New FWF project for Davide Seruggia and Ana Kutschat to decode risk factors for childhood leukemia 
On hot track! Davide Seruggia and Ana Kutschat focus on new epigenetic factors associated with risk of developing childhood leukemia.
Four ÖGKJ prizes for St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute and St. Anna Children’s Hospital
This year, all three prizes, as well as the “best abstract of the conference” go to St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute (St. Anna CCRI) and St. Anna Children’s Hospital!
…and the ÖGMBT Best Talk Award goes to: Eva König!
…and the ÖGMBT Best Talk Award goes to: Eva König!
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Networking with young talents: St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute goes Life Science Career Fair 2022
Socializing, getting further education and screening job offers: This year’s Life Science Career Fair of the ÖGMBT offered a wide range of opportunities for students and graduates.
Evolution 2.0: What makes cancer more malignant
Evolution 2.0: What makes cancer more malignant (Vienna, 23.09.2022) Congratulations! A paper has just been published in the top journal Nature Genetics, with the participation of Dr. Sabine Taschner-Mandl and Dr. Marie Bernkopf from St. Anna CCRI. The authors of this outstanding paper show that random inheritance patterns of cancer genes outside the chromosome, i.e. the scaffold
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St. Anna CCRI epigenetics researcher Peter Peneder wins ÖGMBT-award!
St. Anna CCRI epigenetics researcher Peter Peneder wins ÖGMBT-award! (Vienna, 20.09.2022) Well done! First place at the Life Science Research Awards Austria 2022 in the category Excellence and Societal Impact – Peter Peneder from Dr. Eleni Tomazou´s tumor epigenetics research group at St. Anna CCRI convinced the jury of the Austrian Society for Molecular Biosciences and
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Nerve healing: neighboring cells become police force – and could make tumors benign
Nerve healing: neighboring cells become police force – and could make tumors benign (Vienna, 15.09.2022) Scientists from St. Anna Children´s Cancer Research Institute (St. Anna CCRI) discovered a completely new function of the cells that surround nerve fibers: so-called Schwann cells not only attract immune cells to initiate nerve healing, but also behave like a “police force”
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World Health Innovation Summit CEO Gareth Presch visits St Anna CCRI
Sharing knowledge about childhood cancer with United Nations´ “Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Cities”.
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Ana Kutschat wins prestigious MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship
Congratulations to Ana Kutschat on receiving one of the prestigious MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships!
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Austrian Academy of Sciences appoints Kaan Boztug as corresponding member
Austrian Academy of Sciences appoints Kaan Boztug as corresponding member (Vienna, 13.5.2022) Congratulations to St. Anna CCRI’s scientific director Kaan Boztug, who has been elected a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) has elected 45 new members. In this year’s elections, 14 female researchers and 31 male
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Sabine Taschner-Mandl earns FWF-Grant
Sabine Taschner-Mandl earns FWF-Stand-Alone-Grant (Vienna, 10.4.2022) Congratulations to Sabine Taschner-Mandl, PhD, and her team on being awarded a Stand-Alone Grant by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. “We aim at mapping tumor metastases by multi-modal imaging to better understand the heterogeneity of childhood nerve tumors and their microenvironment. Mapping tumor cell dissemination can help to refine
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We are in! Long Night Of Research 2022
We are in! LONG NIGHT OF RESEARCH, 20.05.2022, 17.00-23.00 Around 250 teams of researchers are getting ready to take you into the fascinating world of science on May 20, 2022.St. Anna CCRI is also in! Together we make Austrian research visible and graspable! More than 2,000 stations, guided tours, workshops, lectures, live presentations and experiments
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Day of Immunology: The interface of immune disorders & cancer
Day of Immunology: A day, to shed light on the interface of immune disorders & cancer (Vienna, 29.4.2022) On today’s International Day of Immunology, we would like to raise awareness for the important research on congenital immune disorders. They are often associated with an increased susceptibility to the development of cancer and are a special
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Science Starlight: Manel Santaeularia
Science Starlight: Manel Santaeularia In the second episode of our video series, we talk with St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute Postdoc Manel about the motivation behind his exciting research work. He is certain that new technologies and developments are going to make a crucial contribution in driving research forward. Where does he see himself
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