Tuna Mutis received his PhD in immunology from the Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands, in 1994. He is now the head of the translational immuno-oncology research laboratory and the director of the stem cell laboratory of the Department of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC. He has specific expertise in T-cell immunity, the immunobiology of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT), minor histocompatibility antigens, immune regulation, immune escape and immune resistance in the tumor microenvironment. His research interests include immunology immunotherapy of hematological malignancies.