Dear Dicty people,

It is with great sadness that I share that Prof. Yasuo Maeda emeritus professor at Tohoku University passed away of illness on 26th April at the age of 80. His enduring legacy includes ultrastructural work on migrating Dicty cells as well as  its pinocytosis, early cell-cell heterogeneity and differentiation. Prof. Maeda was one of the early csm researchers here in Japan and the founding pillar of the community. He was a charming man and loved by his disciples and colleagues. We will miss him greatly.

yours sincerely,
Tomoaki Abe