Netherlands Cancer Institute
@nkinl.bsky.social
The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI): at the international forefront of cancer research and treatment for over 100 years.
Congratulations to @benjaminrowland.bsky.social for receiving an @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grant together with TU Delft, University of Edinburgh and @mit.edu / @institutcurie.bsky.social he will work on the GeneMotors project to unravel how SMC proteins pull DNA into loops.
More: bit.ly/4osZjOJ
More: bit.ly/4osZjOJ
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Congratulations to @benjaminrowland.bsky.social for receiving an @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grant together with TU Delft, University of Edinburgh and @mit.edu / @institutcurie.bsky.social he will work on the GeneMotors project to unravel how SMC proteins pull DNA into loops.
More: bit.ly/4osZjOJ
More: bit.ly/4osZjOJ
Thanks to support from the Dutch Cancer Society , researcher Marjanka Schmidt and her team are expanding the Hebon study to include more and more diverse participants in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer research. More: www.nki.nl/news-events/...
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Thanks to support from the Dutch Cancer Society , researcher Marjanka Schmidt and her team are expanding the Hebon study to include more and more diverse participants in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer research. More: www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Proud! Our scientific director Thijn Brummelkamp was a guest at the “Uitblinkerslunch” (Lunch for Outstanding Achievers) hosted by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima.
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Proud! Our scientific director Thijn Brummelkamp was a guest at the “Uitblinkerslunch” (Lunch for Outstanding Achievers) hosted by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima.
What a great recognition for our inspiring scientist and professor Karin de Visser: she received the Josephine Nefkens Prize 2025. Congratulations Karin! 🎉
#NKI #fundamentalresearch #cancerresearch #oncology #breastcancer #cancerimmunology
#NKI #fundamentalresearch #cancerresearch #oncology #breastcancer #cancerimmunology
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
What a great recognition for our inspiring scientist and professor Karin de Visser: she received the Josephine Nefkens Prize 2025. Congratulations Karin! 🎉
#NKI #fundamentalresearch #cancerresearch #oncology #breastcancer #cancerimmunology
#NKI #fundamentalresearch #cancerresearch #oncology #breastcancer #cancerimmunology
The results of the SUPREMO trial are in and published in @nejm.org. Results show that radiotherapy can be safely omitted as a treatment for many breast cancer patients who have had a mastectomy and were treated with anti-cancer drugs ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The results of the SUPREMO trial are in and published in @nejm.org. Results show that radiotherapy can be safely omitted as a treatment for many breast cancer patients who have had a mastectomy and were treated with anti-cancer drugs ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Thanks to KWF Dutch Cancer Society Esther Lips and her colleagues will be able to continue their search to find out which women with DCIS will require treatment and which do not ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
November 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thanks to KWF Dutch Cancer Society Esther Lips and her colleagues will be able to continue their search to find out which women with DCIS will require treatment and which do not ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
What if parts of our DNA accidentally end up in the wrong place? What can be bad for healthy cells could be an advantage for tumor cells, observed PhD candidate Soufyan Lakbir, who loves his experiments.
Soufyan Lakbir will defend his thesis on October 29 ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Soufyan Lakbir will defend his thesis on October 29 ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
October 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What if parts of our DNA accidentally end up in the wrong place? What can be bad for healthy cells could be an advantage for tumor cells, observed PhD candidate Soufyan Lakbir, who loves his experiments.
Soufyan Lakbir will defend his thesis on October 29 ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Soufyan Lakbir will defend his thesis on October 29 ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Big congrats to the MARI team for winning the NKI Patient Impact Award! Their work helps breast cancer patients avoid unnecessary surgery. 💙 #NKI #BreastCancer #Innovation
Read more ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Read more ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Big congrats to the MARI team for winning the NKI Patient Impact Award! Their work helps breast cancer patients avoid unnecessary surgery. 💙 #NKI #BreastCancer #Innovation
Read more ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Read more ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
#ESMO2025 kicks off in Berlin!
Our NKI team is in Berlin to share research, lead discussions, and connect with oncology experts from around the world. 💙 #Oncology #CancerResearch
See all NKI input: bit.ly/4okZxXF
Our NKI team is in Berlin to share research, lead discussions, and connect with oncology experts from around the world. 💙 #Oncology #CancerResearch
See all NKI input: bit.ly/4okZxXF
October 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#ESMO2025 kicks off in Berlin!
