Prof. Elena Rakosy, known as Rakosy-Tican in the scientific literature, has a long activity in plant genetic engineering, has developed research in the field since 1984 up till today. She entered academia in 2000 and developed a new MSc in Plant Genetic Manipulation (TEMPUS S-JEP), a new grop in the same field and is teaching Plant Genetic Engineering, Plant Biotechnology, Developmental Biology and Evolution. Her research is based on in vitro culture, somatic hybridization and gene transfer. Lately her group is mainly focused on the characterization of biotic and abiotic stress resistance in potato somatic hybrids. The research in the group has been also extended on the effects of plant extracts on cancer cells with new results on the inhibitory action of wild potato species (S. chacoense, S. bulbocastanum) on breast cancer cells in vitro.
Prof. Elena Rakosy, known as Rakosy-Tican in the scientific literature, has a long activity in plant genetic engineering, has developed research in the field since 1984 up till today. She entered academia in 2000 and developed a new MSc in Plant Genetic Manipulation (TEMPUS S-JEP), a new grop in the same field and is teaching Plant Genetic Engineering, Plant Biotechnology, Developmental Biology and Evolution. Her research is based on in vitro culture, somatic hybridization and gene transfer. Lately her group is mainly focused on the characterization of biotic and abiotic stress resistance in potato somatic hybrids. The research in the group has been also extended on the effects of plant extracts on cancer cells with new results on the inhibitory action of wild potato species (S. chacoense, S. bulbocastanum) on breast cancer cells in vitro.