Dear colleague,
With grief and sadness we inform you that on Monday, January 29,
Prof.Dr. Jan Amesz
passed away unexpectedly.
For more than 40 years Jan has been working in the Department
of Biophysics at the University of Leiden. Over those years he
has contributed greatly to the development of the Department and
its international stature. Strongly driven in his commitment to
science, Jan also had a keen interest in and felt responsibility
for the daily course of affairs in the Department. He was very
supportive and inspirational to his students, and they will
remember with gratitude the tireless efforts and energy which he
put forth in the interpretation of experimental data and in
transforming these into manuscripts and theses.
Even after his retirement Jan wished to remain associated with the
Biophysics Department and scientific activities. Unfortunately, his
involvement has abruptly ended. We will miss the great expertise
and knowledge which he contributed, and especially we will miss him
as a colleague and a friend who was open for discussions and always
had a valuable word of advice. We are very grateful to Jan for the
dedication and efforts in the many years over which he provided
leadership to our Department.
Thijs Aartsma
Peter Gast
Hans van Gorkom
Arnold Hoff
Thomas Schmidt
Department of Biophysics
Leiden University, The Netherlands
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