In memoriam – Prof. Anna Celler

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We are very sad to inform you of the recent passing on 24 December, 2020, in Vancouver, Canada of prof. Anna Celler – a friend of Polish Nuclear Medicine, and a wonderful person and beautiful woman. Anna was generous, enthusiastic about life and science, and a loving wife, mother of two children and grandmother of five grandchildren. Anna was very much a people person and a message to colleagues from her two children Peter and Katherine (Kasia) following her passing perhaps summarises this aspect best: “As you probably know, people were the most important thing to Anna. I almost never heard her speak about publications or experimental results, but she frequently recounted anecdotes involving her collaborators, colleagues, and students. Anyone who worked in, or closely with, the MIRG (Medical Imaging Research Group) would know about how she insisted on hosting annual Christmas parties and summer BBQs at her home, and I know she always wanted my sister and I to attend with our children as well, so that she could introduce her group to her family, and vice versa. In fact, I believe her students were her greatest source of professional pride. Their new positions, achievements, and accolades were the first thing she would point to when asked about her career”.