{"doi":"10.1113/jp287402","title":"In Memoriam: Gary Mawe","abstract":"Dr Gary M. Mawe Professor of Neurological Sciences University of Vermont 1956–2024 On 17 February 2024, the field of enteric neuroscience lost a highly respected colleague, mentor and friend. Dr. Gary M. Mawe, PhD, Professor of Neurological Sciences at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, passed away peacefully after a long illness. Gary was an internationally renowned neurobiologist who devoted his career to the study of the gastrointestinal (GI) system. His unquenchable curiosity and enthusiasm for both science and life led him to pursue numerous interests and passions. His pioneering studies of the neural mechanisms regulating gallbladder motor function, enteroendocrine serotonin signalling in health and disease, and inflammatory neuroplasticity of the enteric nervous system were recognized and praised by the scientific community. Gary's work was continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his entire research career. Over his distinguished career, he published more than 130 peer-reviewed primary scientific articles and coauthored more than 14 review articles and chapters, including those published in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Mawe & Hoffman, 2013; Spohn & Mawe, 2017) and Journal of Clinical Investigation (Mawe, 2015), that have become central references in understanding gastrointestinal autonomic biology. The comprehensive review of the enteric nervous system (Sharkey & Mawe, 2023) written with his collaborator of over 20 years, Dr. Keith Sharkey, will certainly stand as his Magnum Opus. This project started in the Fall of 2019 when Keith was on sabbatical leave in Vermont. Although Gary was unwell at the time of writing this article, his fascination in the field remained as strong then as it ever was, and he enjoyed the hours of discussion it generated. Gary was extremely proud of his publications and worked very hard to ensure impactful comprehensive work. This virtual issue of The Journal of Physiology compiles all of the published work. Gary aimed for his primary research to be submitted and published in The Journal of Physiology and each of these manuscripts beautifully illustrates his lasting impact on the field of gastrointestinal physiology. Gary received numerous awards recognizing his contribution to the field, including the Janssen Award for Basic Research in Gastrointestinal Motility in 1996, the Basmajian/Williams & Wilkins Award of the American Association of Anatomists in 1997 and the University Scholar Award, Graduate College, The University of Vermont in 2003. In 2023, he received the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society Dodds-Sarna Award, honouring an investigator who made major contributions to the field of Neurogastroenterology and Motility. At the time of his death, Gary was the Samuel Thayer Professor of Neurological Sciences and Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and of Medicine, at the University of Vermont where he was also the director of the anatomical gift program. He was also adjunct professor of Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Calgary, and adjunct professor Adjunct Professor of Anatomy, Biochemistry and Physiology at the University of Hawaii. Gary grew up in Pittsburgh with his seven brothers and sisters and was a dedicated Steelers fan. He received a BSc in Biology from Penn State University, although he joked his true major was Nitty Lion football. After a year as a research assistant in the laboratory of Dr. William C. DeGroat at the University of Pittsburgh, he began his PhD at Ohio State University under the supervision of Jacqueline Bresnahan and Michael Beattie and graduated in 1984. During these years, he gained strong training in the anatomy of the autonomic nervous system. 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