Marina Čunko
Research Associate
Marina Čunko obtained her Master’s degree in Biotechnology in Medicine from the University of Rijeka, Croatia, in 2025. In the same year, she joined the Center for Proteomics as a senior expert associate. She is engaged in preclinical translational cancer research, with a focus on immune checkpoint immunotherapies targeting nectin family proteins.
Selected Publications:
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- Parchure A, Cesarec M, Braut A, Kolman R, Ivanišević V, Čunko M, et al. ADAR1 p150 prevents HSV-1 from triggering PKR/eIF2α-mediated translational arrest and is required for efficient viral replication. PLoS Pathog. 2026.
- Ivanišević V, Žilić L, Čunko M, Fadiga H, Munitić I, Jurak I. RNA Editing-Dependent and -Independent Roles of Adenosine Deaminases Acting on RNA Proteins in Herpesvirus Infection—Hints on Another Layer of Complexity. Viruses. 2023.
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