Sally Roberts DPhil, BSc

Sally qualified with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Biochemistry from the University of Warwick in 1981. She gained a D.Phil. from the Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics in the University of Oxford in 1987 and was then appointed as a Research Fellow in the Department of Cancer Studies in the University of Birmingham. In 1999, she was appointed Lecturer in Cancer Studies and in 2002 promoted to Senior Lecturer. Whilst in Birmingham her research has focussed on the molecular biology of human papillomavirus – host interactions.

Publications:
1. Knight, G. L., Pugh, A. G., Yates, E., Bell, I., Wilson, R., Moody, C. A., Laimins, L. A., Roberts, S. (2011) A cyclin-binding motif in human papillomavirus type 18 (HPV18) E1^E4 is necessary for association with CDK-cyclin complexes and G2/M cell cycle arrest of keratinocytes, but is not required for differentiation-dependent viral genome amplification or L1 capsid protein expression. Virology, 412: 196-210 [cover article]. 2. Collins, S. I., Constandinou-Williams, C., Roberts, S., Young, L.S., Woodman, C. B. J., Murray, P. G. (2010) Is human papillomavirus viral load a clinically useful predictive marker: a longitudinal study. Cancer Epi. Bio. & Preven. 19: 832-837. 3. Collins, S. I., Constandinou-Williams, C., Wen, K., Young, L.S., Roberts, S., Murray, P. G., Woodman, C. B. J. (2009) Disruption of the E2 gene is a common and early event in the natural history of cervical human papillomavirus infection: a longitudinal cohort study. Cancer Research 69: 3828-3832.