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 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/
