Juraj Sedláček

4.8.1943-1.9.2021

Juraj Sedlacek has passed away on September 1, 2021 after his battle with cancer.

He was born in Slovakia on August 4, 1943 and he never missed an opportunity to emphasize that gun salvos fired on that day in Moscow were not only a tribute to the victory at Kursk but also to his birth.

He started his education at the Czech Technical University, Prague, where he obtained M.Sc degree in nuclear physics. After that a rich scientific career followed, he was among the pioneers of recombinant DNA technology and molecular biology in Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic and he has educated a number of PhD students.

He was instrumental in establishing the first protein crystallographic facility in the Czech Republic in year 1998.

He was also an important member of the Heart of Europe crystallographic community since the very first meeting in 1998 and he personally participated in almost all HEC meetings.

But above all, he was a kind, generous and witty personality for which he will be remembered and sorely missed by his friends and colleagues.

 Milan Fábry

IMG Prague