It is really shocking news. He will remembered throughout the world for his excellent tool, PYMOL. May his soul rest in peace. Jobi
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Lunin, Vladimir <vladimir.lu...@nrel.gov>wrote: > What a sad news! It’s a great loss for us. > > Still can’t believe it. > > Warren was very helpful and responded quick when I needed his help. > > > > Condolences to the family and friends. > > > > Vladimir V. Lunin, Ph.D. > > Senior Scientist II > > Biosciences Center > > National Renewable Energy Laboratory > > 1617 Cole Blvd. MS 3323 > > Golden, CO 80401 > > > > > > *From:* CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Axel > Brunger > *Sent:* Thursday, November 05, 2009 11:54 AM > > *To:* CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > *Subject:* [ccp4bb] Warren DeLano > > > > Dear CCP4 Community: > > > > I write today with very sad news about Dr. Warren Lyford DeLano. > > > > I was informed by his family today that Warren suddenly passed > > away at home on Tuesday morning, November 3rd. > > > > While at Yale, Warren made countless contributions to the computational > tools > > and methods developed in my laboratory (the X-PLOR and CNS programs), > > including the direct rotation function, the first prediction of helical > coiled coil > > structures, the scripting and parsing tools that made CNS a universal > computational > > crystallography program. > > > > He then joined Dr. Jim Wells laboratory at USCF and Genentech where he > pursued > > a Ph.D. in biophysics, discovering some of the principles that govern > > protein-protein interactions. > > > > Warren then made a fundamental contribution to biological sciences by > creating the > > Open Source molecular graphics program PyMOL that is widely used throughout > > the world. Nearly all publications that display macromolecular structures > use PyMOL. > > > > Warren was a strong advocate of freely available software and the Open > Source > > movement. > > > > Warren's family is planning to announce a memorial service, but > arrangements have > > not yet been made. I will send more information as I receive it. > > > > Please join me in extending our condolences to Warren's family. > > > > Sincerely yours, > > Axel Brunger > > > > Axel T. Brunger > > Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute > > Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology > > Stanford University > > > > Web: http://atbweb.stanford.edu > > Email: brun...@stanford.edu > > Phone: +1 650-736-1031 > > Fax: +1 650-745-1463 > > > > > > > > > > > > >
