Glycobiology Advance Access originally published online on March 9, 2009
Glycobiology 2009 19(6):562-563; doi:10.1093/glycob/cwp033
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Published by Oxford University Press 2009.
Obituary: Annette Herscovics (1938–2008)
Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1X8
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Annette (Antoinette) Herscovics, one of the true pioneers of glycobiology research, passed away in Montreal, Canada, on September 6, 2008, after a long battle with cancer. She made seminal contributions to the field for more than 40 years and was still very active shortly before her death, having published two important papers in 2007 and two in 2008.
Annette, the daughter of Polish Jews, was born in Paris, France, in 1938, and was a hidden child survivor of the Holocaust
