A total of 12 leading scientists from the science domains of Applied and Technical Sciences (TTW) and Health Research and Care Innovation (ZonMw) were awarded a Vici grant. This will enable the laureates to develop an innovative line of research and build up their own research group for five years. Vici is one of the largest personal scientific grants in the Netherlands and is aimed at senior researchers. The grants are awarded annually by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
Immunological memory in the tissue
T cells are important for our immune system because they clear infected cells and tumor cells. Van Gisbergen and his group will study how T-cells develop and how they work in tumor tissue. They want to use this knowledge to induce these T-cells to attack cancer cells (immunotherapy).
