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Thank you Eugene for letting us know. He contributed so much to crystallography, and was a good friend too. MOLREP is such a well designed program, and he kept up his innovative ideas - a true behind-the-scenes shaker and mover.. Eleanor On Sun, 26 Mar 2023 at 19:29, 'Eugene Krissinel - STFC UKRI' via ysbl-ccp4i2dev <[log in to unmask]> 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 > > -- > CCP4i2 development & testing > -- > Bug reports - core: > https://fg.oisin.rc-harwell.ac.uk/tracker/?atid=169&group_id=92&func=browse > Bug reports - interfaces: > https://fg.oisin.rc-harwell.ac.uk/tracker/?atid=170&group_id=92&func=browse > Find archived messages: > https://groups.google.com/a/york.ac.uk/d/forum/ysbl-ccp4i2dev-group > ######################################################################## 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/