The UCSF microbiologist pioneered investigations into the deadly disease starting in the late 1960s that have led to the near eradication of trachoma, a chlamydia-related eye infection.

The Sloan Kettering researcher used mutagenic screening to probe genes and molecular pathways, including Toll and Hedgehog, essential to development in fruit flies and mice.

The scientific community bid farewell to researchers who furthered the fields of molecular biology, virology, sleep science, and immunology, among others.

A “larger than life personality,” Amon devoted her career to studying the cell cycle and aneuploidy. Her research has shaped the field of cancer biology.

J. Michael Lane was the director of the CDC’s successful program to eradicate smallpox.

The University of Oregon scientist studied the structure and function of chromatin, with the intent of designing new therapeutic tools.

Mace led the work to determine the criteria for the IUCN’s Red List.

The AIDS activist, also known as the Berlin patient, represented optimism that scientists could find a way to beat HIV.

Simoni spent more than four decades at Stanford University as a teacher, researcher, and administrator in the university’s biology department.