2). In 1965, he was awarded the National Institutes of Health Career Development Award (1965–1970) with an appointment to the faculty in the Department of Biology at New York University.

Steve spent vacations and sabbaticals as a Visiting Professor in research laboratories all over the world, including the laboratories of Helmut Metzner (Germany), Sir George Porter (London), Louis N.M. Duysens (Netherlands) and others in India, Mexico City, Greece, Japan and Hawaii (USA). Fig. 2 Steve Brody looking at a suspension of an experimental sample at IBM in the 1960s For a complete list of almost 94 publications by Seymour Steven Brody, search Brody SS in PubMed or other literature data bases. However, to give the readers a CP673451 cost breadth of Steve’s research and his association with other scientists, we provide here a list of selected references, arranged chronologically (See Appendix). Epilogue On his 80th birthday, Steve Brody OICR-9429 nmr looked not a day older than 65 years and had the energy and vitality of a much younger man (See Figs. 3 and 4 for two of his portraits). During his nearly 2 year illness, he would say, “You cannot stop moving”. Steve continued to travel and live life. Only in his last few weeks did one realize that his illness was seriously compromising when he no longer worked out in the gym. Realizing AZD2281 datasheet he was losing a battle,

Steve wrote the following words to his friends and family: Fig. 3 Steve Brody recruited to play a role as a Karate Master in a Danish film, 2007 Fig. 4 Steve Brody at his best, celebrating his life, his family, and friends, 2008 “So I just want to say, I have had a fantastic wonderful, fun filled life with lots of adventures and no regrets. I thank you all for being part of it. It has been wonderful to know you.” On May 25, 2010, Steve Brody passed away at the age of 82. He is survived by his wife Lisbeth Stelzig and their children Stephanie and Victor; his first wife, Marcia Brody and their children: Stuart Brody, Benjamin (Ben) Brody, Erica Brody and

son-in-law, Richard Haw; and his niece, Florence Fisher, her husband, Stan Fisher and their family. During the last days of his life, Steve was looking forward to the November 2010 arrival of his first grandchild (parents: MG-132 clinical trial Erica Brody and Richard Haw). Acknowledgments We are very grateful to Lis Stelzig for providing us with Steve’s curriculum vitae, biographical details, and photos. We appreciate her kind support in finishing this tribute. The authors also thank Benjamin Brody, Erica Brody, Stephanie Brody, and Victor Brody for their encouragement and input. We thank Jean Lavorel, George Papageorgiou, Norio Murata and Prasanna Mohanty for their wonderful comments on Steve and on his research in the area of photosynthesis. We are also grateful to Jean-Jacques Legendre for his cordial personal remarks on their friendship and association.