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Remove Cyclotron number 2

Marike van der Zee — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:06:15 +0000

Since July 2024, all our productions have been carried out with the latest cyclotrons IBA Kiubes from our modern manufacturing facility in the Imaging Center Amsterdam. The cyclotrons (or particle accelerators) in the W&N building on the VU campus have finished their work and will be given a new purpose. Last saterday it was the […]

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First Production of Zr89 at our new site at the IMC Amsterdam

Marike van der Zee — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:10:06 +0000

We are pleased to announce that this week we completed our first production of Zirconium-89 at our state-of-the-art production facility! With this milestone the transfer is completed and our full production is now executed at the Imaging Center Amsterdam, a final exciting major milestone for our team. Zirconium-89 is produced for our partner Revvity and […]

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Development manager Arnold Spaans is interviewed by Lablogic about our LIMS system PETra

Marike van der Zee — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:36:23 +0000

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Movie : Moving the cyclotron

Marike van der Zee — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 13:39:31 +0000

Meanwhile the first cyclotron has arrived at its destination, but fortunately we still have the video! Oliver Proper from Proper Productions took images of this spectacle with his drone. In the early morning, the crane of Mammoet was directed to the right place, under the guidance of traffic controllers. First the crane had to be […]

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Move of cyclotron Cyclone 18/9

Marike van der Zee — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 13:35:01 +0000

After more than 25 years of loyal service, the old cyclotron has been removed from its protective 2-meter-thick concrete jacket. The cyclotron, a particle accelerator, has been used by BV Cyclotron VU since 1997 to produce radioisotopes for medical use. In the meantime we moved to the Imaging Center Amsterdam, where our new Cyclone KIUBE […]

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Prof. Dr. Guus A.M.S. van Dongen won IXA 2023

Marike van der Zee — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:30:25 +0000

Congratulations Guus! What a great achievement! Prof. Dr. Guus A.M.S. van Dongen, professor of medical imaging and biomarkers at Amsterdam UMC, has won the Amsterdam Impact Awards for, as he says, his radioactive TomTom. He developed new imaging techniques to visualize the behavior of medicines in the body at a molecular level. “We have no […]

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Milestone FDG

Marike van der Zee — Mon, 01 May 2023 12:27:04 +0000

Here comes the first FDG produced in the Imaging Center Amsterdam! What a fantastic milestone. We have worked very hard to make this possible and are very proud that we succeeded. We are now 80% over at the new location.

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Visit of NVNG

Marike van der Zee — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 10:06:30 +0000

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Second Milestone for BV Cyclotron VU in Imaging Center

Marike van der Zee — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:33:27 +0000

A second milestone is achieved! From now on we deliver Rubidium Krypton from our new lab in the Imaging Center Amsterdam. The whole team has worked very hard to make this happen. So of course we celebrated this achievement.

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31th NKRV workshop

Marike van der Zee — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 11:16:47 +0000

Join us at the 31th NKRV Workshop on January 20th 2023. Renske Raaphorst will tell you all about our zirconium-89 production. Location VU/VUmc Amsterdam

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