Tributes to pioneers in bioenergetics

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Tributes to pioneers in bioenergetics - wandering in the garden of memories

Last update: 2024-05-08

Renowned scientists pay ‘Tributes to pioneers in bioenergetics'. Scientists and students should be alert to the intellectual and experimental legacies that shape our contemporary ways of thinking. Tributes to pioneers in bioenergetics offer a fresh perspective on concepts in a state of flux, contrasting with fixed paradigms that often distort when ignored. Unlike traditional Special Issues with finite closure dates, the BEC Publication Series (Gold Open Access) extends a perpetual invitation for authors to contribute their manuscripts to the 'garden of memories' – Living Communications. This unique series serves as an enduring educational resource, offering profound insights into the minds and lives of bioenergetics pioneers. Thus, wandering in the garden of memories becomes an essential journey for all who seek to navigate the ever-changing landscape of scientific discovery.

The community of bioenergetics regrets the loss of pioneers in bioenergetics. Most recently Marten Wickström, Sergio Papa, Stuart Ferguson.

» Mitochondria and bioblasts: Made history

Perspectives

• Meandering down diverse paths by different persons has the potential to weave together an unparalleled tapestry of memories, forming a mosaic of anecdotes, narratives, and phrases that enrich the overarching story and infuse it with a deeply human essence.

Angelo Azzi, MD, PhD

Editor-in-Chief: Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Faculty Member: School of Graduate Biomedical Pharmacology and Drug Development Program

Voluntary Professor: The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Professor Emeritus: Universität Bern, Switzerland

• Who qualifies as 'pioneer'? The current list reflects bias in scientific history: lack of compensation for unequal gender opportunities, science networks centered on Europe and North America. How do we define the field of bioenergetics? Bacteria, mitochondria, and chloroplasts - energy transformation by bioblasts is the core of bioenergetics. Support us by paying a tribute to your pioneers in bioenergetics, to properly expand the recognition of pioneers and their vital contributions to science and humanity.

Erich Gnaiger, PhD

Editor-in-Chief: Bioenergetics Communications

CEO: Oroboros Instruments, Innsbruck, Austria

A tribute to Giuseppe Attardi (1923-2008)

» Nature

A tribute to Andrew A Benson (1917-2015)

» Benson AA (2002) Paving the path. Annu Rev Plant Biol 53:1–25

A tribute to Paul D Boyer (1918-2018)

» The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1997

A tribute to Melvin Calvin (1911-1997)

» The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1961

A tribute to Britton Chance (1913-2010)

» Brit

A tribute to Lars Ernster (1920-1998)

» Stockholm University

A tribute to Stuart J Ferguson (-2024)

» St. Edmund Hall, Oxford

A tribute to David Ezra Green (1910-1983)

» National Academies Press, Washington

A tribute to Bernhard Kadenbach (1933-2021)

Communicated by Sebastian Vogt

A tribute to David Keilin (1887-1963)

» Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

A tribute to Martin J Kushmerick (1937-2019)

» Publications

A tribute to Albert Lester Lehninger (1917-1986)

» Nature

A tribute to Peter Dennis Mitchell (1920-1992)

» The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1978

A tribute to Sergio Papa (-2024)

» CV

Communicated by Nazzarreno Capitanio

A tribute to Tullio Pozzan (1949-2022)

» Academia Europaea

Communicated by Ole Pederson

A tribute to Efraim Racker (1913-1991)

» Cornell

A tribute to Bengt Saltin (1935-2014)

» J Physiol

A tribute to Gottfried Schatz (1936-2015)

» Biozentrum Basel

A tribute to Vladimir P Skulachev (1935-2023)

» Academia Europaea

A tribute to Edward Charles Slater (1917-2016)

» ASBMB

A tribute to Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893-1986)

» The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1937

A tribute to Andrey D Vinogradov (1942-2021)

Communicated by Alexander Galkin

A tribute to Mårten KF Wikström (1945-2024)

» Helsinki Institute of Life Science

Communicated by Erich Gnaiger, CS Raman, Alexei Stuchebrukhov

A tribute to Lech Wojtczak (1926-2019)

» Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology

Dear authors

• See BEC author guidelines
• Please submit a short summary on pioneers in bioenergetics (max. 250 words), which may be different from the summary of your manuscript.
• Manuscripts will be processed, peer reviewed, and published on a rolling basis.
• Multiple manuscripts are welcome paying a tribute to a particular pioneer.
• Please suggest authors who should be contacted for additional contributions to the BEC Series.

With many thanks for your interest and contributions,

Erich Gnaiger

Editor-in-chief: Bioenergetics Communications