Cliff I. Oduor

The Impact of Malaria-Induced Neutrophil Subset Shift and a Link to Burkitt Lymphoma

The paper examines neutrophil subset shifts in malaria-exposed children and links these changes to Burkitt lymphoma risk in Western Kenya.

Not so cold after all: tumor infiltrating CD8+ T cells in EBV-positive Burkitt lymphoma are quiescent, not exhausted

This study shows that CD8+ T cells in EBV-positive Burkitt lymphoma are not exhausted but metabolically active and may respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors.

EBV Type 1 versus Type 2: A determinant of NK cell anti-tumor activity in Burkitt lymphoma

This study compares ADCC activity of CD56neg and CD56dim NK cells against EBV-type 1 and 2 Burkitt lymphoma cells, finding EBV-T2 cells are more susceptible to direct cytotoxicity.

Dissecting Epstein-Barr Virus Dependence Across Diverse Infected Cell Models

The paper assesses EBV dependence in various infected cell models and finds that EBV loss sensitivity varies across cell types, with lymphoid malignancies being more dependent than gastric adenocarcinoma lines.

Scalable long-read Nanopore HPV16 Amplicon-based Whole-Genome Sequencing

This paper develops a scalable long-read sequencing method for HPV16 genome analysis, showing high accuracy and capturing full genetic diversity across multiple lineages.

Incorporation of Epstein-Barr viral variation implicates significance of LMP1 in survival prediction and prognostic subgrouping in Burkitt lymphoma

The paper identifies EBV variants, particularly in LMP1, associated with survival in Burkitt lymphoma and defines prognostic subgroups based on these features.

Loss of developmentally derived Irf8+ macrophages promotes hyperinnervation and arrhythmia in the adult zebrafish heart

This study shows that loss of Irf8+ macrophages in zebrafish leads to cardiac arrhythmia, dysfunction, and hyperinnervation.

Expression Microdissection for use in qPCR based analysis of miRNA in a single cell type

The paper optimizes an expression microdissection method to improve miRNA yield and in vivo cell-type specificity for qPCR analysis.

Epstein Barr virus genomes reveal population structure and type 1 association with endemic Burkitt lymphoma

The paper analyzes EBV genomes from eBL patients and controls in Kenya, finding type 1 EBV is more common in patients and identifying genetic variants associated with eBL.