title: A tribute to Achim Trebst, a friend.
abstract: I honor here a friend, Achim Trebst, on his 80th birthday on June 9, 2009. I have known his outstanding research, on the biochemistry of photosynthesis, for years. My brief tribute, which includes personal, scientific and a cultural component, is followed by excellent tributes by Volker ter Meulen and Rudolf K. Thauer, by Heinrich Strotmann, and by Walter Oettmeier (this issue).
authors: Departments of Plant Biology and Biochemistry, Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. gov@life.illinois.edu
authors: Govindjee
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex / Q000266:history / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex