Gillian Griffiths

In 2025, I took up the position of Chair of Dept of Cell Biology, Yale University. I remain affiliated with CIMR while my research group transitions to Yale, and work in collaboration with senior investigators here.

Project/study information 

Killer cells are remarkable cells circulating around our bodies recognizing and destroying virally infected and cancer cells with extraordinary specificity and precision. We have discovered new genes that suggest that many different components within killer cells play a part in delivering the lethal hit. We study killer cells missing the new genes to see where things go wrong, filming live cells to pin-point what is different in each case. This is particularly important right now as new cancer therapies in medicine aimed at helping killer cells are proving very effective.