Biography:
Emmy Rogakou studied Biology and received her PhD from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece. She then joined the research group of Dr. William Bonner at the NIH, USA, where she pioneered the discovery of the role of the histone γH2AX in DNA damage & repair signaling, that initiated the 2nd paradigm shift in the field of Epigenetics. She continued her research at Erasmus University Medical Center, the Netherlands, and at B.S.R.C. "Alexander Fleming", Greece. Now she is Researcher A’ at the U.R.I., First Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, NKUA. Her published work in SCI(E) journals on histone H2AX has more than 15,000 citations.
Title : The role of Gamma H2AX in apoptosis