Sytse Piersma, PhD

Medical School Department Internal Medicine
Research Program Tumor Immunology
Sytse Piersma

Researcher Background

Primary Academic Title

Instructor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, WashU Medicine

Training

  • 2009 - 2011: Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • 2011 - 2013: Postdoctoral Fellow, Rheumatology, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • 2013 - 2014: Researcher, Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
  • 2014: Postdoctoral Fellow, Rheumatology, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Education

  • 2010: PhD, Clinical Oncology and Immunohematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

Improving immunotherapy through studying natural killer (NK) cells

Research Publications

Authors:

McLaughlin Q, Sojka DK, Kennedy K, Piersma SJ , Sethakorn N

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J Exp Clin Cancer Res • 2025

Authors:

Jo S, Ohara RA, Theisen DJ, Piersma SJ, Murphy KM

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J Exp Med • 2025

Authors:

Piersma SJ, Li S, Wong P, Yokoyama WM

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Elife • 2025

Authors:

Piersma SJ, Li S, Wong P, Yokoyama WM

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bioRxiv • 2024

Authors:

Piersma SJ

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Cell Mol Immunol • 2024

Authors:

Fan C, Xing X, Murphy SJH, Piersma SJ, Wang T

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Nat Commun • 2024

Authors:

Piersma SJ, Bangru S, Yoon J, Yokoyama WM

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J Exp Med • 2023

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