Johan Kuiken

Current role: project manager of ScreeninC, a KWF-funded initiative started by Roderick Beijersbergen (NKI), Bob van de Water (LACDR, Leiden university), and Floris Foijer (ERIBA, University Medical Center Groningen) to build a national infrastructure for genome editing and large scale functional genomic screening. The ScreeninC infrastructure provides research groups throughout the Netherlands expertise, tools, and access to state-of-the art technology platforms from advanced model generation to large scale screening.

Background: postdoctoral scientist with a strong foundation in cancer biology and extensive experience in functional genomics, including cell-based assay development, high-throughput screening of RNAi, CRISPR and small molecule compound libraries, and the analysis of large datasets.