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Sydney Seafood • 20241205
Viability of Fresh vs Cultured Pig Islets for Transplants • Cell Transplant Society 1999 Montreux • 20241204
Oral presentation Michel van der Burg, Cell Transplant Society congress 1999 in Montreux, Switzerland
A novel iodixanol density gradient for purification of pancreatic islets was developed in the difficult pig model of islet isolation. Viability of freshly isolated islets is not guaranteed.
After short-term storage of the islets in culture, pig islets restored normal blood sugar levels after xeno transplantation in diabetic mice.

Slideshow (pdf)
Viability of Fresh vs Cultured Pig Islets for Transplants • Montreux Cell Transplant Society 1999 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles.Media • @1MEMO 20241204_2 • TakeNode e745d625-27c2-4eb8-b4c2-4300623c3303 • File 1MEMO_20241204_2
Rijkelijkhuizen JKRA, Bouwman E, Van der Burg MPM. Viability of fresh vs cultured pig islets for transplants. 4th International congress of the Cell Transplant Society, Montreux (Switzerland) March 21–24, 1999
Other Presentations in Montreux
Van der Burg MPM, Rijkelijkhuizen JKRA, Zwaan RP, Bouwman E. Adult pig islet recovery during Liberase isolation, OptiPrep purification and culture for transplantation in nude mice. 4th International congress of the Cell Transplant Society, Montreux (Switzerland) March 21–24, 1999 . The Sydney 1999 presentation of this work has been posted – @1MEMO 20241203
Van der Burg MPM, Ranuncoli A, Molano R, Kirlew T, Ringers J, Bouwman E, Terpstra OT, Ricordi C. Optiprep for human islet purification. 4th International congress of the Cell Transplant Society, Montreux (Switzerland) March 21–24, 1999 . The Igls 1999 presentation of this work has been posted – @1MEMO 20241202
Update 20260319 : Vimeo video replaced by YouTube copy
Citation info : Viability of Fresh vs Cultured Pig Islets for Transplants • Cell Transplant Society 1999 Montreux • Michel van der Burg • Miracles.Media • @1MEMO 20241204 • TakeNode 3ba1c894-eb71-4c3f-89aa-198c48cd480c • URL michelvanderburg.com/2024/12/04/
Iodixanol Purification of Porcine Islets • Sydney IPITA 1999 • 20241203
Slides oral presentation Michel van der Burg, IPITA congress 1999 in Sydney, Australia
A novel iodixanol density gradient for purification of pancreatic islets was developed in the difficult pig model. The pig islets restored normal blood sugar levels after xeno transplantation in diabetic mice.
Slideshow (pdf) oral presentation Michel van der Burg, IPITA congress 1999 in Sydney, Australia
Recovery of adult pig islets during isolation using Liberase vs collagenase-P, purification in OptiPrep-UWS, and culture for transplantation in nude mice • Sydney IPITA 1999 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles.Media • @1MEMO 20241203_2 • TakeNode 5f53ae49-6fb8-4bef-a434-ac2ce8151c2a • File 1MEMO_20241203_2
Van der Burg MPM, Rijkelijkhuizen JKRA, Zwaan RP, Bouwman E. Recovery of adult pig
islets during isolation using Liberase vs collagenase-P, purification in OptiPrep-UWS, and
culture for transplantation in nude mice. 7th World congress of the International Pancreas & Islet Transplant Association, Sydney (Australia) August 22–25, 1999
Updates
Update 20260319 : Vimeo video replaced by YouTube copy
Citation info : Iodixanol Purification of Porcine Islets • Sydney IPITA 1999 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles.Media • 1MEMO 20241203 • TakeNode ea1f1abd-6227-4ae6-985b-f8188310cd24 • URL michelvanderburg.com/2024/12/03/
Efficacy of the novel iodixanol-UWS density gradient for human islet purification • Igls Aidspit 1999 • 20241202

I started an archive at Archive.org November 11, 2010 with this slideshow (pdf) of my January 1999 oral presentation in Igls (Innsbruck), Austria, at the 18th Workshop of the AIDSPIT (Artificial Insulin Delivery Systems, Pancreas and Islet Transplantation) Study Group. (Now known as AIDPIT).
The presented results of this innovative islet purification method — developed over nearly 10 years (from 1989) in our Leiden islet laboratory (LUMC) — were the outcome of work I had done spring 1998 with the human islet transplantation group of Camillo Ricordi at the Diabetes Research Institute in Miami , Florida, USA.
Slideshow (pdf) Archive.org
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Efficacy of the novel iodixanol-UWS density gradient for human islet purification • Igls Aidspit 1999
Slides oral presentation Michel van der Burg, Aidspit meeting 25 Jan 1999, in Igls, Austria
Van der Burg MPM, Ranuncoli A, Molano R, Kirlew T, Ringers J, Bouwman E, Ricordi C. Efficacy of the novel iodixanol-UWS density gradient for human islet purification. 18th Workshop Aidspit, Igls (Austria) Jan. 24-26, 1999
Program :
18TH WORKSHOP OF THE AIDSPIT STUDY GROUP – JANUARY 24-26, 1999 – IGLS/AUSTRIA . MONDAY, JAN 25, 1999 – KONGRESSHAUS IGLS, MAIN LECTURE HALL
SESSION 2 – ISLET ISOLATION AND TRANSPLANTATION
CHAIRMEN:K. FEDERLIN, GIESSEN, GERMANY – G. POZZA, MILAN, ITALY 9.00 – 10.30 FREE COMMUNICATIONS
9.45- Efficacy of the novel iodixanol-UWS density gradient for human islet purification.
Van der Burg MPM, Ranuncoli A, Molano R, Kirlew T, Ringers J, Bouwman E, Ricordi C; Leiden, The Netherlands and Miami, USA
File : mvdb19990118_1534_AIDSPIT.pdf | Uploaded 20101111 and replaced by the same pdf with updated metadata of the document on 20101112 (see Notes section).
Citation info (Archive file) : Efficacy of the novel iodixanol-UWS density gradient for human islet purification • Igls Aidspit 1999 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles.Media • 20241202 • URL https://archive.org/details/EfficacyOfTheNovelIodixanol-uwsDensityGradientForHumanIslet • TakeNode 54cc8b66-672e-4b13-913c-449038ed0521
Video Slideshow
The slideshow video embedded below, was first posted in 2018 as Human Islet Purification Miami 1998 • 20181102
Notes
The slideshow pdf file is available for download at Archive.org. I advise against the other download options presented by Archive.org , which do not correctly represent the slideshow.
The file was also uploaded to Scribd at the same time – URL https://www.scribd.com/document/42197150/Efficacy-of-the-novel-iodixanol-UWS-density-gradient-for-human-islet-purification-michelvanderburg-19990125
Abstract reference
Van der Burg MPM, Ranuncoli A, Molano R, Kirlew T, Ringers J, Bouwman E, Ricordi C. Efficacy of the novel iodixanol-UWS density gradient for human islet purification (Abstract). Acta Diabetol 1998; 35: 247.
Citation info (this post) : Efficacy of the novel iodixanol-UWS density gradient for human islet purification • Igls Aidspit 1999 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles.Media • 20241202 • URL michelvanderburg.com/2024/12/02/
Autumn Leaf • 20241125

November in Holland. Nowadays I never really do still photography. Just a picture once in a while to document my filming. I made a few picts , testing macro photography with iPhone 16 Pro. I like the depth showing of the leaf vein.
Citation info : Autumn Leaf • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • @1MEMO 20241125
Polygoon Journalist Jo Levi • 20241107
The unique 1935 sound film of the Amsterdam’s Great Synagogue Choir (1,2,3) was made by the popular Polygoon journalist Jo Levi.
Wondering who Jo Levi was , I searched online, and found this picture below (20241107_1) with Jo Levi.
Jo Levi is the second man from the left in this postwar photo of Polygoon men, posted by former Polygoon editor Fredo Krooshof at Cinecentrum Hilversum (4).

Jo Levi together with Philip Bloemendal directed the Dutch cinema news for Polygoon. Philip Bloemendal , nicknamed “The voice of the Netherlands” , was for 40 years (from 1946 to 1986) the Dutch cinema newsreel announcer, voice-over, and editor . His voice-overs are The Voice of the postwar Dutch Polygoon news reels.
“Where they are not, nothing is happening” was the motto (5) of the cameramen of the Polygoon newsreel company in Holland.
May 1931 , two dutch newsreel companies, Polygoon in the city of Haarlem, and Profilti in The Hague, were competing to have the premiere of the first Dutch cinema newsreel with sound.
Below a May 17, 1931 Polygoon interview (6) with former cyclist and sportsman W.W. van der Vet on the occasion of his 85th birthday (20241107_2).
Polygoon News Reel May 17, 1931 • Miracles•Media • 20241107_2 • TakeNode 1967b92c-e090-40b3-84fb-d713aebddcc2
The interviewer, most likely Jo Levi, looks at the camera for a moment , captured in this film still shown below ( 20241107_3).

Notes
1. Amsterdam’s Choir of the Great Synagogue 1935 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • 20190830 • URL https://michelvanderburg.com/2019/08/30/amsterdams-choir-of-the-great-synagogue-1935/
2. 1935 Sound Film Amsterdam’s Great Synagogue Choir • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • 20241025 • URL https://michelvanderburg.com/2024/10/25/1935-sound-film-amsterdams-great-synagogue-choir-20241025/
3. 1935 Sound Film Amsterdam’s Great Synagogue Choir • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • 20241025 • URL https://michelvanderburg.substack.com/p/1935-sound-film-amsterdams-great
4. Cinecentrum Hilversum. URL https://www.cinecentrum-hilversum.nl (Retrieved Oct. 25, 2024).
5. Polygoon (newsreel). Wikipedia (Retrieved 20241107). URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygoon_(newsreel)
6. Opa Vet (sportopa) voor de microfoon. Published 17 May 1931. Polygoon Hollands Nieuws (producer) / Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (Open Beelden archive)
Citation info : Polygoon Journalist Jo Levi • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • 20241107

