Indeed, this is very sad news. It's difficult to find the right words when a friend and colleague passes away. My condolences to Maaike and his family. Kind regards, Bill
From: "Garib Murshudov" <ga...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> To: "CCP4BB" <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Sent: Thursday, 6 July, 2023 11:04:02 Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] in memoriam of Raimond Ravelli It is shocking. I remember him as a thoughtful and pleasant person. It is a huge loss. Very, very sad news. On 6 Jul 2023, at 09:58, Janesh < [ mailto:janeshdu...@gmail.com | janeshdu...@gmail.com ] > wrote: Really shocking and sad news. He was an excellent scientist but an even better human being and friend. -Janesh On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 2:23 PM Frank von Delft < [ mailto:frank.vonde...@cmd.ox.ac.uk | frank.vonde...@cmd.ox.ac.uk ] > wrote: BQ_BEGIN My word that was a shock to read. Farewell Raimond, what an amazing scientist and person. Frank On 05/07/2023 19:54, [ mailto:a.perra...@nki.nl | a.perra...@nki.nl ] wrote: BQ_BEGIN Dear all, It is with profound sadness I announce the passing of Raimond Ravelli, one of most remarkable and beloved members of our scientific community. Raimond first became widely known to the crystallographic community with his brilliant “strategy” program in the 90’s, which he developed as part of his PhD thesis. Later on, at the EMBL Grenoble and the ESRF, Raimond has been instrumental in the development of the ID14-EH4 beamline, having helped numerous colleagues to collect diffraction data and participating in many exciting scientific projects. At that time, Raimond also developed his keen interest in radiation damage, that influenced the ways that we collect and process X-ray diffraction data even today. Raimond came back to his home country, the Netherlands, first as an assistant professor at Leiden University, and then as associate professor at Maastricht University. During that transition he become an expert in cryo-electron microscopy. He made numerous contributions also to his new field, in such a broad spectrum of techniques, that it would be embarrassing to attempt to enumerate them here. I will only mention that one piece of his work even became a museum exhibit at the Leiden museum of natural history. Raimond has been recently appointed Full Professor of Structural Biology, at Maastricht University, last November. His inauguration speech (Oratie) was simply remarkable. I warmly recommend to anyone to watch it at [ https://youtu.be/Gv3pKRp5S2Y?t=667 | https://youtu.be/Gv3pKRp5S2Y?t=667 ] . It radiates his enthusiasm for science and is inspiring for all, in a way that only he himself knew how to do. Raimond was an accomplished rowing athlete, a formidable cyclist, and a hiking enthusiast. For the many of us who have been his friends it has a been a privilege and an inspiration. Raimond, just 55, leaves behind him Maaike, an excellent scientist and colleague herself, and their kids Seppe and Noé. I have no words that could possibly explain how much he will be missed. To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: [ https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 | https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 ] To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: [ https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 | https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 ] BQ_END -- Janesh Dubey, Ph.D. (जनेश दुबे) वरिष्ठ प्रधान वैज्ञानिक Senior Principal Scientist सीएसआईआर -कोशिकीय एवं आणविक जीवविज्ञान केन्द्र CSIR - Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology हब्सीगुडा, उप्पल रोड, हैदराबाद - 500 007 Habsiguda, Uppal Road,Hyderabad - 500 007 To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: [ https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 | https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 ] BQ_END To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: [ https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 | https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 ] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
