title: Casting a long shadow in the classroom: an educator's perspective of the contributions of Carl Woese.
abstract: "What does one do when the giants pass away?" remarked a very famous microbiologist to me, soon after the death of Carl Woese in late 2012. I teach microbiology and introductory cell and molecular biology at a small undergraduate institution; Woese's example and contributions have long been part of every class I teach, and with good reason. Thus, I didn't know quite what to say to my colleague at first; I was still mentally processing the event.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology; University of Puget Sound; Tacoma, WA USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D001105:Archaea / Q000235:genetics; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics; D001695:Biology / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans
keywords: Woese; commentary; education; paradigm shift; phylogenetics; undergraduate