Tim Bartness (Fig. 1) was a friend, mentor, collaborator and leader to many scientists, younger and older, across a variety of disciplines. He died September 24, 2015 at the age of 62 after a one-year battle with multiple myeloma. Tim not only helped educate many of us, but also challenged us to think critically and to laugh heartily about both the bad and the good we experienced in life. Tim w...

Michael Neuberger’s untimely death on October 26 last year was a shock for his friends and the scientific community. The many obituaries written about him by friends and colleagues testify to his unique, overarching stature as a scientist, colleague, and human companion. I am writing this retrospective mourning a personal friend and irreplaceable loss. Michael’s father, Albert Neuberger, came f...

surgeons who had served as residents from 1922 unltil 1947, the tenure of Dr. Harvey's chairmanship of the Departmenlt of Surgery.

Philip J. Fay, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Rochester, passed away on June 25, 2014 at the age of 61. He succumbed to the multiple myeloma that he had battled valiantly for 6 years. Phil is survived by his wife of 38 years, Andrea, daughters Amber and Emily, and five grandchildren. On July 8th the flags at the University of Rochester were lowered in his h...

In 1952 Virginia Apgar, a physician at the Sloane Women?s Hospital in New York City, New York, created the Apgar score as a method of evaluating newborn infants? health to determine if they required medical intervention. The score included five separate categories, including heart rate, breathing rate, reaction to stimuli, muscle activity, and color. An infant received a score from zero to two ...

In 1952 Virginia Apgar, a physician at the Sloane Women?s Hospital in New York City, New York, created the Apgar score as a method of evaluating newborn infants? health to determine if they required medical intervention. The score included five separate categories, including heart rate, breathing rate, reaction to stimuli, muscle activity, and color. An infant received a score from zero to two ...