James D. Watson, the American molecular biologist whose discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA transformed biology and medicine, died November 6 at a hospice in East Northport, New York. He was 97. His death was confirmed by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where he spent most of his career.

Edward Kravitz, a renowned Professor of Neurobiology, The George Packer Berry Professor of Neurobiology, Emeritus, at Harvard Medical School, died at home September 21, 2025. He was 92 years old. Ed was a pioneering neuroscientist and an inspiration to generations of researchers.

A. James Hudspeth, a Rockefeller neuroscientist who discovered how sound waves are converted into electrical signals in the ear’s cochlea, died Saturday at his home in Manhattan. A pioneering scientist and dedicated mentor, he was the university’s F. M. Kirby Professor, head of the Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience, and director of the F. M. Kirby Center for Sensory Neuroscience. He was also an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute since 1993. He was 79.

Vivian Abrahams, a proud Canadian neurophysiologist, died July 15, 2025 in his 98th year. He was the driving force behind the MRC Group in Sensory-Motor Physiology at Queen’s University and played a key role in the establishment of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience.

Donald S. Faber, PhD, professor emeritus and chair of the Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, passed away April 6, 2025. Faber's influential research focused on the properties and regulation of synaptic transmission and on understanding how neuronal activity controls sensorimotor behavior.