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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>I was lucky enough to overlap with Steve Shire while both of us were postdocs under Todd Schuster at UConn. As Tom said, Steve was truly a pioneer in the use of AUC and other biophysical methods in the biotech industry, and I likely would not have ended up there myself if it were not for Steve leading the way. He was a great scientist, good friend, and a warm and kind person, and he indeed will be sorely missed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> RASMB [mailto:rasmb-bounces@list.rasmb.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Laue, Thomas<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 20, 2017 11:47 AM<br><b>To:</b> rasmb@list.rasmb.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [RASMB] Steve Shire<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='color:black'>Dear all-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>I just learned that Steve Shire passed away yesterday. He brought protein solution biophysics to the early biopharma industry, and taught a lot of about how to characterize high-concentration protein solutions. He was a good friend, and a lot of fun to be around. I know we will all miss him tremendously.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=Signature><div name=divtagdefaultwrapper><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Tom<br>University of New Hampshire<br>603-862-2459</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>