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Obituaries

In memoriam: Bruce Ames
In Memoriam

In memoriam: Bruce Ames

Oct. 28, 2024

He invented a cheap and easy way to assess mutagenicity that helped identify many environmental and industrial carcinogens; it became known as the Ames test.

In memoriam: William L. Smith
In Memoriam

In memoriam: William L. Smith

Oct. 21, 2024

He served as associate editor of both the Journal of Biological Chemistry and the Journal of Lipid Research and was an ASBMB member for more than 40 years.

Donald J. Graves (1933–2024)
Retrospective

Donald J. Graves (1933–2024)

Oct. 7, 2024

Two of Don Graves’ sons remember the father who worked in two Nobel labs — and inspired their careers in biochemistry.

In memoriam: Roger Thibert
In Memoriam

In memoriam: Roger Thibert

Sept. 30, 2024

He was a professor emeritus of clinical biochemistry at the University of Windsor, an expert on assay development for medical laboratory diagnostics and an ASBMB member since 1970.

In memoriam: Donald J. Graves
In Memoriam

In memoriam: Donald J. Graves

Sept. 23, 2024

He was a biochemist and educator, an ASBMB member for almost 60 years and a former member of the Journal of Biological Chemistry editorial board.

In memoriam: Robert Warren Newburgh
In Memoriam

In memoriam: Robert Warren Newburgh

Sept. 16, 2024

He was a distinguished developmental and cell biologist and a member of the ASBMB since 1957.

In memoriam: William Catterall
In Memoriam

In memoriam: William Catterall

Sept. 9, 2024

Known as the “father of ion channels,” he was a neuroscientist and pharmacologist at the University of Washington and an ASBMB member for more than 45 years.

In memoriam: Harry Schachter
In Memoriam

In memoriam: Harry Schachter

Sept. 2, 2024

He was a leader in the field of glycobiology and glycan synthesis and an ASBMB member since 1970 who served on the JBC editorial board in 1983.

In memoriam: George Alton Dunaway Jr.
In Memoriam

In memoriam: George Alton Dunaway Jr.

Aug. 26, 2024

He was an emeritus professor of pharmacology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and had been an ASBMB member for more than 40 years.