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An obituary for carcinologist Michael Türkay is presented.

The red swamp crayfish ( Procambarus clarkii , Girard 1852) is among the most economically important freshwater crustacean species, and it is also considered one of the most aggressive invasive species worldwide. Despite its commercial importance and being one of the most studied crayfish species, its genomic and transcriptomic layout has only been partially studied. Illumina RNA-sequencing was applied to characterize the eyestalk transcriptome and identify its most characterizing genes. A collection of 83,170,732 reads from eyestalks was obtained using Illumina paired-end sequencing technology. A de novo assembly was performed with the Trinity assembly software generating 119,255 contigs (average length of 1007 bp) and identifying the first sequenced transcriptome in this species. The eyestalk is a major site for the production of neurohormones and controls a variety of physiological functions such as osmotic regulation, molting, epidermal color patterns and reproduction. Hence, its transcriptomic characterization is interesting and potentially instrumental to the elucidation of genes which have not been comprehensively described yet. Moreover, the availability of such a large amount of information supported the characterization of molecular families which have never been described before. The P. clarkii eyestalk transcriptome reported here provides a resource for improving the knowledge of the still incompletely defined neuroendocrinology of this species and represents an important source of data for all the interested carcinologists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An obituary for ostracod specialist Jean-Paul Colin is presented.

A biography of biologist and carcinologist Patsy Ann McLaughlin is presented. She was born on May 27, 1932 in Washington. In 1950, she enlisted in the military and entered the U.S. Air Force Women in Air Force (WAF) program. Her background in carcinology is presented. Among her projects are the two editions of the "Common Names," the carcinization papers and the Taiwan catalogue of hermits.

Features the life and works of Fenner A. Chace Jr., a zoologist emeritus in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. Biographic profile; Career of Chace at the U.S. National Museum; Reputation of Chace as a carcinologist.

The 370 papers on carcinology published by the late Jan H. Stock are cited and annotated through a list of new taxa published in each paper. A short outline of the career of Jan Stock as a carcinologist and an impression of his personality are drawn. Les 370 travaux carcinologiques publies par le regrette Jan. H. Stock sont mentionnes et annotes, avec une liste des nouveaux taxa publies dans chaque article. Est egalement presente un court expose sur la carriere de Jan Stock en tant que carcinologiste, ainsi qu'un apercu de sa personnalite. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the contribution of carcinologist Jan H. Stock to the origin and biodiversity of subterranean aquatic crustaceans. Career background of Stock; Accomplishments.

The article offers information on Jens Thorvald Høeg, researcher in carcinology, who has received the Crustacean Society Excellence in Research Award. Topics discussed include information on education and career development, recipient of Faculty of Science "Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award" for delivering lectures in zoomorphology and working as 10th President of the Crustacean Society from 2000-2002.

An obituary for teacher and carcinologist Narayana Krishna Pillai is presented.