The late Professor Syoiti Tanaka, honorary member

Luther Burbank: honorary member of the American Breeders' Association.

Luther Burbank (1849–1926) was once widely acclaimed to be America’s most famous horticulturist and plant breeder. Today, however, his name may not be recognized by many in the general public. I found that he is also unknown to even some academic horticulturists whose formal coursework apparently did not include a history of their discipline. To those scientists who know something of him, he is...

A Tribute to Late Professor Mahlagha Ghorbanli

This edition of IJPP celebrates ten years of steady publication of Iranian Journal of Plant Physiology. The story of IJPP is that of a journey that started from a local forum where the researchers and scholars mainly from the Islamic Azad University could share findings of their studies, gradually developing into an international peer-reviewed jour...

In Memoriam: Honorary Member Tomoyuki Shirai, MD, PhD, 1946–2015

An honorary member and the former president of the Japanese Society for Toxicologic Pathology, Doctor Tomoyuki Shirai, suddenly passed away from acute aortic dissection on November 19, 2015. For me, it is still difficult to find ways to manage my grief for his sudden and too early death with his seventieth birthday close at hand. On that day, Doctor Shirai attended the 46th International Sympos...

Tribute to Professor Keiichi Tanaka, a scientist and an artist.

We are gathered in Toronto, today, to render homage to Prof. Keiichi TANAKA, one of the most outstanding electron microscopists of our times. There are occasions, such as this, when the peers select one of their own to pay a tribute on their behalf, to a person who distinguished himself, in a certain field, by the continuous excellence of his lasting contributions. Actually, I feel more honor b...

In Memoriam: Honorary Member, Yuzo Hayashi, M.D., Ph.D., 1930–2017