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Thijs (T. J. W.) van de Laar PhD

Training

Medicinal chemistry and Environmental sciences (major molecular toxicology), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Thesis

Molecular Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus
2007 - University of Amsterdam

Research interests

Molecular Biology and Epidemiology, Virus Diagnostics, Blood-borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections

Technology

Conventional, Serological and Molecular detection of infectious agents, Optical Mapping Cloning and various other molecular biological techniques

Resume

2013-present Post-doc at the Dept of Blood-borne Infections, Sanquin, Amsterdam
Staff at Dept of Viral Nucleic Acid Diagnostic Services, Sanquin, Amsterdam
2012-2013 Medical Molecular Microbiologist; Staff at Dept of Medical Microbiology & Infection Control, VU medical centre, Amsterdam
2010-2012 Traineeship: Medical Molecular Microbiologist (MMM)
Dept. Medical Microbiology & Infection Control, VU medical centre, Amsterdam.
Supervision: Prof HM Savelkoul PhD

2008-2010 Post-doc at Laboratory of Public Health, Health Service Amsterdam
2003-2007 PhD student at Laboratory of Public Health, Health Service Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine, University of Amsterdam
Promotor: Prof RA Coutinho PhD