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The ENCODE project provides fundamental insights into the genome and large-scale science, inspiring future collaboration at the genomics–chemical biology interface.
Ivano Bertini left us on 7 July after a short illness. The chemical, biological and biomedical communities—indeed, society at large—have lost a unique and magnetic personality that will not be easily forgotten by those who have known him personally.