Robert L. Hill, 1928-2012

Dr. Robert Gardiner Hill

In memoriam: Robert Inslee Weed 1928-1976.

1928-1976 D R. ROBERT INSLEE WEED, Professor of Medicine and of Radiation Biology and Biophysics, and Chief of the Hematology Unit in the Department of Medicine at the University of Rochester, died August 18, 1976. Dr. Weed obtained his baccalaureate in 1949 and his medical degree in 1952 from Yale University. He interned in Medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester. T...

Carl R. Woese (1928–2012)

The relation between science and religion is often discussed in the media — what are your views? For the large majority of scientists, religion has no direct impact on their research and this is not an issue that concerns them. But I don’t believe that we should pretend that science and religion are ‘compatible’: they are actually diametrically opposed ways of thinking and acquiring knowledge. ...

A tribute to Professor Robert Schoysman (1928 – 2016)

We honour the life of Robert Schoysman a pioneer and visionary in reproductive medicine, internationally renowned gynaecological surgeon and one of the pioneers of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Belgium. From the early sixties he was interested in different options of male infertility treatment, including surgery and donor insemination. He was the pioneer of microsurgical epididymal sperm aspi...

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