Art for children with cancer
Launch of a generous project by Darmstadt artist Eberhard Malwitz to support paediatric cancer research in Frankfurt
An exhibition at Designhaus Darmstadt from 20 – 29 September 2024 marks the start of a very special project by artist Eberhard Malwitz: he would like to support…
Anniversary gift from Mainova: extension of the partnership to mark the 30th anniversary of the Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer
Mainova AG has been supporting the Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer since 2004: The Dr Petra Joh Research Centre was built on land provided by Mainova through a hereditary lease and was extended with an annex in 2014.
The new CEO of Mainova, Dr Michael Maxelon, an…
The foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary with its donors
30 years of the foundation’s history – that calls for a celebration and the foundation invited its donors to a ceremony at the IHK Frankfurt. Under the patronage of Frankfurt’s Lord Mayor Mike Josef and the host of the IHK, Managing Director Mr Matthias Gräßle, over 150 guests…
Award of the Dr Maresch-Klingelhöffer Prize 2024 to PD Dr Dominik Sturm
The Board of Trustees is delighted to award the Dr Maresch-Klingelhöffer Prize 2024, endowed with € 10,000, to PD Dr Dominik Sturm. He is being honoured by the jury for the widespread use of a test procedure developed in Heidelberg that enables the precise diagnosis of brain t…
The EPHO has been awarded funding from the José Carreras leukemia foundation totaling € 616.000
The team of the Institute of Experimental Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (EPHO) is delighted and proud to have received substantial funding from the José Carreras Leukemia Foundation for two projects led respectively by PD Dr. Meike Vogler and Prof. Dr. Dirk Heckl which wil…
The foundation receives the Freemasons’ Lodge Award for Humanity
It was with great pleasure and extreme gratitude that we recently received the “Förderpreis für Menschlichkeit” (Advancement Award for Humanity), which the Masonic Lodge “Zur Einigkeit” awards every year to charitable organisations for their special social commitment, in a fes…
Political visit to the Dr Petra Joh Research Centre
We are very pleased to have welcomed Mr Omid Nouripour to our event this week! As the Federal Chairman of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and a member of the German Bundestag, he is not only politically engaged, but also a supporter of our existentially important research work.
We spent…
Chat time at Radio Frankfurt
Above the rooftops of Frankfurt, on the 27th floor of Radio Frankfurt, our Board Member Heike Dommsch and our Managing Director Marcus Klüssendorf were able to talk about the successes of paediatric cancer research in Germany, but also the conditions that need to be improved, …
