Nekrolog: Heinrich Waltzer

Double homozygous waltzer and Ames waltzer mice provide no evidence of retinal degeneration

PURPOSE To determine whether cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15 can substitute for one another in the maintenance of the retina and other tissues in the mouse. Does homozygosity for both v and av mutant alleles (i.e., a double homozygous mouse) cause retinal degeneration or an obvious retinal histopathology? METHODS We generated mice homozygous for both Cdh23(v-6J) and Pcdh15(av-Jfb) alleles. T...

Johann Heinrich Dierbach (1788–1845)

his eighties. In 1835, he married and settled in Paris as a teacher at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, while conducting agricultural experiments with his brother-in-law on an estate in the Alsace, which was sustained economically by revenues from oil-bearing sands. Although McCosh's account of the collaboration with Dumas and the fat controversy with Liebig does not replace that given by...

Otto Heinrich Warburg, 1883-1970.

Wolfgang Heinrich Johannes Fuchs 1915--1997

1472 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 45, NUMBER 11 Biographical Sketch Wolfgang Heinrich Johannes Fuchs was born in Munich on May 19, 1915. He joined the faculty of Cornell University in 1950, where he remained through his retirement in 1985 until his death on February 24, 1997. His life and career were characterized by an unrelentingly positive and supportive attitude. He read avidly (in many langua...

European Stroke Science Workshop Heinrich

The European Stroke Organisation held its first European Stroke Science Workshop in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (December 15–17, 2011). Stroke experts based in Europe were invited to present and discuss their current research. The scope of the workshop was to review the most recent findings of selected topics in stroke, to exchange ideas, to stimulate new research, and to enhance collaborat...