Our NKI team is in Berlin to share research, lead discussions, and connect with oncology experts from around the world. 💙 #Oncology #CancerResearch
See all NKI input: bit.ly/4okZxXF
Our NKI team is in Berlin to share research, lead discussions, and connect with oncology experts from around the world. 💙 #Oncology #CancerResearch
See all NKI input: bit.ly/4okZxXF
🧬 We are very proud: Our scientific director @thijnbrummel.bsky.social has received the Spinoza Prize, the highest distinction in Dutch science. Thijn’s groundbreaking genetic research helps uncover how cancer cells work ➡️ bit.ly/494IXXH
#SpinozaPrize #Science #Research #Innovation #CancerResearch
#SpinozaPrize #Science #Research #Innovation #CancerResearch
October 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🧬 We are very proud: Our scientific director @thijnbrummel.bsky.social has received the Spinoza Prize, the highest distinction in Dutch science. Thijn’s groundbreaking genetic research helps uncover how cancer cells work ➡️ bit.ly/494IXXH
#SpinozaPrize #Science #Research #Innovation #CancerResearch
#SpinozaPrize #Science #Research #Innovation #CancerResearch
🎓 Immunotherapy for liver tumors seems almost impossible, but PhD candidate Christel Ramirez @unileiden.bsky.social discovered a way to prevent immune cells from being ‘bribed’ by cancer cells. She will defend her thesis on October 15 ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🎓 Immunotherapy for liver tumors seems almost impossible, but PhD candidate Christel Ramirez @unileiden.bsky.social discovered a way to prevent immune cells from being ‘bribed’ by cancer cells. She will defend her thesis on October 15 ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
PhD candidate @dkloosterman.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social identified a type of macrophage that contributes to tumor growth in the brain. He and his colleagues were the first to discover how these cells develop. Daan Kloosterman will defend his thesis on October 8 www.nki.nl/news-events/...
October 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
PhD candidate @dkloosterman.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social identified a type of macrophage that contributes to tumor growth in the brain. He and his colleagues were the first to discover how these cells develop. Daan Kloosterman will defend his thesis on October 8 www.nki.nl/news-events/...
“It’s amazing to be the very first person to understand something at such a miniscule scale”.
From October 1st, junior group leader Wout Oosterheert will give a boost to fundamental cancer research at the Netherlands Cancer Institute ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
From October 1st, junior group leader Wout Oosterheert will give a boost to fundamental cancer research at the Netherlands Cancer Institute ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
September 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“It’s amazing to be the very first person to understand something at such a miniscule scale”.
From October 1st, junior group leader Wout Oosterheert will give a boost to fundamental cancer research at the Netherlands Cancer Institute ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
From October 1st, junior group leader Wout Oosterheert will give a boost to fundamental cancer research at the Netherlands Cancer Institute ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
🦠 Gut bacteria behavior sheds light on cancer immunotherapy response. Researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have now found new leads: by taking a fresh approach, they managed to uncover promising clues that could open new paths for treatment ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
September 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🦠 Gut bacteria behavior sheds light on cancer immunotherapy response. Researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have now found new leads: by taking a fresh approach, they managed to uncover promising clues that could open new paths for treatment ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Congrats @agamilab.bsky.social, @peeperlab.bsky.social & @thijnbrummel.bsky.social for being shortlisted in this year’s @cancergrand.bsky.social! They’ll compete for the chance to receive up to £20m to make radical progress against cancer’s toughest challenges bit.ly/41KM1DS #CancerGrandChallenges
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Congrats @agamilab.bsky.social, @peeperlab.bsky.social & @thijnbrummel.bsky.social for being shortlisted in this year’s @cancergrand.bsky.social! They’ll compete for the chance to receive up to £20m to make radical progress against cancer’s toughest challenges bit.ly/41KM1DS #CancerGrandChallenges
We scrambled the genome. What happens when you cut, flip, and relocate DNA at scale?
🧬 A new method from the Netherlands Cancer Institute reveals surprising rules of genome organization. Publications in Science & Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. Read more ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
🧬 A new method from the Netherlands Cancer Institute reveals surprising rules of genome organization. Publications in Science & Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. Read more ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
September 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We scrambled the genome. What happens when you cut, flip, and relocate DNA at scale?
🧬 A new method from the Netherlands Cancer Institute reveals surprising rules of genome organization. Publications in Science & Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. Read more ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
🧬 A new method from the Netherlands Cancer Institute reveals surprising rules of genome organization. Publications in Science & Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. Read more ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Big congratulations to @sarahmoser.bsky.social @oncodeinstitute.bsky.social for being named a 2025 International Birnstiel Award laureate!
Selected from 87 nominations, Sarah is one of just six doctoral researchers worldwide to receive this prestigious recognition in molecular life sciences.
Selected from 87 nominations, Sarah is one of just six doctoral researchers worldwide to receive this prestigious recognition in molecular life sciences.
September 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Big congratulations to @sarahmoser.bsky.social @oncodeinstitute.bsky.social for being named a 2025 International Birnstiel Award laureate!
