Profile
Kuanysh Kabytaev, PhD, researches clinical chemistry and advanced analytical methods to improve diabetes diagnostics. As director of the Diabetes Diagnostic Laboratory, he leads clinical testing and the development and maintenance of reference measurement procedures for key diabetes biomarkers. His work supports national and international standardization efforts, including the National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program, the C-Peptide Standardization Program and the IFCC Working Group on Standardisation of Insulin Assays.
A major focus of his research is the use of mass spectrometry, chromatography, electrophoresis and proteomic approaches to provide accurate and traceable biomarker quantification.
His long-term goal is to translate advances in analytical chemistry and proteomics into reliable laboratory tools that improve diabetes diagnosis, monitoring, clinical research and patient care.
Academic Information
Research Interests
- Diabetes biomarker standardization and harmonization
- Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine
- Mass spectrometry-based biomarker quantification
- Clinical proteomics and protein glycation
- Development of reference measurement procedures
- Translational applications of analytical and separation science
Areas of Expertise
- LC-MS/MS and isotope-dilution mass spectrometry
- Standardization and reference measurement of HbA1c, C-peptide, and insulin
- Diabetes biomarker measurement and metrological traceability
- Glycated albumin and protein glycation
- Clinical proteomics
- Chromatographic and electrophoretic separation techniques
- Analytical evaluation of hemoglobin variants and assay interferences
Education & Training
Degrees
2009 PhD, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Fellowship
2009 - 2011 Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
2011 - 2014 International Institute of Nano and Molecular Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO