Hello,

Please accept my condolences. I worked with him when we were in Baylor and briefly in New York as well. It breaks my heart to hear this. I am sorry for your loss. 

I was really a pleasure to have known him and worked with him. He was really a talented Bioinformatician and a great colleague. 

Rachel,

Please accept my condolences for your loss. Dan was my brother in arms at columbia and always spoke of you with so much love and pride. I knew him as a principled man with a strong sense of right and wrong who did not tolerate any nonsense. The fact that he was an exceptionally talented bioinformatician was not his greatest quality. It was his ability to connect with and empathize with people of all backgrounds, as well as his commitment and loyalty to his friends and loved ones. It is deeply unfair that such a good person was lost so soon.

To Rachel and family,

May the happy memories give you and family peace and comfort during this challenging time. While we met on two instances in Tampa (your favorite mexican restaurant and Thanksgiving at Olivers’s home) they are great memories. Dan was a great friend and peer who will live in my memories forever. Keeping you in my prayers for strength and peace.

Dear Rachel,

I send my upmost condolences. 

We never met, but Dan told me so much about you. He mentioned you and his nephew every time I spoke with him. I will truly miss our chats. He was such a wonderful person. He was intelligent, funny , and kind. He was the only person I knew that wasn’t afraid to say what others were hesitant to say. Dan was the most talented bioinformatician I'd ever met. I will really miss him.