Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience

Name

Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience

Legal name

Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience

Website

https://www.nin.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Neuroscience Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

General Neurology (HLAKAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Neurogenetics & Rare Neurologic Diseases (HLAKAIAO), Neurology/CNS Gene Therapies (HLAAACAH), Neurodiagnostic Centers (EEG/EMG/NCS) (HLAFAKAK), Sleep Neurology (Neurologic Sleep Disorders) (HLAKAIAJ)

Keywords

• Neuroscience research
• Brain tissue banking
• Neuroimaging services
• Brain disorder research
• Neuroscience education

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Core funding from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), a national research funding body
2. Research Grants: Competitive grants from NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) including Vici grants, and European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants
3. Donations and Philanthropy: Funding through the Friends Foundation (Brain Friends) including individual donations and supporter programs
4. Gravitation Program Funding: Funding from Dutch Gravitation programs including Institute for Chemical Immunology (ICI) and Institute for Chemical Neuroscience (iCNS)

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

NIN is a non-profit neuroscience research institute that operates 18 research groups conducting fundamental and translational studies of brain function, cognition, and neurological/psychiatric disorders. It runs specialized research infrastructure including the Netherlands Brain Bank (postmortem human brain tissue), the Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging (advanced MRI/MEG/EEG), a Sleep Lab and Netherlands Sleep Registry (13,000+ participants), and a Primate Unit, while also providing research services such as gene therapy development, brain organoid generation, and the biennial NIN Summer School educational program.

Product overview

The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience is a research institute (not a commercial product company) that operates as a central neuroscience hub for the Netherlands. It provides a comprehensive suite of research infrastructure services including the Netherlands Brain Bank (post-mortem brain tissue collection), the Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging (MRI facilities), Sleep Lab and Registry, and Primate Unit. The institute supports 18 research groups working across diverse areas including visual perception, neurodegeneration, sleep, social behavior, and brain implants. Key services include gene therapy development using viral vectors, brain organoid generation for disease modeling, and access to extensive neuroimaging capabilities. The institute also offers educational programs through its biennial summer school and science communication via the Master the Mind podcast. Research focuses range from fundamental neuroscience to translational applications including visual prosthesis development and gene therapy for neurological disorders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Netherlands Brain Bank Postmortem brain tissue collection, storage, and distribution service providing donated human brain samples to qualified researchers worldwide for investigating neurological and psychiatric disorders including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, and narcolepsy.
• Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging Joint neuroimaging facility operated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam UMC providing MRI at 1.5T, 3T, and 7T field strengths, plus MEG and EEG capabilities for neuroscience research collaborations.
• Sleep Lab and Netherlands Sleep Registry Sleep research facility with unique skin temperature clamping setup, ambulatory monitoring equipment, and a web-based Netherlands Sleep Registry database of approximately 13,000 participants used for insomnia, sleep, and anxiety research and phenotyping.
• Primate Unit Facility for non-human primate neuroscience research complementing human and rodent brain studies as part of NIN's cross-species research approach.
• Gene Therapy Research Services Viral vector-based gene therapy development services using AAV vectors for neurodegenerative diseases, spinal cord injury, and neuroregeneration, delivered by the Verhaagen Laboratory for Neuroregeneration.
• Brain Organoid Generation Service 3D brain tissue culture service that grows brain organoids from pluripotent stem cells to model brain development, brain tumors, and neuropsychiatric disorders.
• NIN Summer School Biennial educational program 'Insight in the Human Brain' covering state-of-the-art experimental and computational neuroscience approaches, tissue procurement, and donor phenotyping for early-career scientists.
• ORANGE Open Resource for Neuronal Genome Editing Open-source platform for applying neuronal genome editing techniques, freely available to the research community for neuroscience gene-editing studies.
• Netherlands Sleep Registry Web-based assessment tool and database of 13,000+ participants used for sleep research and insomnia phenotyping under the Van Someren Group.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 600 publications from Swaab Group alone demonstrating research output
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

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App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and flagship.

• Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Dr. Rolf Fronczek from LUMC on narcolepsy research. Researchers at NIN found autoimmune evidence for narcolepsy type 1 using brain tissue and LUMC expertise.
• Erasmus UMCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Dr. Joost Smolders from NIN neuroimmunology group and Erasmus UMC on narcolepsy research.
• Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging facility with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam UMC for advanced neuroimaging research.
• Amsterdam UMCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThree research groups are employed at Amsterdam UMC (formally led by Amsterdam UMC management). Also joint Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging.
• Radboud university medical centercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Radboudumc researchers Judith Homberg and Bas Bloem on pesticide testing approach for Parkinson's disease research.
• RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with RIVM on systematic testing approach for pesticides that may play a role in Parkinson's disease.
• RochemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSome drugs targeting fat metabolism and chronic lesion expansion in MS are already being investigated in clinical studies in collaboration with Roche.
• Leiden UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Leiden University on MS research discovering 'overloaded cleanup cells' in the brain.
• Utrecht UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Utrecht University on MS research discovering 'overloaded cleanup cells' in the brain.
• Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)flagshipOthersNIN is an institute of the KNAW. The Scientific Advisory Board is officially installed by the KNAW.
• National and international research partnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Gazzola's Vici project will be conducted at NIN in close collaboration with national and international partners for empathy and aggression research.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Allen Institute for Brain Science: US-based non-profit neuroscience research institute conducting large-scale brain research projects across cell types, connectivity and cognition. Directly comparable as a multi-group, publicly-funded neuroscience research institute with cross-species and open-science emphasis.
• Max Planck Institute for Brain Research: German Max Planck neuroscience institute focused on neural circuits, computation and behavior across species. Closely comparable mission, scope and non-profit funding model, also part of a national academy network (Max Planck Society).
• Francis Crick Institute: UK biomedical research institute with multiple research groups covering neuroscience among other fields. Comparable as a large, publicly-funded, multi-group research institute operating under a national academy framework.
• Janelia Research Campus (HHMI): Howard Hughes Medical Institute's dedicated neuroscience research campus, focused on imaging, computation and circuit-level understanding of the brain. Directly comparable as a multi-group neuroscience institute with cross-species and advanced neurotechnology focus.
• RIKEN Center for Brain Science: Japanese government-affiliated neuroscience research center covering cognition, neural circuits and brain disorders. Comparable scale and scope, with similar public funding and multi-group research structure.
• Karolinska Institutet - Department of Neuroscience: Swedish medical university's neuroscience department, conducting fundamental and clinical neuroscience research with a similar disease-focused portfolio (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, MS, sleep). Comparable as a publicly-funded European neuroscience research organization.
• Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown: Portuguese non-profit research center with a strong neuroscience program studying behavior, cognition and neural circuits. Comparable as a multi-disciplinary neuroscience research institute with foundation/philanthropic support.

Broad incumbents

• UK Dementia Research Institute: UK-wide dementia-focused research institute with multi-university nodes. Comparable in mission overlap (neurological disease) but with a narrower disease focus than NIN's broader neuroscience portfolio.

Others

• Wellcome Trust: Major UK-based biomedical research charity that funds neuroscience and brain research. Comparable as a funder in the same ecosystem as KNAW/NWO; not a direct peer but thematically related as a major supporter of European neuroscience research.
• European Brain Council: Belgium-based non-profit stakeholder organization representing European neuroscience researchers, clinicians and patients. Thematically connected as a pan-European neuroscience coordination body, but not a research peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

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