Sofie Struyf
University of Leuven, Belgium
Biography
Sofie Struyf obtained her PhD degree (2002) at the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology (University of Leuven) and is currently holding a position of professor at the Rega Institute. She teaches advanced immunology courses. Prof. Struyf (co-)authored 117 publications in peer-reviewed journals, which were cited more than 6000 times. Those publications deal with many aspects of chemokine biology, including gene regulation, receptor usage and signaling pathways, producer and target cells, … improving the understanding of the role of these chemotactic cytokines in inflammation, infection and tumor development.