Some of the people responsible for the spread of S. pombe research who are pictured in alphabetical order from left to right. (Top row) David Beach (1954), Richard Egel (1941), Peter Fantes (1948), Jerry Hyams (1947). (Second row) Jürg Kohli (1945), Urs Leupold (1923–2006), Maureen McLeod (1949), J. Murdoch Mitchison (1922–2011). (Third row) Olaf Nielsen (1959), Paul Nurse (1949), Paul Russell (1956), Chikashi Shimoda (1942). (Fourth row) Carl Singer (1945–2013), Masayuki Yamamoto (1947), Mitsuhiro Yanagida (1941), Paul Young (1947).