July 2016
Melissa Blumenthal > Other Awards
The South African society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology council awarded me this for the year 2014 in which I completed my Honours degree at the University of Cape Town based on nomination from the principle investigator in my laboratory.
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Awards

July 2016 SASBMB Best Honours student award

Degrees:

2013
Undergraduate
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
2014
Undergraduate
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
2016
Master
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences

Publications resulting from Research
Schäfer G, Blumenthal MJ and Katz AA (2015). Interaction of human tumor viruses with host cell surface receptors and cell entry. Viruses 7(5): 2592-2617.

Schäfer G, Graham LM, Lang D, Blumenthal MJ, Bergant Marušič M and Katz AA (2017). Vimentin modulates infectious internalisation of HPV16 pseudovirions. J Virol 91(16): e00307-17

Blumenthal MJ, Ujma S, Katz AA and Schäfer G. (2017) The role of diabetes type II for the development of pathogen-associated cancers in the face of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Front Microbiol 8:2368

4th workshop on “Emerging Issues in Oncogenic Virus Research”
2025
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The impact of EPHA2 polymorphisms on KSHV infectivity and/or KS prevalence among HIV/AIDS patients in South Africa.
International Biomedical Student Conference
2025
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The impact of EphA2 polymorphism on KSHV infectivity and/or KS prevalence among HIV/AIDS patients in South Africa
CANSA Research in Action
2025
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EPHA2 sequence variants impact susceptibility to Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection and Kaposi's sarcoma prevalence in HIV-infected patients.

Virology Africa
2025
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4th workshop on “Emerging Issues in Oncogenic Virus Research”
2025
icon-pin-location San Pietro in Bevagna, Italy
HPV
2025
icon-pin-location Cape Town, South Africa
International Biomedical Student Conference
2025
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20th International Workshop on KSHV and Related Agents
2025
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5th workshop on “Emerging Issues in Oncogenic Virus Research”
2025
icon-pin-location San Pietro in Bevagna, Italy
CANSA Research in Action
2025
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SASBMB - FASBMB
2025
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Awards

July 2016 SASBMB Best Honours student award