[3dem] Fwd: in memoriam of Raimond Ravelli

[Sjors Scheres]

Dear electron microscopists,

Forwarding this intensely sad message from Tassos Perakis on the ccp4 
bulletin board, as some of you will have also known Raimond. Raimond was 
a brilliant and kind scientist and a dear friend. He will be sorely missed.

Sjors

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Dear all,

It is with profound sadness I announce the passing of Raimond Ravelli, 
one of most remarkable and beloved members of our scientific community.

Raimond first became widely known to the crystallographic community with 
his brilliant “strategy” program in the 90’s, which he developed as part 
of his PhD thesis. Later on, at the EMBL Grenoble and the ESRF, Raimond 
has been instrumental in the development of the ID14-EH4 beamline, 
having helped numerous colleagues to collect diffraction data and 
participating in many exciting scientific projects. At that time, 
Raimond also developed his keen interest in radiation damage, that 
influenced the ways that we collect and process X-ray diffraction data 
even today. Raimond came back to his home country, the Netherlands, 
first as an assistant professor at Leiden University, and then as 
associate professor at Maastricht University. During that transition he 
become an expert in cryo-electron microscopy. He made numerous 
contributions also to his new field, in such a broad spectrum of 
techniques, that it would be embarrassing to attempt to enumerate them 
here. I will only mention that one piece of his work even became a 
museum exhibit at the Leiden museum of natural history.

Raimond has been recently appointed Full Professor of Structural 
Biology, at Maastricht University, last November. His inauguration 
speech (Oratie) was simply remarkable. I warmly recommend to anyone to 
watch it at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://youtu.be/Gv3pKRp5S2Y?t=667__;!!Mih3wA!Gp0g_H93AMkpB8zP3yM3aSzSO6ZWGdPnQk8SGuZIQxwmgPu3f9suMdcw1wIUKYTqtWvSNico9ZzZKFBd8cP4lPRe_6E$  . It radiates his 
enthusiasm for science and is inspiring for all, in a way that only he 
himself knew how to do.

Raimond was an accomplished rowing athlete, a formidable cyclist, and a 
hiking enthusiast.

For the many of us who have been his friends it has a been a privilege 
and an inspiration. Raimond, just 55, leaves behind him Maaike, an 
excellent scientist and colleague herself, and their kids Seppe and Noé.

I have no words that could possibly explain how much he will be missed.



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