Luc Racine (1943-2008)

Sophie Racine

The first [4+2]-annulation between aminocyclobutanes and aldehydes to access tetrahydropyranyl amines is reported. With phthalimido cyclobutane dicarboxylates and aromatic aldehydes, tetrahydropyrans were obtained in 53-92% yield and 3:117:1 dr using scandium triflate or iron trichloride as catalyst. The use of thymineor fluorouracilsubstituted cyclobutanes gave direct access to six-membered ri...

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Joshua Wallman 1943–2012

Josh Wallman was many things – a neuroscientist, an ornithologist, a teacher, a mentor, a gourmet, a joker. He pioneered the use of the avian model for understanding eye growth, and made invaluable contributions to vision research and the field of myopia. He will be remembered for his promotion of young researchers, his scientific acumen, and also his wit, which never faltered. Josh succumbed t...

“the Medical Annual,” 1943

and lupus vulgaris. No mention or illustration is given of the common medial necrosis of the aorta (lescribed by Erdheim. However, these are minor criticisms, and we feel sure that this edition will continue to hold the high place in the students' esteem which was gained by its predecessor. Once again the publishers are to be congratulated on the manner in which they have overcome the difficult...

PAR Renaud Luc RICHARDET

In neuroscience, as in many other scientific domains, the primary form of knowledge dissemination is through published articles in peer-reviewed journals. One challenge for modern neuroinformatics is to design methods to make the knowledge from the tremendous backlog of publications accessible for search, analysis and its integration into computational models. In this thesis, we introduce novel...