Ethel-Michele de Villiers
Ethel-Michele de Villiers (* 1947 in Pretoria , South Africa) is a biologist . She researches the viral causes of cancer at the DKFZ in Heidelberg .
De Villiers graduated from school in Pretoria in 1965 and studied biology at the University of Pretoria . She received her doctorate (D. Sc.) In 1980, went to the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and then to the Veterinary Institute Onderstepoort in South Africa. From 1984 she worked at the DKFZ.
She identified many new types of papillomavirus and studied their role in causing cancer. From 2000 she works on the identification and analysis of the Torque Teno Virus (TTV). In addition, she deals with the similarly structured but genetically different Bovine Meat and Milk Factors (BMMFs), which according to zur Hausen and Villiers play a role in colon and breast cancer.
She has been married to the physician Harald zur Hausen since 1993 , with whom she has also worked for decades.
Fonts
- Investigation of the distribution of specific types of human pathogenic papilloma viruses and their occurrence in benign and malignant proliferative diseases. Habilitation. 1986
- Ethel-Michele de Villiers (Ed.): TT viruses - the still elusive human pathogens. Springer Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-70971-8
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://thecoins.eu/2018/01/25/ethel-michele-de-villiers-zur-hausen/
- ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/39369129_Ethel-Michele_de_Villiers
- ↑ https://www.dkfz.de/en/episomal-persistierende-DNA/mitarbeiter/deVilliers.html
- ↑ https://www.dkfz.de/en/episomal-persistierende-DNA/groups/Research.html
- ↑ https://www.n-tv.de/wissen/Zur-Hausen-kaum-noch-im-Labor-article33352.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Villiers, Ethel-Michele de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Virologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pretoria |