930-2017): A fierce force of harmony.

Prof. Mildred S. Dresselhaus, fondly known as “Millie” and “Queen of Carbon Science,” passed away at age 86 on February 20, 2017. She was a pioneer in the research of carbon nanomaterials, a giant in experimental condensed matter physics, a fine musician, a compassionatementor and rolemodel to young people, a strong advocate for women in science and engineering, and a selfless and impactful cit...

In Memoriam: Honorary Member, Yuzo Hayashi, M.D., Ph.D., 1930–2017

Profile of Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson, and Jacques Dubochet, 2017 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry.

In 2017, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three key pioneers in the birth and development of cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM): Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson. As a starting graduate student in England, moving from physics to biology and the study of macromolecular structure, I had the fortune of attending one of the early conferences in the, at the time, embr...

A Personal Tribute to Frank A. Gotch and Lee W. Henderson, Giants in Dialysis and in Life.

membranes. My studies led to the conclusion that the sieving properties of a given membrane were dependent on the blood flow rate, wall shear rate, and protein concentration polarization at the blood-membrane interface. Lee spent an entire afternoon with me, analyzing the data and discussing the content of my research with humility and comprehension, treating me as his peer ( Fig. 1 ). We event...

Emergence of Monkeypox — West and Central Africa, 1970–2017

The recent apparent increase in human monkeypox cases across a wide geographic area, the potential for further spread, and the lack of reliable surveillance have raised the level of concern for this emerging zoonosis. In November 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with CDC, hosted an informal consultation on monkeypox with researchers, global health partners, ministries...