This comes as a shock. Harry and I got to know each other when we were
post-docs. He used to work with Hydra then and was designing experiments
to test the Gierer-Meinhardt model for spatial patterning. He was always
helpful in giving advice and passing on strains and plasmids. His skill in
plasmid design and much else led to a joint paper. The last news from him,
a couple of months ago, was that he was unwell yet again. But I never
imagined it could be this serious.

Vidya


> Dear colleagues,
>
> It is with profound sadness that we inform the Dictyostelium community of
> the passing of our dear friend and colleague Harry MacWilliams. Harry had
> been unwell the past few months. He was showing signs of recovery and
> decided to return to work. Harry collapsed in his office on Monday August
> 29, 2011 and did not regain consciousness. At this time, we do not have
> additional information concerning his sudden departure.
>
>
>
> Harry will be greatly missed.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Adrian, Adriano Ceccarelli, Claire Bonfils, Kimchi Strasser and Pascale
> Gaudet
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>
>
>
>
> Adrian Tsang
>
> Professor and Director
>
> Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics
>
> Concordia University
>
> Room GE120.11
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> 7141 Sherbrooke Street West
>
> Montreal, Quebec
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> Canada H4B 1R6
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> phone: 1-514-848-2424 ext 3405
>
> fax: 1-514-848-4504
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> http://www.fungalgenomics.ca
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> http://artsandscience.concordia.ca/biology/csfg/
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