Dr Claire Shannon-Lowe
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Bio
Dr Claire Shannon-Lowe is a tumour virologist with over 20 years of experience in virology research. At the University of Birmingham, her research has focussed upon Epstein Barr virus, the first human virus shown to be associated with cancer. She has a long-term interest in a group of rare T cell and natural killer cell cancers driven by EBV.
These diseases are aggressive and particularly difficult to treat. Dr Shannon-Lowe’s team are particularly interested in understanding why they are so resistant to treatment and in identifying new effective treatments. She also has an interest in how EBV actually drives these diseases, both by manipulating the infected cells and how the infected cells then change the cellular microenvironment, including the activation and expansion of myeloid derived suppressor cells.
