Successful doctorate – summa cum laude for Dr Luca Nunzio Cifarelli
Highest honour for Dr Luca Cifarelli’s successful doctorate – we are delighted! Dr Cifarelli successfully defended his doctoral thesis at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in December 2025, receiving a summa cum laude distinction.
His dissertation, entitled “Activation o…
Generous donation from the Julian Foundation boosts childhood cancer research
The Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer would like to express its sincere gratitude to the Julian Foundation for its generous donation of €42,500. This significant support will make an important contribution to the further development of our childhood cancer research a…
Clifford Chance supports children’s cancer research: Thank you for your generous Christmas donation
The Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer is delighted with Clifford Chance’s Christmas fundraising campaign. With incredible dedication, the employees and the company have participated in the fundraising initiative – for the future of children with cancer.
We were parti…
DIS AG donates €10,000 to children’s cancer research – commitment that grows from encounters
Following moving experiences at the children’s hospice last year, DIS AG 2025 has made a conscious decision to get involved where healing begins: in research.
Last week, the Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer received a generous donation of €10,000 from DIS AG. The fu…
Groundbreaking findings in cancer therapy: NOXA as the key to more effective treatments
Why do some cancer patients respond better to treatment than others? An international research group led by Dr Nahide Yildirim, Marius Anders and Dr Meike Vogler, group leader in the EPHO research group, has found new answers to this question – and thus taken another step toward…
€30,000 for children’s cancer research – Mainova sends another strong signal
The Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer is delighted to receive another generous donation of €30,000 from Mainova AG this year. The handover took place during a visit to the foundation and once again highlights how important reliable partnerships are for the sustainabl…
Presentation of the Dr Maresch-Klingelhöffer Research Prize 2025 – An evening for the future of paediatric oncology
The Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer awarded this year’s Dr Maresch-Klingelhöffer Research Prize – an award for outstanding young scientists whose work brings hope and progress to paediatric oncology.
On 6 November 2025, around 70 guests gathered to celebrate an eve…
Orbituary Dr. Jaroslav Cinatl
Cell culture pioneer Jaroslav Cinatl—the pursuit and defence of truth
Stephen Pethick, Mark N. Wass, Martin Michaelis
Here, we present an obituary for Jaroslav Cinatl (1929–2025), a cell culture pioneer, who defended the truth and stood firm by his convictions in socialist Czech…
