Obituaries
In memoriam: Joel Habener
He discovered GLP-1, which helped pave the way for transformative diabetes and obesity therapies, and he was an ASBMB member for 25 years.
In memoriam: Walter A. Shaw
He is the namesake for the Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research and founded Avanti Polar Lipids.
In memoriam: Rodney E. Harrington
He helped clarify how chromatin’s physical properties and DNA structure shift during interactions with proteins that control gene expression and was an ASBMB member for 43 years.
In memoriam: Michael J. Chamberlin
He discovered RNA polymerase and was an ASBMB member for nearly 60 years.
In memoriam: Alan G. Goodridge
He made pioneering discoveries on lipid metabolism and was an ASBMB member since 1971.
In memoriam: David Baltimore
He was a Nobel laureate, president emeritus at the California Institute of Technology and an ASBMB member for more than 50 years.
In memoriam: Stuart A. Kornfeld
He was a pioneer in glycobiology and was a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for more than 50 years.
In memoriam: William S. Sly
He served on the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Council in 2005 and 2006 and was an ASBMB member for 35 years.
In memoriam: Ralph G. Yount
He was a professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry at Washington State University and an ASBMB member for 58 years.