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发帖数: 149 | 1 Dear Colleagues:
It is with great sadness that we write to report the death of our colleague,
Simon W.-L. Chan, an HHMI-Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Investigator.
Simon, 38, passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 after a brief illness.
He is survived by his parents, Avril and Robert Chan, and sister, Caron
Chan.
In June 2011, Simon was among the first plant scientists selected for the
inaugural class of investigators funded jointly by HHMI and the Gordon and
Betty Moore Foundation to support innovative research in the plant sciences.
He used plants to understand how chromosomes are inherited during cell
division. He discovered ways to dramatically speed up the breeding of plants
for desirable traits and developed new plant-breeding tools by manipulating
the properties of genetic inheritance. Working with the model plant
Arabidopsis thaliana, Simon’s laboratory discovered a way to breed plants
with genes from only one parent, making it possible to "breed true" without
generations of inbreeding. His most recent work concentrated on
understanding the functional consequences of rapid centromere evolution and
its potential role in creating new species.
Simon received his B.SC. from the University of Auckland in New Zealand and
his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Francisco. Simon carried
out his postdoctoral research at UCLA with HHMI investigator, Steven
Jacobsen. He joined the faculty of the Department of Plant Biology in the
College of Biological Sciences at UC, Davis in 2006.
Simon was honored with several awards, including the American Society of
Plant Biology Early Career Award and a Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Award
from the March of Dimes. He was an HHMI Predoctoral Fellow from 1997-2002
and a Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow from 2003 to
2006.
Simon will be remembered for his scientific brilliance, lively spirit, and
contributions to promoting plant science.
Sincerely,
Robert Tjian
Jack E. Dixon
President Vice
President and Chief Scientific Officer | I***a
发帖数: 13467 | | a***y
发帖数: 19743 | 3 大牛人英年早逝
HHMI压力太大？
colleague,
.
sciences.
【在 r********s 的大作中提到】
: Dear Colleagues:
: It is with great sadness that we write to report the death of our colleague,
: Simon W.-L. Chan, an HHMI-Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Investigator.
: Simon, 38, passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 after a brief illness.
: He is survived by his parents, Avril and Robert Chan, and sister, Caron
: Chan.
: In June 2011, Simon was among the first plant scientists selected for the
: inaugural class of investigators funded jointly by HHMI and the Gordon and
: Betty Moore Foundation to support innovative research in the plant sciences.
: He used plants to understand how chromosomes are inherited during cell
| l**********1
发帖数: 5204 | 4 press of tenure tracking (possible)
Chan Lab
Department of Plant Biology, UC Davis and HHMI
Associate Professor and HHMI/GBMF Investigator
Department of Plant Biology
UC Davis
and his CV:
Simon W.-L. Chan
July 2006-
University of California, Davis, Davis, CA Assistant Professor
【在 a***y 的大作中提到】
: 大牛人英年早逝
: HHMI压力太大？
:
: colleague,
:
: .
: sciences.
| n***y
发帖数: 15001 | | l**********1
发帖数: 5204 | 6 his parents were from British colony Hongkong
【在 n***y 的大作中提到】
: Cantonese?
| b******s
发帖数: 1089 | 7 shocking!!!!他是植物领域里最年轻的rising star.
去年来我们这给talk的时候还很健康。
colleague,
.
sciences.
【在 r********s 的大作中提到】
: Dear Colleagues:
: It is with great sadness that we write to report the death of our colleague,
: Simon W.-L. Chan, an HHMI-Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Investigator.
: Simon, 38, passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 after a brief illness.
: He is survived by his parents, Avril and Robert Chan, and sister, Caron
: Chan.
: In June 2011, Simon was among the first plant scientists selected for the
: inaugural class of investigators funded jointly by HHMI and the Gordon and
: Betty Moore Foundation to support innovative research in the plant sciences.
: He used plants to understand how chromosomes are inherited during cell
| w********h
发帖数: 12367 | 8 RIP...
未婚阿。。。
colleague,
.
sciences.
