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Sharing knowledge about childhood cancer with United Nations´ “Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Cities”.

Congratulations to Ana Kutschat on receiving one of the prestigious MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships!

St. Anna CCRI goes EHA 2022 (Vienna, 18.6.2022) We have been very excited to attend Europe’s largest conference on hematology here in Vienna: The European Hematology Association (EHA) Hybrid Congress took place from June 9-17 2022 and provided over 1,400 posters, 180 scientific sessions and more than 2,200 selected abstracts. On site, we asked our

Happy to welcome our Lithuanian colleagues from the TREL project (Vienna, 2.6.2022) We are happy and excited to welcome our Lithuanian colleagues in Vienna! Within the EU funded project “Twinning in Research and Education to improve survival in Childhood Solid Tumors in Lithuania” (TREL). They visited us for a workshop to strengthen their research management

St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute focuses on equality (Vienna, 2.6.2021) Together with the consulting team from “100 percent – equality pays off”, St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute has created a Gender Equality Plan. Diversity and inclusion have been anchored in the corporate culture of St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute for a long

This was the Long Night of Research 2022! Our photos of the Long Night of Research 2022 are finally online! All stations were busy throughout the whole evening, with a total of 450 visitors at St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute. It was a great event! To open our doors to a wide audience again

DOC fellowship recipient Elise Sylvander develops safety system for CAR T-cells (Vienna, 24.5.2022) Congratulations to Elise Sylvander on receiving a DOC fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The aim of her fellowship is to (further) develop a molecular on-switch allowing to activate therapeutic CAR T-cells, once they have been administered to the patient. “CAR

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

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

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

Make an impact – find a cure. Today is Rare Disease Day! Make an impact – find a cure 300 million sounds like a lot but those 300 million people worldwide who are suffering from rare diseases mark only 3.87% of the world’s population. If you are the only one in a group of 2,000,

Rewarding work with a big impact – today is International Childhood Cancer Day! Science Starlight: today’s research efforts for a better future About 300 children and adolescents in Austria develop cancer each year. The young researchers at St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute (St. Anna CCRI) work hard to bring this number closer to Zero

Women in Science Day 2022 Today is Women in Science Day and we would like to present unique women of our research institute. This day is to pay special tribute to the significant role that women and girls play in science! The “International Day of Women and Girls in Science” was established in 2015 by

St. Anna CCRI Facts & Figures on World Cancer Day 2022 Today is World Cancer Day 2022! Check out our video on facts & figures around St. Anna CCRI and pediatric cancer.