.:In Memory of Dr. Karl Folkers

 

It is with great sorrow that the scientific community involved  in coenzyme Q10 research announces that on the morning of Tuesday December 9th, Dr. Karl Folkers passed away. He was a leading figure in the field of biochemical and bio medical research on coenzyme Q. Dr. Karl August Folkers was born in Decatur, Illinois on September 1st 1906, and educated at the University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin and Yale University.

.:In Memory of Dr. Lars Ernster

Lars Ernster died of cancer on November 4 at the age of 78 after a short period of illness. He is survived by his wife Edit. Lars Ernster was born in Hungary and came to Sweden in 1946. He took his PhD degree at the Stockholm University in 1956. Until 1967 he was the head of the division for Physiological Chemistry at the Wenner-Gren Institute.