These are scientific skills that will be required for a successful career in any setting be it academia, industry, or elsewhere. It is as much effort to do something that is derivative as it is to do something that is exciting, so why not at least try for something exciting? I believe in allowing people to grow and think for themselves, to learn how to frame problems and to plot the best paths to answer them. I believe in challenging each and every individual who enters the group to “aim high” and attempt to tackle a major problem of great significance. While the lab group at Yale was quite a bit larger (25-30) than it is at Genentech, my philosophy towards mentorship has not changed. This is by far my proudest accomplishment in science. Many of these young scientists have gone on to wonderfully successful scientific careers at major universities and research institutions around the world. Why? Because at Genentech, I found that you can do your science at the highest possible level, engage the most profound problems you can imagine, have access to a research environment and infrastructure unimaginable at an academic institution, and also have the opportunity - and the challenge - to make a difference.ĭuring my 20+ years in the Department of Cell Biology at Yale Medical School, I mentored over 60 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. I had the perfect job, but I came to Genentech anyway. I ran a large and successful laboratory, I was surrounded by valued friends and colleagues, and I worked at one of the world's great universities. To leave a message of condolence and sign the online guest book please visit came to Genentech in the Spring of 2007 after more than 20 years as a faculty member at the Yale University School of Medicine, where I was chair of my department, a member of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and scientific director of the Yale Cancer Center. Donations in memory of Maria can made to the Alzheimers Association at 309 Waverley Oaks Drive, Waltham, MA 02452 ( Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Norton Funeral Home, Framingham. At the familys request and for the safety of family and friends, there will be no funeral home visitation. ![]() 135) Framingham, Burial will follow in St. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her funeral Mass on Saturday, January 15, 2022, at 10 AM at St. She was the mother-in-law of the late Antonio Lopes and sister of the late Aurelio Almeida. Nephews Luis Manuel, and Antonio Augusto Almeida both of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Great Granddaughters Lia and Naomi both of Christmas, Florida. Her grand children Michael Lopes of Marlborough, Carla Markx of Christmas, FL, and Katherine White of Marlborough. She is survived by her children, Lucinda Lopes of Marlborough and Maria White and her husband Phillip of Marlborough. In 2002, once again Maria returned in the United States to be with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She retired in 1989, at that time she returned to Portugal where she enjoyed farming and wine making. ![]() In 1969, Maria came to the United States where she pursued a career in private home housekeeping. She lived in Lousa-Moncorvo with her family until she was 20 years old, when she moved to Rio de Janeiro to become a live-in-nanny. Maria was born in Lousa-Moncorvo, Portugal to the late Manuel and Antonia (Pinto) Almeida. She was the beloved wife of the late Antonio Alberto Mesquita who died in November of 2018. ![]() Maria Alice (Almeida) Mesquita, age 89, died peacefully at her home in Marlborough on Monday January 10, 2022.
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