Events

The Kick-Off Meeting of the Innovation Center TheraNova took place on May 16, 2022. During the meeting all participating groups presented their current projects and discussed possible scientific outcomes. 

In 2022, members of the Innovation Center met on October 12 to 13 at the Erbacher Hof in Mainz for the Summer School. For further information, please visit this website. 

In September and October 2022 a seminar series covering aspects of "The development of drugs and medicinal products" was offered by the TransMIT GmbH. Staff members and PhD students of the Innovation Center were invited to join the seminar series. Aimo Kannt provided insights into the identification of targets in the drug discovery process.

The Spring School of the Innovation Center TheraNova took place on March 27, 2023 on the Campus Westend in Frankfurt. Participating PhD students as well as clinician scientists gave presentations and updates on their individual project progress.

On June 13, 2023, we organized a pitching event for interested PhD students on the Campus Niederrad, Frankfurt. The PhD students had the opportunity to present their projects to experts from the pharmaceutical industry. In short pitches, the PhD students presented their project ideas to potential investors and tried to convince them of their project idea.

We would like to thank the PhD students for their diverse and exciting contributions. In addition, we thank our invited experts - Janina Nowatzky, Niklas Czeloth and Jochen Maas - for their feedback and valuable suggestions.

In 2023, the Summer School was held at the Maritim Hotel Darmstadt on September 11 to 12. In addition to project updates, invited speakers highlighted various aspects of the development of cell-based therapies. Further information can be found here. 

The Innovation Center TheraNova actively contributed to the House of Pharma annual meeting. Further information can be found here.

The Spring School took place on March, 18 2024 on the Campus Westend. After interesting project updates Matthias Götz and Timo Smit from Innovectis - the tech transfer organisation of the Goethe University - gave insights into patents and licensing.