Theo van Laar is a molecular biologist, working on fundamental cancer research at the Leiden
University Hospital (Leiden, the Netherlands). During his Ph.D, he discovered the
MIF genes, which are activated by certain anti-cancer drugs and play a role in
the response of cells to these drugs. Since that time, his research has been
focused on these and other genes that are involved in the process of death and
survival, migration and metastasis of tumour cells.
Before Theo did his Ph. D, he worked for three years at the laboratory of the Chilonga Mission Hospital in
Zambia. That time, South Africa was still having the ‘apartheid’, AIDS was
coming up rapidly and the economy was completely down. Malaria was a major
killer of newborn children and sleeping sickness was preventing the farmers from keeping cattle. An impressive experience he wouldn’t have wanted to miss. During
that period he also got married to his (dutch) wife.
Later, back in Holland, came the birth of three children. Wanting to record their first careful steps, Theo and his wife purchased a video camera and had their first experience in
the world of video. After the introduction of digital video and
photography, they became passionate about image editing. Every free minute, you
will find Theo behind the PC, playing with Photoshop or video editing software. Unfortunately
there are only 24 hours in a day, while there is still so much to learn about
all the possibilities created by the modern software.
You can find Theo van Laar hosting in Creative COW's
Adobe Photoshop forum.
Before Theo did his Ph. D, he worked for three years at the laboratory of the Chilonga Mission Hospital in
Zambia. That time, South Africa was still having the ‘apartheid’, AIDS was
coming up rapidly and the economy was completely down. Malaria was a major
killer of newborn children and sleeping sickness was preventing the farmers from keeping cattle. An impressive experience he wouldn’t have wanted to miss. During
that period he also got married to his (dutch) wife.
