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Measurement of factor XIII activity in plasma

• Éva Katona

  Éva Katona PhD is a senior research fellow at the Clinical Research Center of the Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen. She became a certified clinical biochemist in 2006. Her main field of research is the development of new immunodiagnostic methods and reagents on the field of thrombosis and hemostasis. She is also involved in exploring the structure-function relationship of coagulation factors, especially factor XIII, and in studying the relationships between blood coagulation/fibrinolytic factors and vascular disorders. She has published 36 articles in scientific journals (total impact factor: 118). She has given lectures and practical courses for undergraduate and graduate students studying for a degree in clinical laboratory analytics and in clinical laboratory science for many years. She is involved in supervising PhD students and she is the secretary of a Doctoral School at the University.

  , Krisztina Pénzes

  Krisztina Pénzes-Daku has a BSc in Medical Laboratory Diagnostics and an MSc in Molecular Biology. She has completed 3 years of PhD studies and is about to defend her thesis. She is employed as an assistant lecturer at the Clinical Research Center, University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center. Her main area of research is the interaction of activated coagulation factor XIII with substrates, development of new factor XIII substrates and inhibitors. She has published scientific papers and had presentations at international scientific congresses.

  , Éva Molnár

  Éva Molnár has a BSc in Medical Laboratory Diagnostics. She is employed as a laboratory analyst at the Clinical Research Center, University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center. She has been working on the development of new laboratory methods in the field of thrombosis and hemostasis, among others and on new factor XIII assays, and is highly experienced in the quality control of hemostatic diagnostic tests. She had several presentations at scientific congresses.

  and László Muszbek

  Prof. László Muszbek MD, PhD is a Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He has been employed at the University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center and has been Chairman of the Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology (1978–2004) and Director of Clinical Research Center (2004–present). He has held Visiting Fellowships and Professorships at the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Pathology, Philadelphia, PA, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Department of Pathology, Boston, MA. His main research areas include thrombosis and hemostasis and laboratory diagnostics. He has published 233 scientific papers, with an impact factor of 530 and been cited over 3000 times. He is involved in many international organizations including the Forum of European Societies of Clinical Chemistry as a Board Member and Treasurer (1993–1996), the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine as an executive board member (1997–1999), the European Thrombosis Research Organization as the General Secretary (2000–2003) and President (2007–2010), the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis as a member of the Scientific and Standardization Committee (1997–2003) and has been a member of Senior Advisory Council (2003–present). He is an Editorial Board member of Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis, an Associate Editor of Thrombosis Research and is an Associate Editor of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (2007–2011).