Agnes P. Donko, Ph.D.

Research Fellow

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Education:

Ph.D., School of Molecular Medical Sciences, Semmelweis University

M.Sc., Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Languages Spoken: Hungarian
Portrait of Agnes P. Donko, Ph.D.

Biography

Agnes Donko obtained her master’s degree in bioengineering from Budapest University of Technology and Economics and her Ph.D. in biology at the Cellular and Molecular Physiology Program at Semmelweis University. During her graduate and post-doctoral years she studied functional defects of Duox1 and Duox2 NADPH oxidases in knockout mouse models. She has expertise in genome engineering using CRISPR methodology for design and development of novel NADPH oxidase-deficient or modified animal models and cell lines. Her current research focuses on NOX2 and RAC2 defects linked to lymphopoiesis and immunodeficiencies, including chronic granulomatous disease, as well as studies on NOX4 and NOX2 function in pancreatic cancer progression and survival.