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Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes (PNS) research group

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Mette has a bachelor in chemistry and is a Staff Engineer at Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.

Contact: mette.haugen@helse-bergen.no

Research

Investigating sera and spinal fluid of patients with autoimmune encephalitis for autoantibodies.

Projects

  1. Immuneassays: Using transfected cells (EUROimmune) to detect antibodies in sera and spinal fluid of patients with possible autoimmune encephalitis.
  2. Characterizing antibodies related to encephalitis.
  3. CDR1, CDR2 and CDR2L antigen localization in neural tissue.

Skill set

Western blot, immunofluorescence and radioactive immunoassay.