Herman Van Den Berghe

Not to be confused with the Dutch soldier Herman van den Bergh.

Herman Van den Berghe (born Overboelare, 12 June 1933) is a Belgian pioneer in human genetics. He founded the Centrum voor Menselijke Erfelijkheid (Center for Human Genetics) at the medical faculty of the Catholic University of Leuven in Leuven (Louvain), Belgium. A Fleming, Professor Van den Berghe was granted the title of "Baron" by Baudouin I, King of Belgium and from 2000 to 2003 served as chairman of the King Baudouin Foundation. He was a founding member of the International Forum for Biophilosophy established in Belgium by Royal Decree in 1988. The Forum is responsible for the Golden Eurydice Award.

See also

• Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB)

References

• Janssen J et al., Clonal analysis of myelodysplastics syndromes – evidence of multipotent stem-cell origin, Blood, 73, 248-254, 1989.
• Arthur DC et al., The clinical-significance of karyotype in acute myelogenous leukemia, Cancer Genet Cytogen, 40, 203-216, 1989.
• Herman Van Den Berghe leaving Leuven University as an emeritus (in Dutch)
• Herman Van den Berghe, entry in Who Named It