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Dev097394 1918..1936

Midbrain dopaminergic (mDA) neuron development has been an intense area of research during recent years. This is due in part to a growing interest in regenerative medicine and the hope that treatment for diseases affecting mDA neurons, such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), might be facilitated by a better understanding of how these neurons are specified, differentiated and maintained in vivo. This ...

Charles Nicolle (1866-1936).

Dept. of Medicine, TN Medical College & BYL Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai 400 008 C Nicolle was born in Rouen, France, to a practising physician. He received his medical education in Rouen and completed his graduation from the hospital in Paris. In 1893, he further studied in the Pasteur Institute of Paris, under the direction of Metchnikoff and Roux. In 1902, he was appointed the first director of...

Richard E. Shope, 1936

Robert Farrell Stewart (1936-2015).

Robert (Bob) Farrell Stewart passed away on 16 September 2015. Born and raised in Seattle, Bob obtained his BA in Chemistry from Carleton College in Minnesota in 1958. It was there he met classmate Janet Trussell, who became his wife in 1959, and together they went to Pasadena where Bob obtained his PhD in Chemistry from Caltech in 1963. Bob’s mentor there was Norman Davidson, and his thesis ti...

Michael Stoker 1918–2013

Michael Stoker Sir Michael Stoker, a pioneer of virology and the cell biology of cancer cells, died on 13 August at the age of 95. Viruses have always been useful tools for probing the workings of cells, and Michael exploited tumor-causing viruses to gain a better understanding of oncogenic mechanisms at the dawn of the molecular biology of animal cells. During a long career, Michael not only m...