Rate My Professor Annika Bokor

Bokor's research specializes in molecular biology, focusing on inteins, homing endonucleases, PRP8 inteins in fungal species such as the genus Botrytis and other ascomycetes, protein splicing, and molecular genetics. She has 22 publications with 61 citations. Key works include "Sexual mating of Botrytis cinerea illustrates PRP8 intein HEG activity" (2010), which examines intein homing endonuclease gene activity during fungal mating; "PRP8 inteins in species of the genus Botrytis and other ascomycetes" (2012), exploring the evolutionary history and distribution of these inteins; "Preceding hydrophobic and β-branched amino acids attenuate splicing by the CnePRP8 intein" (2007); and "Chimeric rabies SADB19-VSVg-pseudotyped lentiviral vectors mediate long-range retrograde transduction from the mouse spinal cord" (2015). Beyond academia, she engages in outreach activities, delivering biochemistry demonstrations to primary school children using jelly and kiwifruit to illustrate protein production, supporting Silver Science workshops for seniors, and coordinating displays at the University of Otago Science Expo with student volunteers.