Really shocking and sad news. He was an excellent scientist but an even better human being and friend. -Janesh
On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 2:23 PM Frank von Delft <[email protected]> wrote: > My word that was a shock to read. Farewell Raimond, what an amazing > scientist and person. Frank > > > On 05/07/2023 19:54, [email protected] wrote: > > Dear all, > > It is with profound sadness I announce the passing of Raimond Ravelli, one > of most remarkable and beloved members of our scientific community. > > Raimond first became widely known to the crystallographic community with > his brilliant “strategy” program in the 90’s, which he developed as part of > his PhD thesis. Later on, at the EMBL Grenoble and the ESRF, Raimond has > been instrumental in the development of the ID14-EH4 beamline, having > helped numerous colleagues to collect diffraction data and participating in > many exciting scientific projects. At that time, Raimond also developed his > keen interest in radiation damage, that influenced the ways that we collect > and process X-ray diffraction data even today. Raimond came back to his > home country, the Netherlands, first as an assistant professor at Leiden > University, and then as associate professor at Maastricht University. > During that transition he become an expert in cryo-electron microscopy. He > made numerous contributions also to his new field, in such a broad spectrum > of techniques, that it would be embarrassing to attempt to enumerate them > here. I will only mention that one piece of his work even became a museum > exhibit at the Leiden museum of natural history. > > Raimond has been recently appointed Full Professor of Structural Biology, > at Maastricht University, last November. His inauguration speech (Oratie) > was simply remarkable. I warmly recommend to anyone to watch it at > https://youtu.be/Gv3pKRp5S2Y?t=667 . It radiates his enthusiasm for > science and is inspiring for all, in a way that only he himself knew how to > do. > > Raimond was an accomplished rowing athlete, a formidable cyclist, and a > hiking enthusiast. > > For the many of us who have been his friends it has a been a privilege and > an inspiration. Raimond, just 55, leaves behind him Maaike, an excellent > scientist and colleague herself, and their kids Seppe and Noé. > > I have no words that could possibly explain how much he will be missed. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > 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 > -- Janesh Dubey, Ph.D. (जनेश दुबे) वरिष्ठ प्रधान वैज्ञानिक Senior Principal Scientist सीएसआईआर -कोशिकीय एवं आणविक जीवविज्ञान केन्द्र CSIR - Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology हब्सीगुडा, उप्पल रोड, हैदराबाद - 500 007 Habsiguda, Uppal Road,Hyderabad - 500 007 ######################################################################## 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/
