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Volker Haucke wins the Leibniz Prize 2025

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has awarded Prof. Dr. Volker Haucke the prestigious Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2025.

Dr. Marco Zierhut wins the LIPPs Young Investigator Award of the Chair of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Marco Zierhut, SPARKee, Fellow of the BIH Charité Clinician Scientist Program (CSP) and Senior Physician at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Charité (Campus Benjamin Franklin).

SPARK-BIH Call 2025 is open

SPARK-BIH is very pleased to announce that the call for proposals 2025 is now open.

The 2nd Germany-Wide Call for Translational Projects in Gene and Cell-Based Therapies and Associated Diagnostics is Now Open!

SPARK-BIH is very pleased to announce the official launch of the 2nd Germany-Wide Call for Translational Projects in Gene and Cell-Based Therapies and Associated Diagnostics in collaboration with DLR.

SPARK-BIH Welcomes New SPARK Teams at SPARKing Day

SPARK-BIH launched this year's cohort with an evening event showcasing innovative projects and fostering collaborations

Welcome to our new SPARK-BIH teams

Welcome to all new SPARK-BIH teams and a big thank you to all the 2024 Call participants!

Former SPARK team receives Eva Luise Köhler Research Award

In a festive award ceremony, Eva Luise Köhler honored Prof. Dr. Alessandro Prigione and Prof. Dr. Markus Schülke with the 16th Eva Luise Köhler Research Award for Rare Diseases.

Former SPARK team Captain T Cell secures 8.5M € in seed financing

The StartUp Captain T Cell GmbH, a spin-off from Max Delbrück Center, successfully closed their seed financing round totaling 8.5 million €.

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