title: Henk van den Bosch: chemist and biochemist.
abstract: Henk van den Bosch is a native of The Netherlands and recently retired from his position as Professor at Utrecht University. This article summarizes the many scientific achievements of Dr. van den Bosch. He enjoys an international reputation for his research on phospholipases A, cardiolipin biosynthesis in eukaryotes, lysophospholipases, phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis for lung surfactant, plasmalogen biosynthesis in peroxisomes, diagnosis of peroxisomal disorders and most recently his work on alkyl-dihydroxyacetone phosphate synthase. During his research career Henk van den Bosch published approximately 280 articles and presented 110 invited lectures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Group on Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, 328 Heritage Medical Research Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6H 5S3. dennis.vance@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Dennis E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Vance
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Spener
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009426:Netherlands