Dr. Jan Willem Gratama Collection

16 March 2023
11 April 2023

In Appreciation of Jan Gratama

In Appreciation of Jan Gratama

Jan Gratama worked tirelessly in leadership roles within the Clinical Cytometry Journal for over 20 years serving as Associate Editor for European Affairs and later as Deputy Editor. Jan’s strong support through recruitment of articles, review articles and management of aspects of article reviews were key to the quality and advancement of our Clinical Cytometry  Journal. But his role was far more important to the Journal and the associated Societies ICCS and ESCCA than just his superb editorial skills. Politics is always a tricky, and sometimes difficult arena but not with Jan. He was always an excellent arbitrator, bringing sides together and promoting collaboration. There was no hidden agenda, he was always up front with the issues, honest with all, and always did the right thing for all sides involved. Thus, Jan played a key role in helping to bring both the American and European centered societies closer together. This strengthened not only the Journal, as Clinical Cytometry moved to being the primary publication arm of the two societies, but also strengthened the individual Societies.

During Jan’s tenure, he worked under two Editor in Chiefs’, initially with Charles Goolsby and until  the present with Fredric Preffer. For both of us, it was an honor, and extraordinary pleasure, to  have the luck to work with Jan! Jan was always willing to do whatever was asked or needed, in an un-complaining, even keeled and quiet manner. He eased both our jobs greatly.

 Jan, the list of your authored Cytometry articles shown on this website is testimony to your prodigious academic achievement, but only scratches the surface of your personal dedication to our field!  The Journal has made major progress over the last twenty years with your help and our sincere thanks go out to you for your significant role in making this progress possible. Jan, our sincere congratulations on your retirement and hope that you enjoy many new adventures in this next stage of your life. You will sincerely be missed by all of us involved with the Journal, but you leave with our heartfelt thanks for your years of service.


Sincerely
Charles Goolsby
Frederic Preffer

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External quality assessment of flow cytometric bronchoalveolar lavage cellular analysis: 20 years' experience in The Netherlands

A. H. Leontine Mulder,  Harrie H. M. Eidhof,  Jan W. Gratama, 
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Comparison of three methods to stabilize bronchoalveolar lavage cells for flowcytometric analysis

Harrie H. M. Eidhof,  Jan W. Gratama,  A. H. Leontine Mulder, 
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Fifteen years of external quality assessment in leukemia/lymphoma immunophenotyping in The Netherlands and Belgium: A way forward

Frank W. M. B. Preijers,  Vincent H. J. van der Velden,  Tim Preijers,  Rik A. Brooimans,  Erik Marijt,  Christa Homburg,  Kees van Montfort,  Jan W. Gratama,  on behalf of the Section Immunological and Molecular Cell Diagnostics of the Foundation for Quality Assessment in Medical Laboratories(SKML) , 
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Tumor heterogeneity makes AML a “moving target” for detection of residual disease

W. Zeijlemaker,  J. W. Gratama,  G. J. Schuurhuis, 
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Effector memory and late memory T cells accumulate in the blood of CMV-carrying individuals but not in their cerebrospinal fluid

Adriaan H. C. de Jongste,  Marieke T. de Graaf,  Patricia D. M. van den Broek,  Jaco Kraan,  Peter A. E. Sillevis Smitt,  Jan W. Gratama, 
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Use of TransFix™ cerebrospinal fluid storage tubes prevents cellular loss and enhances flow cytometric detection of malignant hematological cells after 18 hours of storage

Adriaan H. de Jongste,  Jaco Kraan,  Patricia D. van den Broek,  Rik A. Brooimans,  Jacoline E. Bromberg,  Kees A. van Montfort,  Peter A. Sillevis Smitt,  Jan W. Gratama, 
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Flow cytometric characterization of cerebrospinal fluid cells†

Marieke T. de Graaf,  Arjen H. C. de Jongste,  Jaco Kraan,  Joke G. Boonstra,  Peter A. E. Sillevis Smitt,  Jan W. Gratama, 
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Central memory CD4+ T cells dominate the normal cerebrospinal fluid†

Marieke T. de Graaf,  Peter A. E. Sillevis Smitt,  Ronald L. Luitwieler,  Chris van Velzen,  Patricia D. M. van den Broek,  Jaco Kraan,  Jan W. Gratama, 
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External quality assurance of circulating tumor cell enumeration using the CellSearch® system: A feasibility study†

