AN EXPLANATION AND A TRIBUTE

Membrane Science and Research: A Tribute to Professor Takeshi Matsuura

A Tribute, an Old Challenge Revisited, and an Amplification

I still prefer to consider myself a young academic turk. Nonetheless, the graying hair and beard that confront me in the mirror each morning—both easily discernible without eyeglasses—suggest otherwise. Rather than bemoan my journey to decrepitude, I choose to embrace my self-declared elder-statesman status by exploiting the one accommodation typically extended to senior academicians: to commen...

Pediatric Cancer Predisposition and Surveillance: An Overview, and a Tribute

The prevalence of childhood cancer attributable to genetic predisposition was generally considered very low. However, recent reports suggest that at least 10%of pediatric cancer patients harbor a germline mutation in a cancer predisposition gene. Although some of these children will have a family history suggestive of a cancer predisposition syndrome, many others will not. Evidence from recent ...

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...

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...