Selected from 87 nominations, Sarah is one of just six doctoral researchers worldwide to receive this prestigious recognition in molecular life sciences.
Selected from 87 nominations, Sarah is one of just six doctoral researchers worldwide to receive this prestigious recognition in molecular life sciences.
New ERC Starting Grant @erc.europa.eu for Gordon Watt to study how autoimmune disease and cancer treatments interact in shaping the risk of second breast cancer. His team will explore how the immune system influences long-term cancer outcomes ➡️ #ERCStG bit.ly/3VyvvDs
#ERCStG #cancerresearch
#ERCStG #cancerresearch
September 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
New ERC Starting Grant @erc.europa.eu for Gordon Watt to study how autoimmune disease and cancer treatments interact in shaping the risk of second breast cancer. His team will explore how the immune system influences long-term cancer outcomes ➡️ #ERCStG bit.ly/3VyvvDs
#ERCStG #cancerresearch
#ERCStG #cancerresearch
Researcher Hendrik Messal is starting his own lab! He will explore how the tumor environment shapes cancer growth combining imaging, genetics & data science.
More: www.nki.nl/news-events/...
More: www.nki.nl/news-events/...
September 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Researcher Hendrik Messal is starting his own lab! He will explore how the tumor environment shapes cancer growth combining imaging, genetics & data science.
More: www.nki.nl/news-events/...
More: www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Breaking the chain: uncovering a hidden weakness in PARP-resistant cancers ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
#fundamentalresearch #cancerresearch #NKI #breastcancer #ovariancancer
#fundamentalresearch #cancerresearch #NKI #breastcancer #ovariancancer
August 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Breaking the chain: uncovering a hidden weakness in PARP-resistant cancers ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
#fundamentalresearch #cancerresearch #NKI #breastcancer #ovariancancer
#fundamentalresearch #cancerresearch #NKI #breastcancer #ovariancancer
A new study in @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social finds that survival rates for most AYA cancer survivors match those of their peers within just four years of diagnosis.
The findings support calls to revise the rules around the ‘Right to be Forgotten’ for cancer survivors.
More: doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
The findings support calls to revise the rules around the ‘Right to be Forgotten’ for cancer survivors.
More: doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
August 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A new study in @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social finds that survival rates for most AYA cancer survivors match those of their peers within just four years of diagnosis.
The findings support calls to revise the rules around the ‘Right to be Forgotten’ for cancer survivors.
More: doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
The findings support calls to revise the rules around the ‘Right to be Forgotten’ for cancer survivors.
More: doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
Researchers Veer Keizer and @riklindeboom.bsky.social have both received a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council to set up and strengthen their own independent research lines ➡️
www.nki.nl/news-events/...
www.nki.nl/news-events/...
August 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Researchers Veer Keizer and @riklindeboom.bsky.social have both received a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council to set up and strengthen their own independent research lines ➡️
www.nki.nl/news-events/...
www.nki.nl/news-events/...
❤️🧡💛💚💙 The traditional Canal Parade marked the end of Pride 2025 this past Saturday. Eighty boats took part, with number 72 proudly representing our Institute. We believe that an inclusive organization, where you can be yourself, is the foundation for strong collaboration and excellent research.
August 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
❤️🧡💛💚💙 The traditional Canal Parade marked the end of Pride 2025 this past Saturday. Eighty boats took part, with number 72 proudly representing our Institute. We believe that an inclusive organization, where you can be yourself, is the foundation for strong collaboration and excellent research.
Last week we proudly hosted the annual meeting and summer school of EMERALD PhD Programme for MDs. This international EU-life program aims to help bridge the gap between laboratory research and clinical practice.
#PhD4MDs #PhysicianScientists #BridgeTheGap #research #clinicalpractice
#PhD4MDs #PhysicianScientists #BridgeTheGap #research #clinicalpractice
July 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Last week we proudly hosted the annual meeting and summer school of EMERALD PhD Programme for MDs. This international EU-life program aims to help bridge the gap between laboratory research and clinical practice.
#PhD4MDs #PhysicianScientists #BridgeTheGap #research #clinicalpractice
#PhD4MDs #PhysicianScientists #BridgeTheGap #research #clinicalpractice
Cancer researcher Karin de Visser is to receive the Josephine Nefkens Prize 2025 on November 4. This triennial award recognizes exceptional cancer researchers who combine scientific excellence with societal engagement. Read more ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
July 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Cancer researcher Karin de Visser is to receive the Josephine Nefkens Prize 2025 on November 4. This triennial award recognizes exceptional cancer researchers who combine scientific excellence with societal engagement. Read more ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...