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Cell therapies against cancer, AI in cycling and more adaptable plants - three new LOEWE research areas will be launched from January 1, 2025.
Three new LOEWE priority areas will receive a total of around 14 million euros for a period of four years in the 17th funding phase. This was decided by the LOEWE Administrative Commission on the basis of the assessments of the external experts and the recommendations of the LOEWE Program Advisory Board. The topics of the projects are: Cell therapies against cancer, AI in bicycle traffic and more adaptable plants. The Goethe University Frankfurt, the Philipps University Marburg, the University of Kassel, the Georg-Speyer-Haus, the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut Langen and the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology are involved in the selected research projects. The funding begins on January 1, 2025.
“Once again, three outstanding consortia have succeeded in winning the LOEWE competition,” adds Prof. Dr. Stefan Treue, Chairman of the LOEWE Program Advisory Board. “The three projects selected for funding this year are characterized by the fact that they use their respective site-specific strengths in a special way to break completely new ground in cancer research, transport research and synthetic biology.”
The LOEWE research areas at a glance:
CARISMa - Optimization of CAR cell therapies by influencing the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment | How can cell therapies be used to treat cancer more efficiently?
Lead: Goethe University, Frankfurt, Partners: Philipps University, Marburg, Georg-Speyer-Haus, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut Langen, LOEWE funding: 4,799,992 euros
DyNaMo - Safe and sustainable mobility in the city of tomorrow - How does artificial intelligence help cycling safety? | How can artificial intelligence improve cycling safety for the city of tomorrow?
Lead: University of Kassel, LOEWE funding: 4,778,141 euros
RobuCop at the University of Marburg: RobuCop - Robust chloroplasts for natural and synthetic carbon fixation| How can artificial intelligence improve cycling safety for the city of tomorrow?
Lead: Philipps University Marburg, Partner: Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, LOEWE funding: 4,441,445 euros