2020 – ongoing
Molecular Biologist – Laboratory for Genetics and Personalized Medicine,
Zan Mitrev Clinic, Skopje, Macedonia

2012 – 2013
Volunteer – Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology “Georgi D. Efremov”, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, Macedonia

2013 – 2020
Research Associate – Genomics Department – Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology “Georgi D. Efremov”, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, Macedonia

2023
2022 VIP-A: Variant Interpretation Only Program, Educational activity, The College of American Pathologists, Remote Session, July 22, 2023.

2022
2021 VIP-A: Variant Interpretation Only Program, Educational activity, The College of American Pathologists, Remote Session, April 5, 2022.

2021

Training for Preimplantation Genetic Testing, using ReproSeq PGS kit and Ion Torrent instrument, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Skopje, North Macedonia, August 24-27, 2021.

Training for third generation sequencing Oxford Nanopore platform, using MinION instrument, Skopje North Macedonia, January 2021.

Bioinformatic training – 10H, Miltiple Remote Sessions, for Ion Torrent and Chef Instruments, Thermo Fisher Scientific, April-May, 2021.

2019
Ecost-training_school, COST Action CA17118, Action Title: Identifying Biomarkers Through Translational Research for Prevention and Stratification of Colorectal Cancer (TRANSCOLONCAN), Training School on Risk Modeling, Barcelona, Spain, January 21-23, 2019.

2016

5th course in Next Generation Sequencing, Bertinoro di Romagna, Italy, May 4-7, 2016.

2015

Next Generation Sequencing data analysis training, Centre for Mendelian Genomics, Institute of Genetics, Medical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenija, November 15-21, 2015.

Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGH) training, Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Skopje, North Macedonia, September, 2015.

Illumina MiSeq system workflow, Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Skopje, North Macedonia, April, 2015.

iMODE-CKD Workshop, Chronic Kidney Disease: Clinical Management Issues, Skopje, North Macedonia, March 21, 2015.

2014

Genomics of Rare Diseases SERBORDISinn& 2014 Golden Helix Symposium, Belgrade, Serbia, October 31 – November 1, 2014.

“The 6th EFIS-EJI South Eastern European Immunology School” – Concepts in Immunology,Timisoara, Romania, September 26- 29, 2014.

Gjorgjievska M, Bozhinovski G, Sukarova-Angelovska E, Kocova M, Muaremoska Kanzoska L, Plaseska-Karanfilska D. Mutational Spectrum and Genotype-phenotype Correlations in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Patients from North Macedonia: Identification of Ten Novel NF1 Pathogenic Variants. Balkan Med J. 2023 Jul 12;40(4):252-261. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2023.2022-12-28. Epub 2023 Apr 19.

Gjorgjievska M, Mehandziska S, Stajkovska A, Pecioska-Dokuzovska S, Dimovska A, Durmish I, Ismail S, Pavlovska T, Stojchevska A, Amedi H, Andonova J, Nikolovska M, Velickovikj S, Mitrev Z, Kungulovski I, Kungulovski G. Case Report: Omicron BA.2 Subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 Outcompetes BA.1 in Two Co-infection Cases. Front Genet. 2022 Apr 12:13:892682. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.892682. eCollection 2022.

S A Kocheva, M Gjorgjievska, K Martinova, Z Antevska-Trajkova, A Jovanovska, D Plaseska-Karanfilska. de Novo TINF2 C.845G>A: Pathogenic Variant in Patient with Dyskeratosis Congenita. Balkan J Med Genet. 2022 Jun 5;24(2):89-93. doi: 10.2478/bjmg-2021-0027. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Trifunovski A, Dimovski A, Dohcev S, Stavridis S, Stankov O, Saidi S, Gjorgjievska M, Popov Z. Detection of TMPRSS2-ERG Fusion Transcript in Biopsy Specimen of Prostate Cancer Patients: A Single Centre Experience. Pril (Makedon Akad Nauk Umet Odd Med Nauki). 2020 Jun 1;41(1):5-14. doi: 10.2478/prilozi-2020-0018.

Chakraborty С, Martines C, Porro F, Fortunati I, Bonato A, Dimishkovska M, Piazza S, Yadav S B, Innocenti I, Fazio R, Vaisitti T, Deaglio S, Zamò A, Dimovski A, Laurenti L, Efremov D G. A CRISPR/Cas9-Generated Murine Model Reveals Cooperation between BCR Signaling and CDKN2A/2B and TP53 Disruption in Richter Syndrome. Blood. 2021 Sep 23;138(12):1053-1066. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020008276.

Gucev Z, Tasic V, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Dimishkovska M, Laban N, Bozinovski Z, Kostovski M, Saveski A, Polenakovic M, Towler OW, Shore EM, Kaplan FS. Severe digital malformations in a rare variant of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive. Am J Med Genet A. 2019 Jul;179(7):1310-1314.

Sukarova Stefanovska E, Bozhinovski Gj, Trajkova-Antevska Z, Dimishkovska M, Plaseska Karanfilska D. A novel variant His2174Asn in F8 gene in a child with hemophilia A intermedia. Conference: ICGEB Workshop „Next Generation Diagnostics“,March 2018, Skopje.

Dimishkovska M, Mulliqi Kotori V, Gucev Z, Kocheva S, Polenakovic M, Plaseska-Karanfilska D. A novel founder mutation in FANCA gene (c.3446_3449dupCCCT) among Romani patients from the Balkan region. Balkan Medical Journal. Accepted August 2017; DOI: 10.4274/balkanmedj.2017.0618.

Dimishkovska M, Kuzmanovska M, Kocheva S, Martinova K, Karanfilski O, Stojanoski Z, Plaseska-Karanfilska D. First Cases of Hb Agrinio Described in Patients from the Republic of North Macedonia. Hemoglobin. Hemoglobin. 2017 Jul – Nov;41(4-6):308-310.

Kuzmanovska M, Dimishkovska M, MalevaKostovska I, Noveski P, SukarovaStefanovska E, Plaseska-Karanfilska D.CYP2D6 allele distribution in Macedonians, Albanians and Romanies in the Republic of North Macedonia.Balkan J Med Genet. 2016 Jul 9;18(2):49-58.

Gucev Z, Tasic V, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Konstantinova MK, Stamatova A, Dimishkovska M, Laban N, Polenakovic M.LHX4 Gene Alterations: Patient Report and Review of the Literature. PediatrEndocrinol Rev. 2016 Jun;13(4):749-55.

Petkov G, Dimishkovska M, Tsoneva Ivanova V, Yordanov G, Zdraveski A, Plaseska-Karanfilska D. (2015) Hb G-Waimanalo [A1] or α64(E13)Asp→Asn (α1)(HBA1: c.193G>A) Observed in a Bulgarian Family. Hemoglobin, 39(6):430-431.