Correction to: Seagrasses—a Tribute to Dr. Susan Williams

Susan Lindquist: a tribute

When I learned that Susan Lindquist had passed away at the age of 67 from cancer, my heart broke. This fierce flame for science and for women had been extinguished, and for a moment the world became a little dimmer. I first met Susan Lindquist in 1994 when I was a postdoc interviewing for a faculty position at the University of Chicago. Wemet for breakfast at a local diner.We talked about our s...

A Tribute to Dr. A. P. Majumadar.

A Tribute to Dr Gholam A Peyman

Gholam A Peyman is an outstanding and brilliant mentor, educator, scientist, and surgeon. Dr Peyman was born in Shiraz, Iran and upon finishing high school, moved t o G e r m a n y. H e completed medical school, a residency in ophthalmology a n d a f e l l o w s h i p program in vitreoretinal diseases. After finishing his fellowship, Dr Peyman sought further training in the US. During Dr Peyman...

A tribute to Dr. Per-Ingvar Brånemark

*Correspondence: Tae-Il Kim (Editor-in-Chief) Department of Periodontology, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-749, Korea E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +82-2-2072-2642 Fax: +82-2-744-1349 On December 20th of this year, we lost one of the greatest innovators in dental science. Although Dr. Per-Ingvar Brånemark was not a dentist but an orthopedic s...

A Tribute to Dr. Diane Billings.

I mid-August, the 2015 selection of the American Academy of Nursing’s Living Legends was announced. Living Legend (or “LLs,” as some like to call themselves) is probably the highest distinction a nurse can attain. Being inducted into the American Academy of Nursing is a challenge in itself. One has to have made consistent and distinctive contributions to the profession to become a Fellow. There...