Zsofia Torok, PhD

I was originally from Budapest, Hungary, and moved to New York City in 2015 to pursue my undergraduate degree. I graduated from CCNY, where my research focused on the development of cone photoreceptors in chicken embryos. Moving West to Cal Tech, I began my graduate studies at Carlos Lois' lab to explore the neuronal mechanisms underlying memory conservation in motor circuits. For this work, I received the Chen Innovator Grant to understand how adult birdsong is maintained following perturbation. In the Ingraham lab, I wish to understand how estrogen regulates glial and neuronal cells in aging and injury repair. Outside of work, my two passions are hiking and reading.