Biophysical Society Bulletin | October 2019

InMemoriam

Philip Gurnev 1978–2019

On August 5th, 2019, we lost our great colleague and dearest friend Philip Gurnev . This came as a great shock for us all. Philip touched the lives of many at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and throughout the wider scientific community. He was a staff scientist in the Section on Molecular Transport at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH, since 2015. Born in 1978 in St. Petersburg, Russia, Philip received his PhD in physiology in 2003 from the Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, where he studied the effect of small-molecular-weight toxins on membrane ion-conductive properties. Later, as a post-doctoral fellow at NICHD, he investigated beta-barrel toxin and metabolite channels in their functional states using the technique of channel reconstitution into planar lipid bilay-

ers. Philip was a dedicated and passionate scientist who made significant contributions to the field of ion channel biophysics. Among his pioneering studies are the time-resolved observation of a single lambda-phage particle binding to its membrane receptor maltoporin, alpha-synuclein translocation through alpha-hemolysin and VDAC, and the effect of Hofmeister ranking of ions on molecular interactions, all performed at the single-molecule level. He published more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including five in Biophysical Journal . Philip was admired both as a uniquely gifted experimentalist and as a devoted mentor. Enthralled by difficult challenges, he enthusiastically embraced novel ideas and eagerly learned new approaches. We will remember Philip as a loyal friend who was selflessly dedicated to the people in his life. He was reliable and continually available to his friends, colleagues, and acquaintances, whether in good times or bad. He had his own unique sense of humor and diverse interests beyond science: an aficionado of international cinema and literature, expert outdoorsman and competi- tion marksman, as well as a polyglot. He is survived by his wonderful wife Elena and a newborn son Evgeniy . —Philip Gurnev’s colleagues and friends

Principles of Protein–Protein Association Harold P. Erickson Department of Cell Biology, Duke University

Protein–protein associations are fundamental to biological mechanisms, creating a need for a book that covers the basic principles of protein–protein association. This book has been developed from lectures given to graduate students in cell and molecular biology. The general principles are accompanied by guided reading of informative classic papers. This book should be useful for faculties organizing similar classes, and also for students and researchers who wish to learn on their own. To obtain this book, visit https:/ iopscience.iop.org/book/978-0-7503-2412-0.pdf

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