Erminio Costa, M.D. (1924–2009)

| | || Erminio (Mimo) Costa, one of the co-founding members of the CINP, died on Saturday, 28 November 2009 from complications of multiple myeloma. Dr Costa is survived by his wife Ingeborg Hanbauer and sons Michael and Max. His son Robert passed away on 1 September 2006. In 1970, when Dr Alessandro Guidotti (Sandro) joined Dr Costa's laboratory at NIMH as a visiting scientist, his intent was to spend 2 years as a research trainee but he found Mimo's take on the various fields of neuroscience so exciting and rewarding, he became his close colleague for the next 40 years. Sandro was one of many who could not fail to be positively affected by Dr Costa's passion for science, by his rigorous approach to the analyses of experimental results, and by the long working hours he spent with each of his pupils in formulating hypotheses, in designing appropriate experiments and in discussing the development of state-of-the-art technologies to implement these studies. Mimo always encouraged and fostered discussion, exchange of ideas, a multidisciplinary approach and top-level scientific interactions … (Email: dgrayson{at}psych.uic.edu) (Email: AGuidotti{at}psych.uic.edu)