Professor René Remie, PharmD, DLAS, PhD, author and editor of the Manual of Microsurgery on the Laboratory Rat, studied Pharmacy at the University of Groningen. In 1983, he specialised in pharmacology and finished his PhD on the presynaptic modulation of noradrenergic neurotransmission in the freely moving rat’s portal vein. In 1990, he co-founded the Microsurgical Developments Foundation and has been the chairman ever since. In 1991, he specialised in Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare and worked for nineteen years as a Laboratory Animal Scientist and Welfare Officer at Solvay Pharmaceuticals. From 1997 to 2012, he held a chair on Microsurgery and Experimental Techniques in Laboratory Animals at the Groningen Centre for Drug Research, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. In 2002, he co-founded the International Microsurgical Training Centre (IMTC) and was its Scientific Director and course leader. In 2009, he started the René Remie Surgical Skills Centre (RRSSC), where he is the course leader. He has almost 50 years of experience in instructing students in (micro)surgery and experimental techniques.