Remembering the legacy of Professor Mohammad Hashemi: a pioneer in molecular genetic studies in southeast Iran (1965-2019).

Professor Mohammad Hashemi was a clinical biochemist and cancer genetic scientist. He has been chair and head of Department of Clinical Biochemistry at Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran. He has played an important role in the improvement of understanding of genetics of disease in southeast Iran. He was also a part of international team for the discovery of the role of calprotectin (S100A8/A9) in cancer biology via regulation of cell fate in tumor cells. He had over 300 peer-reviewed scientific publications and trained significant numbers of high quality personals (>40) in the field of biomedical sciences. His sudden death in 2019 shocked national and international scientific society but his scientific legacy will remain alive forever.