So sad. Alexei was a great scientist and a good friend.
I will have only good memories of him. Jan On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 5:20 AM Nukri Sanishvili <sannu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sad news indeed for so many of us, those who knew Alexei personally and > those who benefited professionally from his selfless dedication to > computational crystallography. > A wise man once said something along the lines of anyone successful today > standing on the shoulders of giants of the past. Unfortunately, Alexei has > just become one such giant. > I am so blessed to have known him professionally from my time at IKAN and > to have him as a friend. And I am sure this sentiment is shared by all his > colleagues and anyone who knew him personally. > Writing this with a very heavy heart, on behalf of my wife as well. > Nukri > > > > On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 1:29 PM Eugene Krissinel - STFC UKRI < > 00006fcecdb9c847-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk> wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> It is with a great sadness that I share with you that Alexey Vagin passed >> away this Saturday in the Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford after suffering from >> a heart attack with subsequent complications. He was 78 years old. >> >> Alexey made many developments in methods and software for macromolecular >> crystallography, to which he devoted his whole life. He is known for his >> BLANC Suite for structure solution done at the Moscow Institute of >> Crystallography in the 1980s, as well as for his contributions to Refmac >> and Monomer Library. Many thousands of researchers have benefited from his >> work on Molrep and Balbes software for Molecular Replacement. After his >> retirement in 2010, Alexey developed and actively maintained the MorDA >> software for MR, which became a monument to his efforts. >> >> Alexey's work will continue to serve generations of researchers through >> his contributions to CCP4, where we will take the best care of his >> distinguished legacy. >> >> With sympathy to everyone who knew Alexey personally and for whom this is >> very sad news, >> >> Eugene >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 >> > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > -- Jan Dohnalek, Ph.D Institute of Biotechnology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Biocev Prumyslova 595 252 50 Vestec near Prague Czech Republic Tel. +420 325 873 758 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
