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Gillian M. Griffiths publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gillian M. Griffiths sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 152 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Gillian M. Griffiths D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gillian M. Griffiths sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 80 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Gillian M. Griffiths is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, specializing in Immunology and Microbiology. Their research spans several intersecting fields, including Immunology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Hematology, and Physiology. The main topics covered in their work encompass Immune Cell Function and Interaction, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, CAR-T cell therapy research, Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research, Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, and Immune cells in cancer.

The scientist has published extensively in prominent venues. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Science
  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Notable recent publications by Gillian M. Griffiths include:

  • Distinctive phenotypes and functions of innate lymphoid cells in human decidua during early pregnancy, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Mitochondrial translation is required for sustained killing by cytotoxic T cells, 2021, Science
  • Deletion of SNX9 alleviates CD8 T cell exhaustion for effective cellular cancer immunotherapy, 2023, Nature Communications
  • The quantitative impact of COVID-19 on surgical training in the United Kingdom, 2021, BJS Open
  • Ectocytosis renders T cell receptor signaling self-limiting at the immune synapse, 2023, Science

Throughout their research, Griffiths has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Jane C. Stinchcombe
  • Y. Claire
  • Adam M. Rochussen
  • Anna H. Lippert
  • Arianne C. Richard

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2013, reflecting their contributions to their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • The Immunological Synapse of CTL Contains a Secretory Domain and Membrane Bridges

    Jane C. Stinchcombe;Giovanna Bossi;Sarah Booth;Gillian M. Griffiths

  • Spread of HTLV-I between lymphocytes by virus-induced polarization of the cytoskeleton.

    Tadahiko Igakura;Jane C. Stinchcombe;Peter K. C. Goon;Graham P. Taylor

  • Centrosome polarization delivers secretory granules to the immunological synapse

    Jane C. Stinchcombe;Endre Majorovits;Giovanna Bossi;Stephen Fuller

  • Somatic mutation and the maturation of immune response to 2-phenyl oxazolone

    Gillian M. Griffiths;Claudia Berek;Matti Kaartinen;Matti Kaartinen;Cesar Milstein

  • Degranulation plays an essential part in regulating cell surface expression of Fas ligand in T cells and natural killer cells

    Bossi G;Griffiths Gm

  • Molecular events during maturation of the immune response to oxazolone.

    C. Berek;G. M. Griffiths;G. M. Griffiths;C. Milstein

  • Linking Albinism and Immunity: The Secrets of Secretory Lysosomes

    Jane Stinchcombe;Giovanna Bossi;Gillian M. Griffiths

  • Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis type 5 (FHL-5) is caused by mutations in Munc18-2 and impaired binding to syntaxin 11.

    Udo zur Stadt;Jan Rohr;Wenke Seifert;Wenke Seifert;Florian Koch

  • Rab27a is required for regulated secretion in cytotoxic T lymphocytes.

    Jane C. Stinchcombe;Duarte C. Barral;Emilie H. Mules;Sarah Booth

  • Secretory mechanisms in cell-mediated cytotoxicity.

    Jane C. Stinchcombe;Gillian M. Griffiths

  • mRNA sequences define an unusually restricted IgG response to 2-phenyloxazolone and its early diversification.

    Matti Kaartinen;Matti Kaartinen;Gillian M. Griffiths;Alex F. Markham;Cesar Milstein

  • Immunocytochemical characterization of the endocytic and phagolysosomal compartments in peritoneal macrophages.

    S Rabinowitz;H Horstmann;S Gordon;G Griffiths

  • The Biogenesis of Lysosomes and Lysosome-Related Organelles

    J. Paul Luzio;Yvonne Hackmann;Nele M.G. Dieckmann;Gillian M. Griffiths

  • Adaptor protein 3–dependent microtubule-mediated movement of lytic granules to the immunological synapse

    Richard H Clark;Jane C Stinchcombe;Anna Day;Emma Blott

  • Structural and Kinetic Basis for Heightened Immunogenicity of T Cell Vaccines

    Ji-Li Chen;Guillaume Stewart-Jones;Giovanna Bossi;Nikolai M. Lissin

  • Actin Depletion Initiates Events Leading to Granule Secretion at the Immunological Synapse

    Alex T. Ritter;Yukako Asano;Jane C. Stinchcombe;N.M.G. Dieckmann

  • Serial killing by cytotoxic T lymphocytes: T cell receptor triggers degranulation, re-filling of the lytic granules and secretion of lytic proteins via a non-granule pathway.

    Sylvie Isaaz;Kristin Baetz;Kristin Olsen;Eckhard Podack

  • Delivering the kiss of death

    Christina M Trambas;Gillian M Griffiths

  • The length of lipids bound to human CD1d molecules modulates the affinity of NKT cell TCR and the threshold of NKT cell activation

    C McCarthy;D Shepherd;S Fleire;V S Stronge

  • The immunological synapse: a focal point for endocytosis and exocytosis

    Gillian M. Griffiths;Andy Tsun;Jane C. Stinchcombe

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurizio Aricò
Maurizio Aricò Azienda USL di Pescara
Daniela Pende
Daniela Pende University of Genoa
Lorenzo Moretta
Lorenzo Moretta Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
John C. Marioni
John C. Marioni European Bioinformatics Institute
Stephan Ehl
Stephan Ehl University of Freiburg
Cesar Milstein
Cesar Milstein MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Luigi D. Notarangelo
Luigi D. Notarangelo National Institutes of Health
Irving L. Weissman
Irving L. Weissman Stanford University
Vincenzo Cerundolo
Vincenzo Cerundolo University of Oxford
Hans Christian Hennies
Hans Christian Hennies University of Huddersfield

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