Editorial to: German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine – areas of expertise – division reports from the German Congress of Laboratory Medicine 2022 in Mannheim, 13–14 October 2022.

An editorial is presented an agenda was the reorganization of the internal scientific divisions and working groups. Topics include new structure was reinforced by adapting DGKL regulations accordingly at the next general meeting of the DGKL in 2019; and prepare a manuscript of the activities presented at the DKLM 2022, which is published in this issue of the Journal of Laboratory Medicine.