Although its role in oncogenesis is poorly understood, expression of eIF4E has been reported in aggressive forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other cancers (37 — 39).
She completed her PhD investigating HPV - encoded proteins in oncogenesis with Dr Lawrence Banks at ICGEB Trieste, Italy, and postdoctoral research on the molecular biology of autophagy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York.