Collaborative Projects

The CCRI has successfully managed to establish a wide network consisting of national and international partners collaborating with our scientists and clinicians at the St. Anna Children’s hospital on biomedical research projects and clinical studies for various childhood cancers. As a result, our predominantly charity-based organisation can gain access to and share the most recent cost-intensive technologies.

Art4Science (FWF-WKP132)

Project Coordinators: Dr. Eva König, Children´s Cancer Research Institute/Tumor Immunoediting

WWTF COVID-19 Rapid Response Call: Detailed characterization of the cellular immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection

Project Coordinators: Assoc. Prof. Dr. René Geyeregger & Dr. Wolfgang Paster, Children´s Cancer Research Institute/Clinical Cell Biology and FACS Core Unit

INSTAND-NGS4P: Integrated and Standardized NGS Workflow for Personalized Therapy

Project Coordinator: Medizinische Universität Graz

Christian Doppler Laboratory for Next Generation CAR T Cells

Project Coordinator: Doz. Dr. Manfred Lehner, Children´s Cancer Research Institute/Development of Cellular Therapeutics

Charting key molecules and mechanisms of human immune Dysregulation (iDysChart)

Project Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kaan Boztug, St. Anna Children´s Cancer Research Institute/Immune Deficiency, Cancer Predisposition & Precision Oncology

WWTF LS18-049: Characterizing and targeting the Ewing sarcoma microenvironment to overcome resistance to therapy

Project Coordinator: Dr. Eleni M. Tomazou, Children´s Cancer Research Institute/Epigenome-based Precision Medicine

WWTF LS18-111:Ultra-high-risk pediatric cancer - combinatorial drivers and therapeutic targets for precision medicine.

Project Coordinator: Dr. Sabine Taschner-Mandl, Children´s Cancer Research Institute/Solid Tumours

Childhood Leukemia: Overcoming distance between South America and Europe Regions (CLOSER)

Project Coordinator: Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Spain

Paediatric Cancer European Reference Network (ERN PaedCan)

Project Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Ruth Ladenstein , Children´s Cancer Research Institute/Studies and Statistics for Integrated Research and Projects

ITCC Pediatric Preclinical Proof Of Concept Platform (ITCC-P4)

Project Coordinator: Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), DEU

ERN-PAEDCAN Partner: Paediatric Rare Tumours Network - European Registry

Project Coordinator: Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, ITA

Platform supporting an integrated analysis of image and multiOMICs data based on liquid biopsies for tumor diagnostics (VISIOMICS)

Project Coordinators: Dr. Sabine Taschner-Mandl and DI Florian Kromp , Children´s Cancer Research Institute/Solid Tumours The project is conducted by the fully owned subsidiary of the CCRI, Labdia Labordiagnostik GmbH

Overcoming Neuroblastoma Tumour HETerogeneity, Resistance and RecurrAnCe (ONTHETRRAC)

Project Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Peter Ambros, Children´s Cancer Research Institute/Solid Tumours

Establishing a zebrafish disease model drug screening platform (DANIO4CAN)

Project Coordinator: Dr. Martin Distel, Children´s Cancer Research Institute/Innovative Cancer Models

Automation of Flow Cytometric Analysis for Quality-Assured Follow-up Assessment to Guide Curative Therapy for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in Children (AUTOFLOW)

Project Coordinator: Technische Universität Wien, AUT

Optimized Diagnostics for Improved Treatment Stratification in Invasive Fungal Diseases (FUNGITECT)

Project Coordinator: Prof. DDr. Thomas Lion, MSc, Children´s Cancer Research Institute/Molecular Microbiology