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1、INMEMORIAMK.MaramoroschJan16,1915–May9,2016KarlMaramorosch,eminentvirologist,entomologistandplantpatholo-gist/virologist,andlongtimeserialeditorofAdvancesinVirusResearchsadlypassedawayaged101onMay9,2016.KarlwasbornonJanuary16,1915inViennainthethenAustro-HungarianEmpireinthemiddleofWorldWarI.Hi

2、sfatheroriginatedfromPolandandhispolyglotmotherfromCroatia.HegrewupinPolandandreceivedhisuniversitydegreefromWarsawAgriculturalUniversityinWarsawin1938.In1939hefledfromtheNaziinvasionofPolandwithhisPolishwifeIrenetoRomaniawherebothwerevviInMemoriaminterred.MostofhisfamilyperishedintheHolocaust

3、.In1947KarlandIreneemigratedtotheUnitedStateswhereKarlreceivedhisPh.D.atColumbiaUniversityin1949.HestartedhisscientificcareeratRockefellerUniversityinNewYorkworkingoninsect-transmittedplantviruses,atopichecontinuedthroughouthislife.From1961to1973hewasaProgramDirectorofVirologyattheBoyceThompso

4、nInstituteinIthaca,NY,andthenmovedtotheWaksmanInstituteofMicrobiologyatRutgersUniversity,NewJerseyin1974.In1984hejoinedtheEntomologyDepartmentatRutgerswhichremainedhisscientifichome.Hepioneeredworkoninsect-transmittedplantvirusesincludingmicroinjectionintovectorsaswellasinsecttissueculturetoma

5、kemajoradvancesinourunderstandingofthereplicationofplantpathogensininsectvectorsandtheinteractionbetweeninsects,viruses,andplants.Amongnumerousotherdistinctions,in1980KarlreceivedtheWolfPrizeinAgriculture,consideredthe“AgricultureNobelPrize,”forhisworkoninsectvectorsandplantpathogens.Karlhasau

6、thoredorcoauthoredanimpressivenumberofscien-tificpapers(>800)andbooks(>100).Since1973KarlhasservedasaserialeditorforAdvancesinVirusResearch,theoldestreviewseriesinvirology.Karllivedtoseehisautobiographicalbook“TheThornyRoadtoSuccess:AMemoir”publishedrecently,alastingtestimonyofhislifeinthecont

7、extofthe20thandearly21stcenturies.Karlwasarolemodelinhisperseveranceandhisdedicationtoandenthusiasmforscience.TogetherwithFredMurphyandAaronShatkin,KarlsignificantlyinfluencedAdvancesinVirusResearch,whichretainsitsplaceamongthepremiervi