Dear Colleagues, It is with profound sadness that I must announce the passing away of Prof. Michael Rossmann earlier today on May 14th 2019 in West Lafayette IN. Michael was a giant in the field of structural biology with a lot of “firsts” to his credit including the structure of lactate dehydrogenase and the discovery of the Rossmann fold, the first common cold virus structure, and the first Dengue and Zika virus structures to name just a few. Michael made seminal contributions to methods development in structural biology including the development of molecular replacement.
A memorial service is being planned at the University Place in West Lafayette, Indiana, on May 24th. Please see Purdue University’s press release (https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q2/renowned-purdue-university-scientist-michael-rossmann-dies.html), with a note from President Mitch Daniels. Michael will forever be missed. Saif S. Saif Hasan, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 108 N. Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201 AND Center for Biomolecular Therapeutics (CBT), 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 Fellow Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 Phone: 240-314-6396 Fax: 240-314-6225 https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/profiles/s-saif-hasan ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1
