Liv Wenche Thorbjørnsen
- Engineer, Biobank
- +47 23 07 38 72
Education
Oslo Fysiokjemikerskole, 1997-99
Positions
2009 - present: Biobank manager, NoPSC, OUS-HF, Rikshospitalet
1997 - 2009: Biomedical Laboratory Scientist, SIA/Ahus
1980 - 1992: Biomedical Laboratory Scientist, Rikshospitalet
1979 - 1980: Biomedical Laboratory Scientist, Ullevål
Responsbilities
Daily management of the biobank; sampling, preparation and storage of biological materials (blood, urine, feces). DNA/RNA extraction and quality control.
Publications 2017
Vascular adhesion protein-1 is elevated in primary sclerosing cholangitis, is predictive of clinical outcome and facilitates recruitment of gut-tropic lymphocytes to liver in a substrate-dependent manner
Gut, 67 (6), 1135-1145
DOI 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-312354, PubMed 28428344
Novel serum and bile protein markers predict primary sclerosing cholangitis disease severity and prognosis
J Hepatol, 66 (6), 1214-1222
DOI 10.1016/j.jhep.2017.01.019, PubMed 28161472