Cell survival and death pathways
Jannie Borst
Jannie Borst worked at the NKI till June 2019 after which she and her research group continued her research at Leiden Medical University Center. She has devoted her career to studying T cells – key cells of the immune system that fight infection and help destroy cancer cells. Her research group studies the proteins that tell T cells to become fully operational. She has also made a major contribution to the developed a new anti-cancer treatment which is currently tested in the clinic.