Thomas E. Shenk
Princeton University
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Primary Section: 44, Microbial Biology Secondary Section: 22, Cellular and Developmental Biology Membership Type:
Member
(elected 1996)
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Biosketch
Thomas Shenk is Professor of Life Sciences, Emeritus, in the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. He is a virologist, whose interests include the replication, spread and pathogenesis of the herpesvirus, human cytomegalovirus.
Research Interests
I am a virologist, whose primary focus is the herpesvirus, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). Upon infection of its human host, HCMV replicates and spreads in some cell types and enters a quiescent, latent state in other cells. I am interested in understanding aspects of the HCMV-host cell interaction that support active viral growth versus latency, as well as the mechanisms by which a cell mounts a protective response to combat the infecting virus.
