Johan Kuiper
Professor emeritus
- Name
- Prof. dr. J. Kuiper
- Telephone
- 071 5272727
- j.kuiper@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-5834-690X
Prof. Dr. Johan Kuiper is Head of Department and Professor of Therapeutic Immunomodulation.
More information about Johan Kuiper
PhD Candidates
News
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Prof. Johan Kuiper will retire as of November 1st 2024 after 40 years of research and education -
Atherosclerosis resembles an autoimmune disease. Marie Depuydt graduated on this topic, with honours -
Recent publication by Marie Depuydt (BT) on single-cell transcriptomics in human atherosclerosis -
Steering the immune system with liposomes -
Portraits Johan Kuiper and Ilze Bot on Hartstichting.nl -
The unexpected role of IL-27 in atherosclerosis
Former PhD candidates
Biography
Dr. Kuiper has studied biology, specializing in biochemistry and immunology at the University of Groningen. After graduation in 1984, he obtained his PhD from Leiden University in 1989. In 2007, he became Director of Education of the LACDR, and in November 2008 he became Professor of Therapeutic Immunomodulation at Leiden University. His present research is mainly focused at on immunomodulation of inflammatory responses that lead to the development of atherosclerotic plaques. The regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines by various strategies such as tolerance induction, [DNA] vaccination and modulation of the activity of natural killer T cells is his main topic of research. In addition, dendritic cell therapy is exploited as a new therapy for atherosclerosis. Dr. Kuiper is an Established Investigator of the Netherlands Heart Foundation.
Professor emeritus
- Faculty of Science
- LACDR
- LACDR Research
- Kuiper J. (1998), Arteriosclerosis and photodynamic therapy, oxidatively modified LDL as a delivery system for photosensitizer. 71th Session of the American Heart Association. Dallas, USA. [lecture].
- lid Scientific Advisroy Board