From the EFLM Newsletter Editor
Please allow me to introduce perhaps the most hefty EuroLabNews issue to date, which I believe illustrates the laboratory community's resilience and its agility to meet challenges, even as dire as the COVID-19 pandemia. The sheer content and volume of this issue is testimony to the dedication of the EFLM and its umbrella organisations. This issue’s professional expression is indeed in line with the spirit of the upcoming festive season. The season’s greetings from the President of the EFLM Tomris Ozben commemorate this year's final issue, where she summarises all major happenings of the year and highlights memorable events that will definitely be cherished for many years. Our news column, EFLM office informs is compiled by Silvia Cattaneo of the EFLM office, where she dedicatedly informs us of all upcoming important events and grants of the EFLM. Our sincere colleague Silvia Terragni, also from the EFLM office, highlights various vacancies in a variety of EFLM committees and functional units. All readers are encouraged to apply for these prestigious appointments. Coffee with the President column runs 4 interviews with prominent EFLM personalities. Interviews with senior laboratory colleagues column this time around is sparkled by Michael Langlois with his marvellous interview with Sverre Sandberg, an EFLM celebrity in his own right. The arduous efforts of the laboratory community to expose and make visible its work and activities is paramount and these have borne fruit with the conception of the 1st EFLM EuLabDay, Tara Rolic, one of our prolific members has compiled an elegant report detailing all its highlights from various parts of Europe.
The Slovakian, Croatian, Turkish, Slovenian, Irish and Spanish societies report on their latest ventures, conferences and activities. Ales Kvasnicka, member of the EFLM Communication Committee has elegantly summarised all important EFLM events in the near past and has presented an update on the EFLM scientific publications. Changing of the guard is being reported by the Croatian, Czech and Polish societies. Under its regular column, the IFCC corner presents global perspectives in Laboratory Medicine. The Calendar of Events lists all major happenings in our field, happily without an alert of possible change of dates. Before I draw the curtain on the final issue of this exemplarily active year, please allow me to give a standing ovation to the Editorial Team of the EuroLabNews, namely Silvia Cattaneo, Silvia Terragni, Lelja Alic, Tara Rolic, Alex Tihonoff, Ales Kvasnicka and our Chair, Daniel Rajdl. I thank you all, and I am honoured to be a part of this Editorial Team. Last but not least, we here at the Communications Committee would like to express our gratitude to all our contributors, without their input and news items the EuroLabNews would not be feasible. On behalf of my dedicated committee members, I wish our readers a peaceful festive season with good health, and a joyous and prosperous New Year.
Harjit Pal Bhattoa, Editor EFLM EuroLabNews
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