Jaco Kraan,  Stefan Sleijfer,  Michiel H. Strijbos,  Michail Ignatiadis,  Dieter Peeters,  Jean-Yves Pierga,  Francoise Farace,  Sabine Riethdorf,  Tanja Fehm,  Laura Zorzino,  Arjan G. J. Tibbe,  Marisa Maestro,  Rafael Gisbert-Criado,  Graeme Denton,  Johann S. de Bono,  Caroline Dive,  John A. Foekens,  Jan W. Gratama, 
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Levels of circulating endothelial cells in normotensive and severe preeclamptic pregnancies†

Michiel H. Strijbos,  Claudia A. Snijder,  Jaco Kraan,  Cor H. J. Lamers,  Jan W. Gratama,  Johannes J. Duvekot, 
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Considerations for the control of background fluorescence in clinical flow cytometry†

Ruud Hulspas,  Maurice R.G. O'Gorman,  Brent L. Wood,  Jan W. Gratama,  D. Robert Sutherland, 
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Flow cytometric differential of leukocyte populations in normal bone marrow: Influence of peripheral blood contamination1†

R. A. Brooimans,  J. Kraan,  W. van Putten,  J. J. Cornelissen,  B. Löwenberg,  J. W. Gratama, 
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Monitoring cytomegalovirus IE-1 and pp65-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses after allogeneic stem cell transplantation may identify patients at risk for recurrent CMV reactivations †

Jan W. Gratama,  Rik A. Brooimans,  Bronno van der Holt,  Kees Sintnicolaas,  Gerard van Doornum,  Hubertus G. Niesters,  Bob Löwenberg,  Jan J. Cornelissen, 
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Long-term stabilized blood samples as controls for flow cytometric HLA-B27 screening: A feasibility study†

Wilfried H. B. M. Levering,  Henk Wind,  Vivian Granger,  Kees Sintnicolaas,  Herbert Hooijkaas,  John T. Reilly,  Jan W. Gratama,  David Barnett, 
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Flow cytometric lymphocyte subset enumeration: 10 years of external quality assessment in the Benelux countries†

Wilfried H. B. M. Levering,  Wessel N. van Wieringen,  Jaco Kraan,  Wil A. M. van Beers,  Kees Sintnicolaas,  Dick J. van Rhenen,  Jan W. Gratama, 
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Flow cytometric CD34+ stem cell enumeration: Lessons from nine years' external quality assessment within the Benelux countries

Wilfried H. B. M. Levering,  Frank W. M. B. Preijers,  Wessel N. van Wieringen,  Jaco Kraan,  Wil A. M. van Beers,  Kees Sintnicolaas,  Dick J. van Rhenen,  Jan W. Gratama, 
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Cells meeting our immunophenotypic criteria of endothelial cells are large platelets

Michiel H. Strijbos,  Jaco Kraan,  Michael A. den Bakker,  Bart N. Lambrecht,  Stefan Sleijfer,  Jan W. Gratama, 
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CD38 as a prognostic factor in B cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL): Comparison of three approaches to analyze its expression

Joke G. Boonstra,  Kirsten van Lom,  Anton W. Langerak,  Wilfried J. Graveland,  Peter J.M. Valk,  Jaco Kraan,  Mars B. van 't Veer,  Jan W. Gratama, 
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Normal lymphocytes from leukemic samples as an internal quality control for fluorescence intensity in immunophenotyping of acute leukemias

Richard Ratei,  Leonid Karawajew,  Francis Lacombe,  Krystyna Jagoda,  Giovanni Del Poeta,  Jaco Kraan,  Maria De Santiago,  János Kappelmayer,  Elisabeth Björklund,  W.-D. Ludwig,  Jan Gratama,  Alberto Orfao, 
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Enumeration of antigen-specific CD8+ T lymphocytes by single-platform, HLA tetramer-based flow cytometry: A European multicenter evaluation

Ingmar A. F. M. Heijnen,  David Barnett,  Maria J. Arroz,  Simon M. Barry,  Marc Bonneville,  Bruno Brando,  Jean-Luc D'hautcourt,  Florian Kern,  Thomas H. Tötterman,  Erik W. A. Marijt,  David Bossy,  Frank W. M. B. Preijers,  Gregor Rothe,  Jan W. Gratama,  European Working Group on Clinical Cell Analysis ,