Frontiers in Computational Biophysics: A Symposium in Honor of Martin Karplus

A symposium in honor of Martin Karplus (Figure 1) and 50 years of scientific contributions was organized by Bernard Brooks, Toshiko Ichiye, and Richard Pastor and held at the National Institutes of Health on April 30, 2005. Since the start of his career in academic research on the chemistry faculty at the University of Illinois in 1955, Martin has published 735 scientific papers and two books and has worked with nearly 220 students, postdoctoral associates, and visiting scientists.