In Memoriam: Harry Rubin
FEB. 11, 2020
Harry Rubin, whose explorations of how normal cells become cancer cells transformed cancer research, has died at 93.
In Memoriam: Stanley Cohen
FEB. 7, 2020
Stanley Cohen, whose discovery of the epidermal growth factor receptor was recognized with a 1986 Lasker Award, has died at 97.
In Memoriam: John B. Robbins
DEC. 4, 2019
John B. Robbins, who contributed to the development of a vaccine for bacterial meningitis, has passed away at age 86.
In Memoriam: Bernard Fisher
OCT. 22, 2019
Bernard Fisher, whose research transformed breast cancer treatment, has passed away at 101.
In Memoriam: Sydney Brenner
APRIL 5, 2019
Sydney Brenner, whose pioneering insights expanded the frontiers of molecular biology, has passed away at age 92.
David Weatherall Passes Away at 85
DEC. 10, 2018
David Weatherall, whose pioneering discoveries concerning genetic diseases of the blood were recognized with a Lasker Special Achievement Award, has passed away at 85.
Remembering a Founding Father of Plasmid Biology
MAY 11, 2018
Stanley Falkow, one of the great microbe hunters of all time, has died at age 84.
In Memoriam: James Holland
MARCH 26, 2018
James Holland, an early proponent of chemotherapy to treat cancer, has passed away at 92.
Geneticist Charles Yanofsky Passes Away at 92
MARCH 23, 2018
Pioneering geneticist Charles Yanofsky, who established the co-linear relationship between genes and proteins, has died at age 92.
In Memoriam: Günter Blobel
FEB. 21, 2018
Günter Blobel, whose fruitful pursuit of the signal hypothesis yielded a 1993 Lasker Award in Basic Medical Research, has passed away at 81.
