This project was supported by CNPq, FAPESP (No. 2007/56082-4) (Brazil)

and INIA-FPTA No. 243 (Uruguay). “
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“Figure options Download full-size image Download as PowerPoint slide 2010 will always be remembered as the year we lost our friend and colleague Peter Van Den Bossche in a tragic car accident. Peter was universally recognized for his research in the field of tsetse flies and trypanosomiasis. His interest for this subject dated back to 1985 when after obtaining his degree of doctor in veterinary medicine at Ghent University, Belgium, he applied to the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) for volunteer work. During this training the first breeding colony of tsetse flies at ITM was set up. It was a very rudimentary, BKM120 but successful experiment carried out in the cellars of the institute. Peter’s desire to proceed with this research pushed him into registering for a training course at ITM, where he obtained in 1987 the diploma of tropical veterinary medicine and animal husbandry. His thesis work was on the development of a permanent breeding colony of tsetse flies at ITM. This breeding colony still exists and has since become an invaluable instrument in various ITM research programmes. After a few additional years of research work at ITM Peter left the

institute selleckchem and choose to carry out fieldwork in Africa. He was active in several projects that controlled animal trypanosomiasis and its vector, first in Zambia and later in the whole South African Region. Due to his field and research experience, Peter acquired an international reputation as an expert in the control of vector-transmitted parasites and in the understanding of their epidemiology. With his lucid vision, his pragmatic approach and his exciting

enthusiasm, he undertook many field studies in collaboration with colleagues from before the North as well as from the South. Southern Africa became his second home. Moreover, beside his appointment as professor at ITM, Peter was also an extraordinary professor at the University of Pretoria. At his job Peter distinguished himself through his enormous zest for work and his enthusiasm, which he succeeded in transferring to the many students he supervised. Because of his investigatory spirit, his helpfulness and his friendly attitude, Peter always knew to motivate and inspire his students and collaborators. His pleasant character and eternal optimism meant that he had many friends among his colleagues within as well as outside ITM. Peter has always been an early bird who started the days’ work whistling and whose clear and positive vision was a guiding inspiration for his scientific collaborators. His multiple projects and missions abroad did not prevent him from enjoying life.