7 molecular scientists killed in Iran plane crash

2020; American Chemical Society; Volume: 98; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/cen-09803-scicon1

ISSN

2474-7408

Autores

Sam Lemonick,

Tópico(s)

Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research

Resumo

A chemist working at a product-testing company and six graduate students in molecular science fields died earlier this month when Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down over Tehran, Iran. The plane was flying from Tehran to Kiev, Ukraine, and the seven chemists were traveling separately to Canada. All 176 passengers on board died in the accident. Fareed Arasteh, 32, was a first-year PhD candidate at Carleton University. He was working to identify and characterize new gene factors involved in the quality-control processes that fungal cells use to ensure the right genes get expressed. Arasteh had returned to his home in Iran between semesters to get married. His wife was not aboard the flight. His adviser, Ashkan Golshani, says Arasteh was a humble, approachable person who always had a smile on his face and was very dedicated to science. Arasteh, Golshani says, was excited about asking questions no one

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