An incredible life in science: Joseph G. Gall (1928–2024)
- Svetlana Deryusheva1,7,
- Ji-Long Liu2,3,7,
- Zehra F. Nizami4,7,
- Gaëlle J.S. Talross5,7 and
- Susan A. Gerbi6,7
- 1Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Embryology, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
- 2School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
- 3Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PT, United Kingdom
- 4PartitionBio, Science Village, Chesterford Research Park, Little Chesterford, Saffron Walden CB10 1XL, United Kingdom
- 5Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- 6Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
- Corresponding author: susan_gerbi{at}brown.edu
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↵7 All authors contributed equally to this work.
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On September 12, 2024, news of the passing of a scientific giant reverberated through the hearts of a vast international community of students, peers, family, and friends. Joseph Grafton Gall (Fig. 1) was born on April 14, 1928, and lived a remarkable 96 years having, in his own words, never worked a day in his life. Joe's quintessential modesty belied the clockwork consistency and sheer industriousness of a brilliant individual devoted to his craft, but the spirit of his message was undoubtedly self-evident from his effusive joy in his life as a scientist. He was a prominent leader in the cell biology of DNA and RNA. As an early member of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) soon after its founding in 1961, Joe represented the new wave of cell biologists who coupled microscopy with molecular biology and biochemistry. In …
