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25. 6. 2025

Experience science – firsthand and with a pipette in your hand!

From January to June 2025, the National Institute for Cancer Research (NICR) organized 28 interactive workshops for high school students. Approximately 250 students from grammar schools and secondary vocational schools across the Czech Republic participated in the program, specifically from Prague, Kutná Hora, Příbram, Brno, Hradec Králové, Havířov, Most, Beroun, and Litoměřice.

24. 6. 2025

Young and curious: NÚVR honors inspiring SOČ participants

For the second time this year, the National Institute for Cancer Research awarded a special prize to students participating in the Secondary School Professional Activity (SOČ) program who focused their work on cancer research. The awards were presented during the 47th national competition, which took place on June 14–15, 2025, in Teplice.

12. 6. 2025

Visit of Mina Popovic enriched scientific life at the First Faculty of Medicine

From 3 to 7 June 2025, Dr. Mina Popovic from Union–Nikola Tesla University in Belgrade visited the Institute of Biochemistry and Experimental Oncology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University. The visit took place thanks to the support of and within the activities of the National Institute for Cancer Research (NICR).

29. 5. 2025

New potential probiotics with biodegradation capabilities of microplastic

We would like to invite you to a lecture by Dr. Mina Popovic from Belgrade, in which she will present two novel hafnia strains from common carp as potential probiotics with biodegradation capabilities of microplastics.

22. 5. 2025

4EU+ Against Cancer Summer School

At the beginning of July, the Sorbonne University in Paris will host a summer school organised by the European University Alliance 4EU+, which will be dedicated to cancer research. The Czech part of the academic programme will be fully provided by scientists from the National Institute of Cancer Research.

2. 5. 2025

NICR in the AACR Congress Programme

The annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) took place in Chicago on April 25–30. The programme included several studies by research groups from the National Institute for Cancer Research (NICR), from which we have selected the following information.

28. 4. 2025

Brussels takes note of the NICR initiative

The conference "Accelerating Cancer Research and Innovation in Comprehensive Cancer Infrastructures for Europe" offered a insight into how cancer research can transform clinical practice. Director of NICR Aleksi Šedo was among those invited to speak in Brussels, where he presented the activities and objectives of the national institute.

2. 4. 2025

About gene expression regulation with Kurumi Nishimagi

On the last day of March, Kurumi Nishimagi from Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, visited the Laboratory of Cancer Cell Architecture at the NICR, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University. At her home institution she is involved in research within the Usage of Synchrotron Light for Life Science programme, focusing, among others, on mechanisms of functional regulation of the genome and their application to the control of genomic functions.

24. 3. 2025

Summer School on Tumour Microenvironment and Immunity

After successful previous years, the Czech Immunological Society in cooperation with the Institute of Microbiology of the CAS is organizing the "Summer School on Tumor Microenvironment and Immunity" for the third time.

21. 3. 2025

CACR 2025 – registration open!

You can register now for the Czech Annual Cancer Research Meeting, which will take place on 24-26 November 2025 in Olomouc. The deadline for abstract submission is 30 June 2025.

14. 3. 2025

Kari Hemminki received an honorary doctorate from Charles University

Kari Hemminki, a world-renowned expert in the field of cancer epidemiology and genetic risk factors, whose research group is part of the NICR, was awarded an honorary doctorate by Charles University on 4 March.

28. 2. 2025

Mechanism of HPV-Mediated Oncogenesis and Novel Therapeutic Interventions

We would like to invite you to a lecture by Prof. Baki Akgül from the Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, who will present the current knowledge on the oncogenic mechanisms of high-risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPVs).

24. 1. 2025

The Best of Leukemia 2024

Leukemia, one of the most prestigious peer-reviewed journals in the field of hematology and oncology, recently published The Best of Leukemia 2024. The paper by one of the NICR team came in at an excellent 3rd place!

7. 1. 2025

CACR 2025 – SAVE THE DATE!

Next CACR Meeting 2025 will take place from 24 to 26 November 2025.

20. 12. 2024

PF 2025 and lots of good ideas!

Thank you for your cooperation this year and we wish you a peaceful Christmas, good health, well-being, energy and lots of good ideas in 2025!

4. 12. 2024

Talented high school students in the labs!

Nearly a hundred selected high school students had the opportunity to visit some of the National Cancer Institute's research teams' laboratories during October and November. During intensive interactive workshops, they were able to experience how science is done, at least for a short while.

14. 11. 2024

Intensive practical workshops at the IOCB

Under the auspices of the National Institue for Cancer Research, the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS organized two intensive practical workshops focused on protein crystallography and NMR spectroscopy, which were attended by about thirty participants.

12. 11. 2024

ONKO PACIENT Conference this year about breast and prostate

To connect experts across medical specialties, debunking myths about cancer diagnosis and treatment, while providing patients and their loved ones with the most up-to-date information with the help of leading Czech doctors and researchers.

11. 11. 2024

European Testicular Tumor Workshop

In October, the 10th European Testicular Tumor Workshop took place in Prague. This is the […]

29. 10. 2024

NICR on EANO! And next year in Prague!

At this year’s 19th conference of the European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO), in October in […]

17. 10. 2024

Baking for the Fund Krtek

Take a sweet break on the last Friday morning in October and enjoy what Zdeněk Andrysík and members of his NICR research team from the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University prepared for you.

17. 10. 2024

Pancreatic Disease Research Consortium

PANDoRA - PANcreatic Disease ReseArch Consortium - is an international pancreatic disease research consortium that was founded in 2013 under the leadership of Dr. Federico Canziano of the DKFZ in Heidelberg.

7. 10. 2024

Newly discovered regenerative cells for better wound healing

Researchers from the Institute of Biotechnology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, along with the First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University and the National Institute for Cancer

3. 9. 2024

Memorandum of Understanding with University Hospital Cologne

The National Institute for Cancer Research (NICR) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University Hospital Cologne, specifically with the Institute of Virology.

26. 8. 2024

Become a Crystallographer in One Day

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS invites you to a practical workshop ‘Introduction to Structural Biology with Focus on X-ray Crystallography: Become a Crystallographer in One Day’.

26. 8. 2024

Become an NMR Expert in One Day

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS invites you to a practical workshop ‘Introduction to NMR in Drug Design and Discovery: Become an NMR Expert in One Day’.

2. 7. 2024

Current challenges in neurooncology

On 24-25 June 2024, the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute hosted prominent foreign experts focusing on neuro-oncology. The conference "Current challenges in neurooncology: meet the Young Neuro-Oncologist experts", which was also held under the auspices of the National Institute for Cancer Research, featured lectures by Johnny Duerinck, Alessia Pellerino, Marjolein Geurts and Johan A. F. Koekkoek, as well as domestic speakers Tomáš Kazda, Michal Hendrych and Petr Výmola.

19. 6. 2024

Invitation to the Matthew Vander Heiden’s expert lecture

We would like to invite you to the Matthew Vander Heiden’s expert lecture, a leading figure in cancer metabolism and the director of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Biology at MIT, which will give a seminar about their work at Biocev (the main auditorium) next Tuesday, June 25, at 14.00 hours.

12. 6. 2024

Memorandum of understanding with IHIS

The National Institute for Cancer Research (NICR), with the support of the Charles University, has concluded a Memorandum of Mutual Support and Cooperation with the Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic (IHIS).

31. 5. 2024

Minisympozium Fighting Cancer Development

Under the auspices of the National Cancer Research Institute, a brainstorming meeting - mini-symposium "Fighting Cancer Development" was held in Dresden on 27-28 May, organized by Meritxell Alberich Jordà from the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the CAS.