Obituary: John Sulston (1942-2018)
1Emeritus Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, LOCI, Room 271 Animal Sciences, 1675 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA jwhite1@wisc.edu.
Development (Cambridge, England)
|May 10, 2018
Abstract:
John Sulston, a pioneer in the developmental studies of the nematode C. elegans who went on to spearhead the sequencing of the genome of this organism and ultimately the human genome, died on 6th March 2018, shortly after being diagnosed with stomach cancer. Here, I reflect on John's life and work, with a particular focus on his time working on the developmental genetics and lineage of C. elegans.
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