Saint Louis University (SLU)
We are interested in the Epstein Barr virus, a tumor-associated pathogen that has established a lifelong infection in nearly the entire world’s population. EBV promotes the long-term survival and proliferation of host cells and is a causal factor in a number of lymphomas and epithelial cancers. We study EBV replication, how infection leads to malignancy, and we attempt to uncover targetable vulnerabilities in EBV-associated cancers.