This is really sad news that Veronica is no longer with us. I am reminded of the first time I met her in 1978 at a meeting in TIFR. Her talk on olfactory mutants was very inspiring. It gave me my first insight into her personality. Years later, recently, we worked together on olfaction in some of the behavioural mutants we had in my lab in Delhi. This gave me a chance to be with her more often and we spent some wonderful time together. I have admired her courage and conviction to pursue what she thought was right. I am going to miss her badly. And Vijay, I want to thank you and the NCBS community to have looked after her during painful and difficult times. Shanti Chandrashekaran