Piroska Szabó, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Epigenetics
Areas of Expertise
Epigenetics, genomic imprinting, insulator, developmental reprogramming, germ line, DNA methylation, chromatin
Biography
Dr. Piroska Szabó earned an M.Sc. in biology and a Ph.D. in molecular biology from József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary. She joined Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, Calif. in 1992 as a postdoctoral fellow. She served first as an assistant research scientist and associate research scientist before becoming an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Beckman Research Institute in 2006 and was promoted to associate professor in 2011. She joined VAI in 2014 as an associate professor in the Department of Epigenetics.