We’re sad to mark the death of Austin Hughes, who had been Faculty Member of the F1000 Immunology Faculty since 2003. Hughes was Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina, and a week before his death on October 31st, his department had just nominated him for the Governor’s Award for Scientific Excellence.…
With regret, we received notice of the death of Helmut Schwilden, Section Head for Technology & Monitoring in Anesthesiology. Schwilden was Professor Extraordinarius at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität in Erlangen-Nürnberg, and joined F1000 in 2008. In his obituary in the Frankfurter Allgemeine, his colleagues praise his intelligence and the innovations he brought to the field of anaesthesiology. We…
We are sad to mark the passing of Paolo Bianco, Faculty Member in Rheumatology. Professor Bianco was a Pathologist and Professor of Pathology at the Sapienza University of Roma in Italy, and well known for his work in stem cells, skeletal physiology and bone diseases. “Paolo made great contributions both in the science of stem…
We are sad to mark the passing of Nigel Clarke, Associate Professor at the University of Sydney and F1000 Faculty Member in the Neurological Disorders Faculty. Nigel was diagnosed with a brain tumour in June 2014 and, sadly, passed away on October 14th 2015. Russell Dale, Associate Dean at the University of Sydney described Nigel…
With regret, we mark the death of Michael Kilby, Faculty Member in the Infectious Diseases Faculty. Kilby was the chief of the Division for Infectious Diseases at the Medical University of South Carolina, and a renowned clinician in the field of HIV treatment. He passed away on the 10th August 2015. An obituary for Michael…
We marked the sad passing of William E Paul in September – a leader in the field of Immunology and a Section Head of the ‘Allergy & Hypersensitivity’ in our Immunology Faculty. Since then, we’ve received many tributes from members of the F1000 Faculty for Dr Paul – a testament to his influence and kindness…
We were sad to learn that William E. Paul, Section Head for the Allergy & Hypersensitivity Section in the Immunology Faculty, passed away last week with acute myeloid leukemia. Dr Paul, who worked for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the NIH, was renowned in the field of immunology, and…
We are sad to mark the death of Renal Pharmacology Section Head Russell Chesney. Dr Chesney was a pediatric nephrologist at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee, as well as president of the American Pediatric Society and chairman of the American Board of Pediatrics. He joined F1000 as a Section Head in March…
With sadness, we mark the passing of Alan Hall, Head of the Cell Biology Faculty since the beginnings of F1000 in 2001. Alan was the Chairman of the Cell Biology Program at Sloan-Kettering, as well as editor in chief of the Journal of Cell Biology. He was best known for his discovery that Rho, a…
With regret, we note the death of Ali Akoum, Faculty Member in Women’s Health since 2007 and Professor in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department at Laval University, Quebec. Dr Akoum passed away suddenly whilst on vacation with his family in Lebanon. His colleagues and peers left heartfelt tributes for him on his obituary on the…
