Sytse Piersma, PhD

Primary Academic Title

Instructor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine

Research Interest

Improving immunotherapy through studying natural killer (NK) cells

Education

2010: PhD, clinical oncology and immunohematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands

Training

2009 - 2011: Postdoctoral fellow, medical microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht
2011 - 2013: Postdoctoral fellow, rheumatology, Washington University, St. Louis
2013 - 2014: Researcher, oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands
2014 - present: Postdoctoral fellow, rheumatology, Washington University

Selected Research Publications

NK cell expansion requires HuR and mediates control of solid tumors and long-term virus infection.

Piersma SJ, Bangru S, Yoon J, [...] Yokoyama WM
J Exp Med 2023

Natural killer cell effector functions in antiviral defense.

Piersma SJ, Brizić I
FEBS J 2022

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