News from KiTZ

Helping children with cancer with flowers

 

From April 28 to May 24, you can once again buy and give flower creations throughout Germany for the benefit of children and young people with cancer.…

„Human Frontiers in Science“ funding for Franziska Blaeschke

 

Physician and scientist Franziska Blaeschke from KiTZ, Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) has been…

Erna Brunner Prize 2024: Franziska Blaeschke honored for pioneering childhood cancer research

 

The prestigious Erna Brunner Prize 2024, endowed with 10,000 euros, goes to Franziska Blaeschke, assistant physician at Heidelberg University Hospital…

New Emmy Noether junior research group investigates the development of various malignant brain tumors in children

 

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new Emmy Noether Junior Research Group at the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ) and…

Aid association “Team Bensheim - Tour of Hope” finances a social worker position for KiTZ

 

The charity “Team Bensheim - Tour der Hoffnung e.V.” collects donations through sporting and cultural events to support children and young people with…

Double ERC success for researchers at KiTZ and DKFZ

 

With its “Consolidator Grants”, the European Research Council (ERC) supports excellent scientists in advancing their independent careers. This year,…

European Alliance to Fight Cancer in Children and Adolescents

 

In the presence of Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, representatives of the Prinses Máxima Centre in Utrecht, the Hopp Children's Cancer Center…

Kind-Philipp-Prize 2023 awarded to researchers at the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg

 

Franziska Blaeschke, Dominik Sturm and David Jones from the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)…

New medical research law facilitates access to new treatment methods for children with cancer

 

On September 27, the Federal Council passed the new Medical Research Act. Experts from the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ) believe…

Childhood Cancer Month September: “Fit for School” prepares children with cancer for the start of school

 

Preschool children practice a lot of things in kindergarten that will make it easier for them to start school. But children with cancer who are in the…