Bevis Brooke J
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142
J Cell Biol. 2017 Jan 2;216(1):5-8. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201612112. Epub 2016 Dec 27.
The science universe is dimmer after one of our brightest stars, Susan Lee Lindquist, was taken by cancer on October 27, 2016. Sue was an innovative, creative, out-of-the-box scientific thinker. She had unique biological intuition-an instinct for both the way things worked and the right questions to ask to uncover new research insights. Her wide-ranging career began with the study of protein folding and molecular chaperones, and she went on to show that protein folding can have profound and unexpected biological effects on such diverse processes as cancer, evolution, and neurodegenerative disease. As Sue's laboratory manager, I would like to offer a ground-floor perspective on what made her an exceptional scientist, mentor, and leader. She created a harmonious, collegial environment where collaborative synergy fueled meaningful progress that will impact science for decades to come.
2016年10月27日，我们最杰出的科学家之一苏珊·李·林德奎斯特因癌症离世，科学界因此黯淡无光。苏是一位富有创新精神、创造力且思维跳出框框的科学家。她拥有独特的生物学直觉——一种对事物运作方式以及提出正确问题以揭示新研究见解的本能。她涉猎广泛的职业生涯始于对蛋白质折叠和分子伴侣的研究，随后她证明了蛋白质折叠在癌症、进化和神经退行性疾病等诸多不同过程中会产生深远且意想不到的生物学影响。作为苏的实验室经理，我想从基层的角度谈谈是什么使她成为一位杰出的科学家、导师和领导者。她营造了一个和谐、合作的环境，在这个环境中，协作的协同效应推动了有意义的进展，这将在未来几十年影响科学发展。
