Biography:Hans Bos
Johannes Lukas "Hans" Bos (born 16 June 1950) is a Dutch biochemist and cancer researcher. He has been a professor of physiological chemistry at Utrecht University since 1991. He is also employed by the University Medical Center Utrecht.
Career
Bos was born in Vlaardingen on 16 June 1950.[1] He studied biochemistry at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam between 1969 and 1975.[2] In 1980 Bos obtained his title of Doctor at the University of Amsterdam under Piet Borst, with a thesis titled: "Structural analysis of yeast mitochondrial DNA. The region of the 21S ribosomal RNA gene".[1] He then started working under Alex van der Eb at Leiden University. In 1984 Bos started research on Ras mutations.[3] In 1986 Bos became a lector at Leiden University. In 1991 he was appointed professor of physiological chemistry at Utrecht University.[1]
In 2013 the Dutch Cancer Society presented an international "Dream Team" on cancer research, the team was led by Bos and Hans Clevers.[4] In 2015 Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant announced that Bos was the Dutch researcher who obtained most funds in the Netherlands during the previous ten years, obtaining over 31 million euro.[5]
Honours and distinctions
Bos was elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization in 1996.[6] He was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006.[7] In 2014 Bos won the Josephine Nefkens Prize for Cancer Research.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Prof.dr. J.L. Bos (1950 - )" (in Dutch). Utrecht University. https://profs.library.uu.nl/index.php/profrec/getprofdata/255/12/109/0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Janine Budding (28 November 2014). "Josefine Nefkens prijs naar Hans Bos UMC Utrecht" (in Dutch). Medicalfacts.nl. http://www.medicalfacts.nl/2014/11/28/josefine-nefkens-prijs-naar-hans-bos-umc-utrecht/.
- ↑ "Hans Bos" (in Dutch). University Medical Center Utrecht. http://www.umcutrecht.nl/en/Research/Research-programs/Cancer/Hans-Bos.
- ↑ "KWF presenteert internationaal Dream Team" (in Dutch). Dutch Cancer Society. 12 November 2013. https://www.kwf.nl/over-kwf/Pages/persbericht-dream-team.aspx.
- ↑ Martijn van Calmthout, Sybren Kooistra, Eline Huisman (21 February 2015). "Toponderzoekers halen per persoon miljoenen op" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. http://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/toponderzoekers-halen-per-persoon-miljoenen-op~a3870202/.
- ↑ "Johannes L. Bos". European Molecular Biology Organization. http://people.embo.org/profile/johannes-l-bos.
- ↑ "Hans Bos". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/3924.
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