24. 3. 2025
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
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, 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
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
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
Next CACR Meeting 2025 will take place from 24 to 26 November 2025.
20. 12. 2024
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
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
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
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
In October, the 10th European Testicular Tumor Workshop took place in Prague. This is the […]
29. 10. 2024
At this year’s 19th conference of the European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO), in October in […]
17. 10. 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
17. 5. 2024
We would like to invite you to the expert conference Current challenges in neurooncology: meet the Young Neuro-Oncologist experts, which will take place on 25 June 2024.
13. 5. 2024
In the last week of April, the directors of four NPO Exceles projects - the National Institute for Cancer Research (NICR), the National Institute for Socioeconomic Impact of Disease and Systemic Risk Research (SYRI), the National Institute of Virology and Bacteriology (NIVB) and the National Institute for Neurological Research (NINR) - signed a Memorandum of Mutual Scientific Cooperation.
9. 5. 2024
Mark your calendars for the upcoming 3rd 10x Genomics Experience Meeting, scheduled for May 14th, 2024, from 8:30 to 16:30 at IMG (Hašek's auditorium).
6. 5. 2024
We would like to inform you that the deadline for abstract submission for this year’s […]
3. 5. 2024
National Institute for Cancer Research (NICR) invites the media to the first NICR UpDate
2. 5. 2024
We would like to thank the team of administrators from the Ministry of Education, whom we met during the on-site project visit in Olomouc, for their professional and thorough work in auditing the progress of the NICR so far.
29. 4. 2024
San Diego, California, hosted the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting from April 5 to 10.
19. 4. 2024
Scientists from the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the CAS, led by Tomáš Etrych, whose research group is part of the NIRC, have been involved in developing a strategy to determine whether treatment with advanced forms of nanomedicines will be of significant benefit to patients or remain without effect.