Four young European scientists named “Leaders in the Lab” for advances in blood cancer diagnosis, Alzheimer’s detection and patient safety
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Four young European scientists named “Leaders in the Lab” for advances in blood cancer diagnosis, Alzheimer’s detection and patient safety

02.11.2026 EatMoreFruit Communications
[Brussels, 2 November 2026]
Four early-career scientists from Ireland, Türkiye, Italy and the Republic of Moldova recognised by the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) for their contribution and leadership roles ahead of European Laboratory Day on 5 November.

Shortlisted from 50 nominations across 26 countries were:
  • Galina Coltuclu, Physician in Laboratory Medicine at the Institute of Oncology, Chișinău, for her work building Moldova’s first routine flow cytometry service for blood cancers, while still a resident. Since 2022 it has analysed samples from around 1,000 children and adults.
  • Federico Angelo Cazzaniga, Health Researcher at Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, for his work identifying biomarkers in in tear and nasal swabs to identify Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
  • Hikmet Can Çubukçu, Associate Professor of Medical Biochemistry at Sincan Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, for developing quality-control web tools for laboratories that cannot afford commercial software, including QC Constellation and the EFLM-hosted APS (Analytical Performance Specifications) Calculator. [i]He chairs the EFLM’s Committee on Laboratory Error Database, which is developing a European resource for ISO 15189 risk analysis, building on his severity-of-harm study of 195 tests.[ii]
  • Stephanie Yates, the first medical laboratory scientist awarded Ireland’s National HSCP Innovation Fellowship for her contribution in supporting frontline staff to develop and test ideas that improve services. Her call for laboratory professionals to help inform healthcare design comes as Ireland begins a ten-year reform of its laboratory services.
For full interviews and photographs download the toolkit: https://www.eflm.eu/site/tg-european-lab-day/5november

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Regions: Europe, Turkey, United Kingdom, Belgium, European Union and Organisations, Ireland, Italy, Moldova
Keywords: Science, People in science, Life Sciences, Health, Medical, People in health research

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