SaxoCell will establish a lighthouse for cell and gene therapies in Saxony, featuring high international visibility. Here you will find a selection of news and information about our cluster. We are looking forward to press and media inquiries, please contact us.
5th May 2023 | Poster presentation
SaxoCell project NK4Therapy poster presentation at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Association for Cancer Immunotherapy (CIMT)
Poster title: “Development of large-scale expansion protocol for NKG2C-positive NK cells for treatment of glioblastoma”
26th April 2023 | Public event
Reden wir über: Genetik – Open discussion on genetic research
Part of special exhibition “Of genes and human beings” at Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden
With SaxoCell members Prof. Dr. Frank Buchholz and Prof. Dr. Michael Sieweke
DHMD | 6 – 8:30 PM
22nd March 2023 | Press release
Start-up project Makrophagen 2.0 one of the winners of the concept phase of the Science4Life Venture Cup
Award for SaxoCell members Prof. Michael Sieweke, Prof. Martin Bornhäuser, Dr. Anke Fuchs and Dr. Ludwig Englmeier
16th March 2023 | Press release
The TU Dresden spin-off Seamless Therapeutics launches with $12.5M seed financing to advance transformative gene editing platform based on programmable precision designer recombinases in Dresden
10th March 2023 | Workshop
Vom Labor zum Krankenbett: Wie werden Arzneimittel entwickelt?
Workshop for senior pupils
as part of the 2023 UniStem Day at CRTD, TU Dresden
by SaxoCell Hub members Luisa Brückner and Franziska Friebel-Viebach
CRTD | 1:30 – 3 PM
7th March 2023 | Press Release
Chemnitz Hospital introduces CAR T-cell therapy
28th February 2023 | Press Release
35 million EUR from EU and Czech Republic to etablishment of research centre focused on the development of
advanced cell and gene therapies
9th-11th February 2023 | Conference
EHA – European Hematology Association
5th European CAR T-cell Meeting in Rotterdam & hybrid
Dr. Vladan Vucinic – Talk selected for best application
Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulrike Köhl – Invited talk “Advanced concepts for CAR T cell manufacturing”
Prof. Dr. Michael Hudecek – Head of the Meeting
Click here for more information on the EHA conference in Rotterdam
10th February 2023 | Public lecture
Wie Dresdner Forschende Immunzellen gegen Krebs nutzen
Dr. Anja Feldmann | Radioimmunology | HZDR
CRTD and online | 1 PM
28th January 2023 | Press release
ZEGV takes over evaluation for cancer aftercare project supported by the Innovation Fund (SPIZ)
30th December 2022 | Press release
First in Europe: At Leipzig University Hospital (UKL), all CAR T-cell therapy products available in Germany for cancer patients are available in a timely manner
23th December 2022 | Press release
Slovenia to host Centre for the Technologies of Gene and Cell Therapy – CTGCT
24th-26th October 2022 | Conference
SaxoCell at BIO-Europe 2022 in Leipzig
Visit us at our booth (#100), at the symposium on 10/25/2022 | 11 AM or at Partnering
3rd October 2022 | Public event
“Türen auf mit der Maus”: SaxoCell introduces itself
CRTD | 9 AM – 1 PM
Click here for more information about “Türen auf mit der Maus”
12th September 2022 | Public lecture
The potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) in the treatment of severe diseases.
Prof. Mario Rüdiger | Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine | Dresden University Hospital
CRTD and online | 4 PM
11th July 2022 | Public lecture
“Triff die Koryphäe unter der Konifere”: Natural killer cells as a cell-based therapeutic agent against cancer and autoimmune diseases
Prof. Torsten Tonn | Transfusion Medicine | University Hospital Dresden
Botanical Garden Dresden | 3:30 PM
11th July 2022 | Public lecture
Immunotherapy in blood cancer – status and perspectives
Prof. Uwe Platzbecker | Hematology and Cell Therapy | University Hospital Leipzig
University Hospital Leipzig | House 7 and online | 1 PM
8th July 2022 | Long Night of Science
SaxoCell at the Long Night of Science at the Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD)
CRTD | 5 PM
2nd June 2022 | Discussion pannel
Participation of Prof. Ulrike Köhl and Prof. Ezio Bonifacio in the health forum of the Tagesspiegel under the topic: “Gene and cell therapies: Germany on the way to becoming a frontrunner?”
31st May 2022 | Meeting
Kick-off of the first seven future clusters: The innovation networks meet to exchange experiences in Berlin
More information about the Clusters4Future meeting in Berlin can be found here
17th May 2022 | Annual Report 2021
SaxoCell Annual Report 2021 published
Please find the accessible version of our annual report here (pdf)
4th – 7th May 2022 | Conference
SaxoCell at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy in San Francisco
Meet us in partnering at the ISCT
4th – 5th May 2022 | Conference
SaxoCell at the German Biotechnology Days in Hamburg
Meet us at our SaxoCell booth
Click here for more info about the German Biotechnology Days 2022
28th April 2022 | Public lecture
New perspectives in cell therapy
Prof. Dr. Martin Bornhäuser | Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital Dresden
CRTD and online | 5 PM
27th April 2022 | Public lecture
Lecture on the advancement of women in science as part of DGFI’s Lady Mary Montagu Lecture Series.
Prof. Ulrike Köhl | Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology & the Institute for Clinical Immunology at Leipzig University
Online | 4 PM
20th – 22nd April 2022 | Conference
SaxoCell at ARM-Med: Cell and gene meeting at the Mediterranean in Barcelona
Meet SaxoCell at ARM-Med in Partnering and attend our presentation on 04/21/2022 at 10 AM.
Please find more information about ARM-Med 2022 in Barcelona here
21st January 2022 | Press release
Designer recombinase can precisely correct disease-related gene defect in severe form of hemophilia A
18th November 2021 | Press release
BMBF cluster of the future SaxoCell explores therapeutic options for previously incurable diseases
3nd February 2021 | Press release
Living Medicines: The SaxoCell Innovation Network is one of the Winners of the First BMBF Future Cluster Round
4th May 2020 | Press release
Go-ahead for the concept phase: From excellent science to application – with the SaxoCell innovation project in the BMBF “Clusters4Future” competition
28th February 2020 | Press release
Innovation project SaxoCell in the final of the “Clusters4Future” competition: With “living medicines” against cancer and other widespread diseases
To the press release on the website of the University of Leipzig
5th February 2020 | Press release
These are the finalists in the competition for the innovation networks of the future: Clusters4Future: Jury recommends 16 applications for funding.
Dr. Maren Henneken
Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Technical University of Dresden
Franziska Friebel-Viebach
Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Technical University of Dresden
CONTACT
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E-mail: press@saxocell.de
