FESCC Courses

European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
European Thrombosis Research Organization
Croatian Society of Medical Biochemists
Slovenian Association for Clinical Chemistry
Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik

Ana-Maria Šimundić, Croatia
László Muszbek, Hungary
Victor Blaton, Belgium
Barbara Možina, Slovenia

Croatian Society of Medical Biochemists
Boškovićeva 18, 10 000 Zagreb
Phone/fax: +385 1 4828 133
E-mail: sanda.berzenji@gmail.com

Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik (IUC) (in walking distance from hotels)
Don Frana Bulića 4, 20 000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Phone: +385 20 413 626, fax: +385 20 413 628,
E-mail: iuc@iuc.hr ; http://www.iuc.hr

Scholarships are available for young course participants (under 40 years).
Grant application form may be downloaded here.

PROGRAM
SATURDAY MORNING - OCTOBER 23rd
08.15 – 09.00	REGISTRATION
09.00 – 09.15	Introduction
09.15 – 09.45	Platelets: structure and function	Hans Deckmyn (Belgium)
09.45 - 10.15	Hypercoagulable states: pathophysiology, classification and epidemiology	Zrinka Alfirević (Croatia)
10.15 – 10.45	Break
10.45 - 11.15	Diagnostic algorithm in thrombophilia screening	Sandra Margetić (Croatia)
11.15 - 11.45	Genetic basis of thrombosis	Maurizio Margaglione (Italy)
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
14.30 - 15.00	Antithrombin deficiency	László Muszbek (Hungary)
15.00 - 15.30	Deficiency of protein C, S	Zsuzsanna Bereczky (Hungary)
15.30 -16.00	FV Leiden and FII 20210 testing in thromboembolic disorders	Tadej Pajić (Slovenia)
16.00 – 16.30	Break
16.30 - 17.00	Antiphospholipid antibodies	Philip G. de Groot (Netherlands)
17.00 - 17.30	Hyperhomocisteinemia and thrombophilia	Mojca Božič Mijovski (Slovenia)
17.30 - 18.00	Thrombosis and cancer	Maria Benedetta Donati (Italy)
SATURDAY EVENING
18.00	Get-together-dinner for all course participants

SUNDAY MORNING - OCTOBER 24th
08.30-09.00	Pediatric thrombosis	Alenka Trampus Bakija (Slovenia)
09.00-09.30	Thrombophilia screening: whom, why and when to test?	Mojca Stegnar (Slovenia)
9.30 - 10.0	Break
10.00-10.30	Genetic association studies in thrombophilia research	Ana-Maria Šimundić (Croatia)
10.30-11.00	Pharmacogenetics guided anticoagulation therapy	Christine Mannhalter (Austria)
11.00-11.30	Sponsored lecture	Industry

Registration fee is 100 € and it covers course proceedings, coffee breaks and get-together-dinner.

On site: in Kunas (Croatian currency) or bank transfer to: Croatian Society of Medical Biochemists, Boškovićeva 18, Zagreb, Zagrebačka banka, Zagreb.

Account number for Croatian participants: 2360000-1101318371,
poziv na broj: 24102009 (for Croatian participants)

Dubrovnik Airport Ćilipi is located 22 km from the City (about 30 minutes by car). You can take a taxi from the airport to your hotel. The price is approximately HRK 200 (EUR 25).
There is a continuous bus service from the airport to the City, Main bus station. The price is HRK 25 (EUR 3). Tickets may be purchased on the bus.
From the Main bus station you can take a local bus or a taxi to the hotel.

Rooms at several hotels in Dubrovnik are available at special rates for 10th EFCC course participants.
For complete list of hotels at discounted rates, please visit http://www.iuc.hr/hotels.php.
For reservations please contact travel agency:

GULLIVER Travel d.o.o. (Jelena Vlašić, jelena@gulliver.hr)
O.S.Radića 32,
Dubrovnik,
Croatia
Phone:+385 20 410 880
Fax.+385 20 410 890

For individual participants registering directly to the hotel, please be sure to register as the 10th EFCC course participant, to be eligible for discounted hotel rates.