Don Craig Wiley, 1944-2001, American crystallographer. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Crystallography (from the Greek words crystallon = cold drop / frozen drop, with its meaning extending to all solids with some degree of transparency, and graphein = write) is the experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids. ...

Wiley's achievements in the field of crystallography include the imaging of:

• Class I and class II major histocompatibility complex proteins
• The influenza hemagglutinin protein
• hemagglutinin trimer
• HLA-A2

Famous quote: "I'm sorry, but I just don't understand anything in biology unless I know what it looks like." It has been suggested that Class I MHC be merged into this article or section. ... A representation of the 3D structure of myoglobin, showing coloured alpha helices. ... Negatively stained flu virions. ... Hemagglutinin, as depicted in a simplified molecular model. ... Hemagglutinin, as depicted in a simplified molecular model. ... The human lymphocyte antigen system (HLA) is the group of genes in the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) that encodes the cell-surface antigen-presenting proteins. ...

Wiley owned a British racing green-coloured Aston Martin. British racing green, officially known as deep brunswick green is the international motor racing colour of Great Britain. ... official Aston Martin logo (since 2003) Aston Martin logo (1987 - 2002) Aston Martin logo (before 1987) Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. ...

Don Wiley disappeared on November 15, 2001; his body was found in the Mississippi River a month later and his death was ruled to be an accident [1]. November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This page is about the river in the United States; there is also a Canadian Mississippi River (Ontario). ...