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Daria Lukasz
Patent Agent
Patents and Innovations
Washington, D.C.
dlukasz@wsgr.com

D202-973-8858

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Dr. Daria Lukasz is a patent agent in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she is a member of the patents and innovations group. Her background includes extensive knowledge in the biomedical sciences, particularly cellular and molecular biology, genetics, neuroscience, and developmental biology.

Prior to joining the firm, Daria completed her doctoral training at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, under the guidance of Dr. Katie Kindt. As a graduate student in the NIH-Johns Hopkins University Graduate Partnerships Program, she used a combination of genetics, pharmacology, electrophysiology, and in vivo cell biology assays to study sources of metabolic stress in auditory and vestibular hair cells in a zebrafish model of deafness. 

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Dr. Daria Lukasz is a patent agent in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she is a member of the patents and innovations group. Her background includes extensive knowledge in the biomedical sciences, particularly cellular and molecular biology, genetics, neuroscience, and developmental biology.

Prior to joining the firm, Daria completed her doctoral training at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, under the guidance of Dr. Katie Kindt. As a graduate student in the NIH-Johns Hopkins University Graduate Partnerships Program, she used a combination of genetics, pharmacology, electrophysiology, and in vivo cell biology assays to study sources of metabolic stress in auditory and vestibular hair cells in a zebrafish model of deafness. 

Education
  • Ph.D., Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 2022
  • B.A., Biological Basis of Behavior, University of Pennsylvania, 2016

    Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Neuroscience

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  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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Education
  • Ph.D., Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 2022
  • B.A., Biological Basis of Behavior, University of Pennsylvania, 2016

    Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Neuroscience

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  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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  • Co-author with M. Tsuda, T. Akoh-Arrey, J. Mercurio, A. Rucker, M. Airey, H. Jacobs, W. Lijing, and H. Cameron, “Initiating social aggression in male mice: Role of adult-born hippocampal neurons,” Hippocampus, 2024
  • Co-author with H. Wong, C. Drerup, and K. Kindt, “In vivo investigation of mitochondria in lateral line afferent neurons and hair cells,” 431 Hearing Research, 2023
  • Co-author with A. Beirl and K. Kindt, “Chronic neurotransmission increases the susceptibility of lateral-line hair cells to ototoxic insults,” 11 eLife, 2022
  • Co-author with K. Kindt, “In Vivo Calcium Imaging of Lateral-line Hair Cells in Larval Zebrafish,” 141 Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2018
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  • Co-author with M. Tsuda, T. Akoh-Arrey, J. Mercurio, A. Rucker, M. Airey, H. Jacobs, W. Lijing, and H. Cameron, “Initiating social aggression in male mice: Role of adult-born hippocampal neurons,” Hippocampus, 2024
  • Co-author with H. Wong, C. Drerup, and K. Kindt, “In vivo investigation of mitochondria in lateral line afferent neurons and hair cells,” 431 Hearing Research, 2023
  • Co-author with A. Beirl and K. Kindt, “Chronic neurotransmission increases the susceptibility of lateral-line hair cells to ototoxic insults,” 11 eLife, 2022
  • Co-author with K. Kindt, “In Vivo Calcium Imaging of Lateral-line Hair Cells in Larval Zebrafish,” 141 Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2018

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