Patricio Bunster (1923 - 2006)

Profile of Claudio Bunster.

I n life and work, Claudio Bunster prefers extreme challenges. Bunster, a physicist who contemplates brain-warping theories of space and time, returned to his native Chile from the United States precisely when most intellectuals would have stayed clear— during the middle of the Pinochet dictatorship. Shut out of the universities by the military government, he broke the conventional mold by foun...

Speaker 3: Patricio O’Donnell, USA

Immune molecules and redox pathways are receiving increasing attention for a possible role in pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders. A cell population that may present enhanced vulnerability to the deleterious effects of these mechanisms is the parvalbumin-positive fast spiking interneurons in cortical circuits. This cell population is thought to be affected in schizophrenia, as post-mortem ...

Bernard Dwork 1923--1998

Bernard Morris Dwork, “Bernie” to those who had the privilege of knowing him, died on May 9, 1998, just weeks short of his seventyfifth birthday. He is survived by his wife of fifty years, Shirley; his three children, Andrew, Deborah, and Cynthia; his four granddaughters; his brothers Julius and Leo; and his sister, Elaine Chanley. We mention family early in this article, both because it was su...

Carl Djerassi (1923–2015)

Few lives at the top of chemistry and industrial accomplishments in the 20th century have been as remarkable as that of Carl Djerassi, who died in San Francisco on January 30 at the age of 91. To a considerable extent, his life became known as ‘fascinating’, catalyzed by his own portrayal of it. This feature of his persona cannot, and will not, dilute the one major scientifi c contribution he m...

Walter A. Jacobs, 1923