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SPARK-BIH Call 2023

Save the date for our SPARK-BIH Call in June 2023!

SPARK-BIH funded project has been awarded a follow-on BMBF grant for an early clinical trial

A SPARK-BIH funded project on the development of an innovative tumor-specific immunotherapy for the treatment of B-cell lymphomas has successfully been awarded a follow-on BMBF grant for a first-in-human clinical trial.

SPARK Teams network at international JPM BIO Partnering Event

Two SPARK-BIH funded teams network with investors and the life science industry at the international JPM BIO Partnering Event.

HTGF supports SPARK-BIH pitch training workshop

Dr. Angelika Vlachou, Principal at High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), supported 25 translational SPARK project teams with a dedicated hands-on Pitch Training Workshop.

NeuroCure Design Thinking workshop

SPARK-BIH and NeuroCure organized a second Design Thinking workshop.

NeuroCure/SPARK Call 2022

After the successful implementation of the NeuroCure/SPARK program, NeuroCure and SPARK-BIH prolong their collaboration and will run a second call for projects.

Cholesterol-lowering drugs may slow down metastases

Researchers led by our SPARKee Ulrike Stein of the ECRC and Robert Preißner of Charité report in "Clinical and Translational Medicine" that statins inhibit a gene that promotes cancer cell metastasis.

Second funding round for NeuroCure/SPARK-BIH teams

NeuroCure grants funding extension to the four NeuroCure/SPARK-BIH teams for an additional year.

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