title: In Memoriam: Zygmunt Hejnowicz (1929-2016).
abstract: Professor Zygmunt Hejnowicz passed away aged 87, on the first of May 2016. We describe his major research interests and contribution to plant development, anatomy, and biophysics, from the perspective of his close collaborators.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Biophysics and Morphogenesis of Plants , University of Silesia in Katowice , Jagiellońska, Katowice , Poland.
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kwiatkowska
authors.affiliation: a Department of Biophysics and Morphogenesis of Plants , University of Silesia in Katowice , Jagiellońska, Katowice , Poland.
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakielski
authors.affiliation: b Department of Cell Biology , Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice , Jagiellońska, Katowice , Poland.
authors.forename: Ewa U
authors.initials: EU
authors.lastname: Kurczyńska
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004594:Electrophysiology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D063245:Plant Development / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Gravitational biology; Zygmunt Hejnowicz; plant biomechanics; plant developmental anatomy; plant electrophysiology