Committees
Besides the Executive Committee, EFI currently has 7 Committees installed to execute the activities per the purpose of the Association. Click on the 'Read more'-button on the committee page to find more details on the specific committee.
Executive Committee
The EFI Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries to promote training in Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility. These bursaries are for members wishing to visit another laboratory to learn new techniques and to develop research collaborations.
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Accreditation Committee
To promote training in the field of Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility. To promote training in the field of Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, the EFI Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries for EFI members wishing to visit another laboratory to learn new techniques and to develop research collaborations.
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Education Committee
To promote training in the field of Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, the EFI Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries for EFI members wishing to visit another laboratory to learn new techniques and to develop research collaborations. Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries for EFI members.
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EPT Committee
External Proficiency Testing (EPT) is a mandatory component of the EFI accreditation process. The primary objective of the EFI EPT Committee (EPTC) is to harmonize EPT across laboratories that are accredited by or affiliated with EFI.
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Bioinformatics & IT Committee
To promote training in Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, the EFI Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries for EFI members wishing to visit another laboratory to learn new techniques and to develop research collaborations.
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Scientific Committee
To promote training in Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, the EFI Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries for EFI members wishing to visit another laboratory to learn new techniques and to develop research collaborations. To promote training in the field of Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, the EFI Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries for EFI members wishing.
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Standards Committee
To promote training in Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, the EFI Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries for EFI members wishing to visit another laboratory to learn new techniques and to develop research collaborations.
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The EFI Young Professionals Working Party is a group of EFI Young Professionals from different EFI countries. This working party represents the young professionals in the field of immunogenetics, histocompatibility testing and transplantation and engage them with EFI. “Young professionals” represents EFI members that are (relatively) new to the field, irrespective of age, for instance technicians, PhD students and postdoctoral researchers.
Our main objectives are:
- To form a platform for EFI Young Professionals to exchange ideas, skills and knowledge, promote meetings or other events, socialize and network
- Represent the EFI Young Professionals by providing input to the EFI committees
- To participate in the organization of a session at the Annual EFI conference
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Committee members
| Name | Country | |
| Timo Olieslagers (Chair) | the Netherlands | |
| Jonathan Lucas | UK | |
| Gorjan Milanovski | Macedonia | |
| Arianne Brandsma | the Netherlands | |
| Anders Hedin | Sweden | |
| Alexander Tolios | Austria | |
| Marta Dratwa-Kuzim | Poland | |
| Antonio Giuseppe Bianculli | Italy | |
| Michaela Agapiou | UK |