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.
Full Member
Ms. Melissa Blumenthal
Membership since:
2018
Field of activity:
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
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
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San Pietro in Bevagna, Italy
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San Pietro in Bevagna, Italy
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Potchefstroom, South Africa