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A beautiful donation in kind
After our logo relaunch in September 2021, some things need to be replaced. Alexander Werbetechnik in Otzberg-Lengfeld has given us two beautiful donation cheques and two building signs with our new logo. This donation in kind helps us to use the available funds for the actual r…

Pipettes for childhood cancer research
On 5 November 2021, Ursula and Joachim Ochs from Groß-Zimmern visited us for the second time in our Research House. The couple presented a donation in kind in the form of pipettes worth around 1,500 euros. These are regularly needed in our laboratories.
During their first visit…

Laboratory Assistant (f/m/d)
The Interdisciplinary Laboratory (lead by Prof. Jindrich Cinatl; Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Canver) is interested in the underlying mechanism of chemoresistance, overcoming chemoresistance and developing new therapy strategies. To achieve this goal, a unique collecti…

A donation in memory
On 28 July 2021, Mrs Edith Laber from Schaafheim came to Frankfurt together with her daughter and son-in-law to present us with a donation of 1,000 euros. This generous donation was made in the spirit of her husband Horst Laber, who passed away in May.
Three years ago, on the oc…

Our foundation presents itself in a new “dress”
The “Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer” was established in 1994 by the association “Hilfe für krebskranke Kinder Frankfurt e. V.”. After more than 25 years in the same guise, the “Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer” now presents itself with a new face of i…

Leifheit Foundation promotes cancer research
Marcus Klüssendorf, Uwe Menger, Dr. Florian Rothweiler, Ingo Nehrbaß
The G. and I. Leifheit Foundation Nassau supports the worldwide unique collection of therapy-resistant cancer cells, the “Resistant Cancer Cell Line Collection” (RCCL-Collection), over three years with a grant…

A matter of the heart
“No matter how bad the times may be, one must not disregard the important things in life”. With this conviction, Volker Bertaloth from Ober-Ramstadt presented a donation of 500 euros to our Managing Director Marcus Klüssendorf on 23 March 2021. It is a matter of the heart for Vo…

MAINOVA continues its support
Marcus Klüssendorf, Dr. Constantin H. Alsheimer, Uwe Menger, Dr. Jürgen Vogt
Over the past ten years, Mainova has supported the research of the Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer with a total of around 250,000 euros. Apart from that, the regional energy supplier will…