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CCP4bb navigationCCP4bb <-- 1999 <-- November 1999 <-- 30 November 1999Subject: Re: Warren DeLano From: Jayashankar s {- dot -} jayashankar {- at -} GMAIL {- dot -} COM Date: 2009-11-05 Let his soul rest in peace,In our Life we just pass many people and some sits in our memory because of their deeds and contribution to the world. with heavy heart A humble student and a Fan of PyMol. S.Jayashankar Research Student Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Hannover Medical School Germany. On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Prof. Joel L. Sussman < Joel.Sussman@weizmann.ac.il> wrote: > This is truly very very sad news. Although I never met Warren personally, > whenever we had any problems with PyMOL, he was always available virtually > immediately at the other end of e-mail and answered all our questions. > I feel I really got to know Warren. He was just a terrific person and has > left a wonderful legacy in PyMOL. > Sincerely, > Joel > ------------------------------------------------- > Prof. Joel L. Sussman > Director, Israel Structural Proteomics Center > Dept. of Structural Biology > Weizmann Institute of Science > Rehovot 76100 ISRAEL > > Tel: +972 8-934 4531 > Fax: +972 8-934 6312 > Joel.Sussman@weizmann.ac.il > *www.weizmann.ac.il/~joel > www.weizmann.ac.il/ISPC* > ------------------------------------------------- > > On 5 Nov 2009, at 22:22, Janesh wrote: > > Its really very shocking and sad news. Void created due to his untimely > demise will be hard to fill. He will always be remembered for his > significant contributions to science and for PYMOL in particular. May his > soul rest in peace. > > Sincerely, > Janesh > > > Janesh Kumar Ph. D > National Institutes of Health > Eunice Kennedy Shriver > National Institute of Child Health > and Human Development > Building 35, Room 3B1006 > 35 Lincoln Drive, MSC 3712 > Bethesda, MD 20892-3712 > Email: kumarjan@mail.nih.gov > http://mayerlab.nichd.nih.gov > > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Axel Brunger > >> Dear CCP4 Community: >> >> I write today with very sad news about Dr. Warren Lyford DeLano. >> >> I was informed by his family today that Warren suddenly passed >> away at home on Tuesday morning, November 3rd. >> >> While at Yale, Warren made countless contributions to the computational >> tools >> and methods developed in my laboratory (the X-PLOR and CNS programs), >> including the direct rotation function, the first prediction of helical >> coiled coil >> structures, the scripting and parsing tools that made CNS a universal >> computational >> crystallography program. >> >> He then joined Dr. Jim Wells laboratory at USCF and Genentech where he >> pursued >> a Ph.D. in biophysics, discovering some of the principles that govern >> protein-protein interactions. >> >> Warren then made a fundamental contribution to biological sciences by >> creating the >> Open Source molecular graphics program PyMOL that is widely used >> throughout >> the world. Nearly all publications that display macromolecular structures >> use PyMOL. >> >> Warren was a strong advocate of freely available software and the Open >> Source >> movement. >> >> Warren's family is planning to announce a memorial service, but >> arrangements have >> not yet been made. I will send more information as I receive it. >> >> Please join me in extending our condolences to Warren's family. >> >> Sincerely yours, >> Axel Brunger >> >> Axel T. Brunger >> Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute >> Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology >> Stanford University >> >> Web: http://atbweb.stanford.edu >> Email: brunger@stanford.edu >> Phone: +1 650-736-1031 >> Fax: +1 650-745-1463 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Janesh Kumar Ph. D > National Institutes of Health > Eunice Kennedy Shriver > National Institute of Child Health > and Human Development > Building 35, Room 3B1006 > 35 Lincoln Drive, MSC 3712 > Bethesda, MD 20892-3712 > Email: kumarjan@mail.nih.gov > http://mayerlab.nichd.nih.gov > > > CCP4bb navigationCCP4bb <-- 1999 <-- November 1999 <-- 30 November 1999 |
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