{"id":837,"date":"2021-06-01T10:23:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T10:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/?page_id=837"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:33:27","slug":"our-current-champions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/friends-of-embl\/our-current-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Our current champions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  <style>\n    .vf-hero {\n              --vf-hero--bg-image: url('https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_FoE_Hero_3000x1000px-scaled.jpg');\n            }\n\n  <\/style>\n<section id=\"\" class=\"vf-hero | vf-u-fullbleed  | vf-u-margin__bottom--0\">\n  <div class=\"vf-hero__content | vf-box | vf-stack vf-stack--400\">\n        <p class=\"vf-hero__kicker\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/\">Support EMBL<\/a>\n          <h1 class=\"vf-hero__heading\">\n              Friends of EMBL          <\/h1>\n\n        <p class=\"vf-hero__subheading\">Join our circle of life-science champions<\/p>\n    \n    \n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<!--\/vf-hero-->\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-1\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<nav class=\"vf-navigation vf-navigation--main | vf-cluster | vf-u-padding__top--0\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem !important;\">\n  <ul class=\"vf-navigation__list | vf-list | vf-cluster__inner\">\n<li id=\"menu-item-38212\" class=\"vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item\"><a href=\"\/about\/info\/support\/friends-of-embl\/\" class=\"vf-navigation__link\" >About<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-38206\" class=\"vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item\"><a href=\"\/about\/info\/support\/friends-of-embl\/what-your-support-makes-possible\/\" class=\"vf-navigation__link\">What your support makes possible<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-38208\" class=\"vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item\"><a href=\"\/about\/info\/support\/friends-of-embl\/connect-participate\/\" class=\"vf-navigation__link\">Connect &#038; participate<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-38207\" class=\"vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item\"><a href=\"\/about\/info\/support\/friends-of-embl\/become-a-friend\/\" class=\"vf-navigation__link\">Become a Friend<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-38204\" class=\"vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item vf-navigation__item\"><a href=\"\/about\/info\/support\/friends-of-embl\/our-current-champions\/\" class=\"vf-navigation__link\">Our current champions<\/a><\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<style>\n.vf-grid__col-1 {\n  margin-top: 1rem !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<script>\n  document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function () {\n    const currentPath = window.location.pathname.replace(\/\\\/$\/, ''); \/\/ Normalize current path\n    const navLinks = document.querySelectorAll('.vf-navigation__link');\n\n    let bestMatch = null;\n    let bestMatchLength = -1;\n\n    navLinks.forEach(link => {\n      const linkPath = link.getAttribute('href').replace(\/\\\/$\/, ''); 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Manfred Lautenschl\u00e4ger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Nik Miller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details  class=\"vf-details\" id=\"\"   open=\"open\">\n<summary class=\"vf-details--summary\">\nIndividual members<\/summary>\n<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prof. Wilhelm J. Ansorge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Sabine Breer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Karl Breer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Alexandra Budde and Dr. Florian Budde<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Dr. Denis Duboule<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. John Feldmann<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Manfred Fuchs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Robert Geursen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Stephan Heck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Sabine Hentze <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Dr. med. Anthony Ho<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Dr. Markus Hohenfellner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Jens Horstmann<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Renate Junge and Mr. Michael Junge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Sarah Kafatou<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Monika Marlene Kley and Mr. Max Dietrich Kley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Maria-Theresa Licka and Dr. Manuela Licka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Peter Quick<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Hedwig Runnebaum and Prof. Dr. Dr. Benno Runnebaum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Doris Schartel and Dr. Jonathan A. Rothblatt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Claudia Walther<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anonymous <em>(several donors wish to remain anonymous)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details  class=\"vf-details\" id=\"\"   open=\"open\">\n<summary class=\"vf-details--summary\">\nInstitutional members<\/summary>\n<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-3\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/julius_baer-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14446\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/printmedia_Business-Friend.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2552\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sparkasse_Business-Friend-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2576\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PhD-lunch-072024-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PhD-lunch-072024-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PhD-lunch-072024-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PhD-lunch-072024-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PhD-lunch-072024-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PhD-lunch-072024-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Friends of EMBL PhD Lunch 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"vf-tabs__section\" id=\"vf-tabs__section-german\"><h2 class=\"vf-u-sr-only\">Deutsch<\/h2>\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-3\"><div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-2\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unsere aktuellen F\u00f6rderer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Engagierte aus Europa, die Wissenschaft f\u00f6rdern.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<details  class=\"vf-details\" id=\"\"   open=\"open\">\n<summary class=\"vf-details--summary\">\nEhrenmitglieder<\/summary>\n<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Theresia Bauer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. h.c. Manfred Lautenschl\u00e4ger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nik Miller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details  class=\"vf-details\" id=\"\"   open=\"open\">\n<summary class=\"vf-details--summary\">\nMitglieder<\/summary>\n<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prof. Wilhelm J. Ansorge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sabine Breer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karl Breer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Alexandra Budde und Dr. Florian Budde<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Denis Duboule<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. John Feldmann<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Manfred Fuchs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Robert Geursen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stephan Heck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Sabine Hentze <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Dr. med. Anthony Ho<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jens Horstmann<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Renate Junge und Michael Junge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarah Kafatou<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter K\u00f6hler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monika Marlene Kley und Max Dietrich Kley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maria-Theresa Licka and Dr. Manuela Licka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Peter Quick<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Mehrnoosh Rayner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Hedwig Runnebaum und Prof. