Summer 1985… start of our Leiden Islet Transplant Laboratory by Paul van Suylichem (right) and Michel van der Burg (middle), both from the Surgery department — wondering how to start here our islet lab in this space – a former weighing chamber (left : stable weighing table) made available by the Cell Biology department of the Leiden University, headed by Prof J.P. Scherft. Where to put our equipment… the laminar flow cabinet, large centrifuge, fridge, freezer, shaking waterbath, microscopes, and a lot of disposables coming ?
I had started working in 1981 for the Pancreas project. Pancreas transplantation research with the surgeon Hein Gooszen , working on his PhD (1), and surgeon Reinout van Schilfgaarde – who headed the project – and in 1985 also started this islet project.
Summer 1986, when Reinout van Schilfgaarde together with Paul van Suylichem moved to the Groningen University Hospital (2), Hein Gooszen and I decided to make a fresh start with the now operational Leiden Islet Lab…
Fifteen years of research later we were ready to roll with the isolation of human islets of Langerhans, in our new GMP facility in the Leiden Univerity Medical Center (LUMC). September 2001, the National Health Care Institute positively assessed our permit application for Transplantation of Islets of Langerhans in the LUMC (3,6), followed by approval May 2003 of the islet bank by the Health and Youth Care Inspectorate of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS).
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- Gooszen HG. Canine segmental pancreatic autotransplantation. Analysis of the effects of ductobliteration. Thesis, Leiden, 1984
- Benoemd – Te Groningen dr.R.van Schilfgaarde tot hoogleraar in de heelkunde. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1986;130:2240 | URL https://www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/personalia-7848
- Advies vergunningsaanvraag transplantatie Eilandjes van Langerhans | Op 27 september 2001 uitgebracht aan de minister van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport. | Rapport 01/71 | C.R. Smand, J.P. Verduijn / College voor Zorgverzekeringen. URL https://data.bibliotheken.nl/id/nbt/p229940978
- Update 20240807. Added some history, and made minor changes.
- Update 20240828 minor correction date (Fresh start lab ‘At the end of 1986’ changed to Summer 1986.)
- Update 20241010, added : Press release Sep 27, 2001 by National Health Care Institute (CVZ). Transplantatie Eilandjes van Langerhans naar LUMC 27 september 2001. CVZ adviseert over vergunning. John van der Pas, persvoorlichter CVZ. Source : Razende Robot Reporter | Nieuwsbank Interactief Nederlands persbureau .
Retrieved 20090313 from Nieuwsbank.nl (link expired, domain has new owner).
20241010 PDF (Ads , and author phone number redacted by M.P.M. van der Burg | Miracles•Media) file 20241010_CVZ • URL michelvanderburg.com/2024/10/10
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