Dear all, I have received this from Axel. I did not see the [ccp4bb] tag on it, so I pass it on. I think that this is important, since Warren has done so much for us all. I'll see how I can contribute (I hope it is easily done from abroad).
Fred. > Message du 15/11/09 01:09 > De : "Axel Brunger" > A : undisclosed-recipients:; > Copie à : > Objet : Warren L Delano Memorial Award > > Dear friends and colleagues: > > It's now been over a week since Warren has passed away. We are trying > to > move toward a permanent way to honor Warren's memory and what > he stood for: Open Source Computational Biosciences and molecular > visualization. To do this, Jim Wells and I put together a mission > statement > with the approval of Warren's family: > > > The Warren L. DeLano Memorial Award for Computational Biosciences > > > > This award shall be given to a top computational bioscientist in > > recognition of the > > contributions made by Warren L. DeLano to creating powerful > > visualization tools > > for three dimensional structures and making them freely accessible. > > The award, > > accompanying lecture, and honorium will be given annually in the > > context of a > > national bioscience meeting or a Bay Area gathering of computational > > bioscientists > > at Stanford, UCSF or UC Berkeley. For the award special emphasis > > will be given > > for Open Source developments and service to the bioscience community. > > > > The award selection committee, consisting of experts in the > > computational and > > biological sciences, will accept nominations from anyone.. > > To make something like this happen in perpetuity would take about > ~100K for > the endowment. > > For donations, Warren's family has set up a tax deductible fund: > > Silicon Valley Community Foundation > memo: Warren L. DeLano Memorial Fund > 2440 West El Camino Real, Suite 300 > Mountain View, CA 94040 > tel: 650.450.5400 > > We hope that you'll consider making a contribution (not matter > how small) in Warren's honor. Also, please forward this message > to anybody who might be able be willing to contribute. > > Best regards, > Axel > > Axel T. Brunger > Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute > Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology > Stanford University > > Web: http://atbweb.stanford.edu > Email: [email protected] > Phone: +1 650-736-1031 > Fax: +1 650-745-1463 > > > > > > >
