Dear All,

We are pleased to inform you that the third issue of bi-monthaly EFLM newsletter, "EuroLabNews" is available online. You can download it here.

In this issue:

• Hot Topic in Laboratory Medicine
  - Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs): opportunities and challenges
• News from EFLM Committees and Working Groups
• EFLM events
• Updates on EFLM Publications
• News from EFLM National Societies
• Changing of the Guard in EFLM National Societies
• Calendar of EFLM events and events under EFLM auspices

Commitee for information and public relations

Dear members,

EFLM is promoting a bursary programme for Young Scientists attending the 5th joint EFLM-UEMS Congress to be held on 10-13 October 2018 in Antalya (http://eflm-uems-antalya2018.org).

The bursaries will cover the cost of the travel, 3-night accommodation and registration fee for a maximum of Eur 750. EFLM bursary recipients will also receive a free on-line yearly subscription to Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), kindly offered by de Gruyter.

Eligible candidates must come from an EFLM Member Society and meet the following criteria:
- young participants (≤35y at the date of the conference);
- having a poster abstract accepted as First Author (deadline for abstract submission June 30, 2018)

Applications must be submitted through the attached application form and accompanied by the following documentation:
1) Copy of the ID or passport,
2) Document proving the membership to the EFLM National Society,
3) Notification of poster acceptance (acceptance/rejection will be sent by the congress organizers within July 31, 2018)

Applications have to be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. within Thursday August 30, 2018.

With kindest regards,

Daria Pasalic
Chair of the EFLM Education and Training Committee

Dear members,

It is our great pleasure to invite you to the 4th ESPT Summer School that will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from September 24th to September 27th, 2018.

European Society of Pharmacogenetics and Personalised Therapy (ESPT) together with the Swiss Personalised Health Network (SPHN) is organising summer school as an intensive teaching and learning event that will raise the education levels in pharmacogenomics and personalized therapy several steps higher.

Innovative and original programming will enable to present, share, debate and conclude on the opportunity to translate genetic laboratory test results into actionable prescribing decisions, emphasising the importance of teamwork in the use of personalized medicine for improving patient care in the clinical setting.

Participants in the summer school will include:
-physicians, pharmacists, and other clinical and biomedical scientists at all stages of their career that want to learn about this evolving clinical and research field,
-graduate and postgraduate students interested in pharmacogenomics and related fields,
-regulators, government employees, insurance scientists, bioinformaticiens, bioethicists and other professionals

Early bird registration is until June 30, 2018. and deadline registration: September 1, 2018. Please be aware that the number of participants is limited to 80!

Please find more information about this great event on official web page or promotional slide.

Committee for information and public relations