【在 r********s 的大作中提到】
: Dear Colleagues:
: It is with great sadness that we write to report the death of our colleague,
: Simon W.-L. Chan, an HHMI-Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Investigator.
: Simon, 38, passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 after a brief illness.
: He is survived by his parents, Avril and Robert Chan, and sister, Caron
: Chan.
: In June 2011, Simon was among the first plant scientists selected for the
: inaugural class of investigators funded jointly by HHMI and the Gordon and
: Betty Moore Foundation to support innovative research in the plant sciences.
: He used plants to understand how chromosomes are inherited during cell
| r********s
发帖数: 149 | 9 到底是什么样的病啊？会不会是心脏病，或者是胰腺癌？
【在 b******s 的大作中提到】
: shocking!!!!他是植物领域里最年轻的rising star.
: 去年来我们这给talk的时候还很健康。
:
: colleague,
:
: .
: sciences.
| a*****x
发帖数: 901 | | | | s*****g
发帖数: 7857 | | w********h
发帖数: 12367 | 12 看着他那张HHMI的照片，觉得应该是心血管方面的病，那个长相的人容易得。
【在 r********s 的大作中提到】
: 到底是什么样的病啊？会不会是心脏病，或者是胰腺癌？
| r********s
发帖数: 149 | 13 前段时间neverthink的讨论中，YN似乎提到SYG也累得心脏有问题。象他那样强壮，坚
持锻炼身体的人都不行，看来还是不能太拼命了。
【在 a*****x 的大作中提到】
: 唉，还是健康最重要啊。
| w********h
发帖数: 12367 | 14 做研究的人很容易太贪心。
grant要多，学生要多，文章要多，
结果一旦不肯放低研究标准，就只能透支健康了。
【在 r********s 的大作中提到】
: 前段时间neverthink的讨论中，YN似乎提到SYG也累得心脏有问题。象他那样强壮，坚
: 持锻炼身体的人都不行，看来还是不能太拼命了。
| s******9
发帖数: 283 | 15 竞争越来越激烈，tenure-track faculty成为一个摧残身心健康的工作。
大家一定要抽空锻炼身体，注意饮食，调节心态。 | O*z
发帖数: 109 | 16 UC davis 的吧？
上次听说刚刚拿到hhmi不久就生病了
colleague,
.
sciences.
【在 r********s 的大作中提到】
: Dear Colleagues:
: It is with great sadness that we write to report the death of our colleague,
: Simon W.-L. Chan, an HHMI-Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Investigator.
: Simon, 38, passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 after a brief illness.
: He is survived by his parents, Avril and Robert Chan, and sister, Caron
: Chan.
: In June 2011, Simon was among the first plant scientists selected for the
: inaugural class of investigators funded jointly by HHMI and the Gordon and
: Betty Moore Foundation to support innovative research in the plant sciences.
: He used plants to understand how chromosomes are inherited during cell
| b******s
发帖数: 1089 | 17 什么样的病？是因为高强度工作引起的？
【在 O*z 的大作中提到】
: UC davis 的吧？
: 上次听说刚刚拿到hhmi不久就生病了
:
: colleague,
:
: .
: sciences.
| g*********5
发帖数: 2533 | 18 uc davis....
【在 l**********1 的大作中提到】
: press of tenure tracking (possible)
: Chan Lab
: Department of Plant Biology, UC Davis and HHMI
: Associate Professor and HHMI/GBMF Investigator
: Department of Plant Biology
: UC Davis
: and his CV:
: Simon W.-L. Chan
: July 2006-
: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA Assistant Professor
| d******u
发帖数: 99 | 19 我去。。。这信为什么和Steve Jacobson早上群发给arabidopsis group的信很多内容
几乎一字不差？
到底是谁写的呢 | g*********5
发帖数: 2533 | 20 今天问了我实验室一个研究生，他的同学就是这个lab的
Chan 死于胆管相关的疾病，遗传有关的。 | s******n
发帖数: 110 | 21 干这个的都是每天生活在焦虑中，压力大，每天要跟有毒的试剂打交道 能活得长吗？ |
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