Stephen F. Heinemann 1939–2014

Starting in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a group of aspiring young scientists gathered at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California. This group of trainees and junior faculty included Steve Heinemann, Rudolf Jaenisch, Inder Verma, Tony Hunter, the late Wylie Vale, and, soon thereafter, Ron Evans. In the years to come, this erstwhile group of young mavericks went on to define science not only at the Salk but, in some sense, for the entire world. In neuroscience, the defining force was Stephen F. Heinemann, who passed away on August 6, 2014, of kidney failure.