Robert Simha (1912-2008)

Robert F. Denno (1945-2008): insect ecologist extraordinaire.

Robert F. Denno was widely recognized as one of the leading insect ecologists in the world. He made major contributions to the study of plant-insect interactions, dispersal, interspecific competition, predator-prey interactions, and food web dynamics. He was especially well known for his detailed and comprehensive study of the arthropods that inhabit salt marshes. Denno promoted a research appr...

The 2008 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting: Robert Huber, Chemistry 1988

Robert Huber and his colleagues, Johann Deisenhofer and Hartmut Michel, elucidated the three-dimensional structure of the Rhodopseudomonas viridis photosynthetic reaction center. This membrane protein complex is a basic component of photosynthesis - a process fundamental to life on Earth - and for their work, Huber and his colleagues received the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Because structura...

The Legacy of a Founding Father of Modern Cell Biology: George Emil Palade (1912-2008)

George Emil Palade's scientific contributions significantly advanced the field of modern cell biology. He pioneered a multidisciplinary approach, combining cell fractionation, biochemistry, and electron microscopy, which led to the identification of the ribosome as the site of protein synthesis and elucidated the eukaryotic secretory pathway. For these accomplishments, Palade, along with Albert...

Michael Abercrombie (1912-1979).

Richard Doll 1912–2005

the differences of organic production. However, the exclusion of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers from organic systems is fundamental. Given this, the authors asked, why did the magnitude of differences in species density and abundance vary so much between the different groups they looked at? One factor may be the differential impacts of timing and special scales on the colonization traits ...