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Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes (PNS) research group

Kibret Mazengia

Microbiologist & Staff Engineer

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About

Kibret has a master in microbiology and is a Staff Engineer at the Department of Clinical Medicine (K1), University of Bergen, Norway.

Contact: kibret.mazengia@helse-bergen.no

Research

Investigating sera and spinal fluid of patients with Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes (PNS) for autoantibodies.

Projects

  1. Immuneassays: Using Recombinant Line Assay (RAVO diagnostic) and immunohistochemistry to detect paraneoplastic antibodies in sera and spinal fluid of patients with possible paraneoplastic syndromes.
  2. Identifying new PNS autoantibodies.

Skill set

Western blot (WB), immunofluorescence (IF), radioactive immunoassay (RIA) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR).