Good luck TOM

Tom [Wurdinger], one of Ivan's schoolfriends since high school, has been part of our scene for many years, but now Tom is spreading his wings and he is leaving us for the USA. After high school and the VU University in Amsterdam, where Tom graduated - in minimal time - as a medical biologist [virology], Tom has dedicated his energy to cancer research. His subject: "Tumor-selective coronaviruses as potential anti-cancer agents." In layman's language: "how to use special viruses to search and destroy cancer cells." Tom has now accepted an invitation to take up a three-year research fellowship at Harvard Medical in Boston, MA. Although Tom is leaving us one of these days, we expect to meet him again in February, next year, when he is scheduled to be back in the Netherlands - just for a few days - to receive the honours of a doctorate in a special ceremony at the VU-university. We salute Tom and to wish him a great time at Harvard Medical !