Professor René Bernards, ForMemRS MAE
Meet René Bernards, a member of the Scientific Committee
Professor René Bernards is best known for his work on tumour genetics to personalise treatments for people with cancer. His accomplishments include the development of MammaPrint – the first gene expression tool to be used for the diagnosis and clinical management of breast cancer – and of a vector system that can be used to identify potentially powerful combinations of cancer. Some of these combinations are now approved for clinical use.
Amongst René’s honours are the Pezcoller Foundation-FECS Recognition for Contribution to Oncology, the Ernst W Bertner Award for Cancer Research from the MD Anderson Cancer Center and the ESMO Lifetime Achievement Award in Translational Research in Breast Cancer. He is also a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, the US National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a fellow of the AACR Academy.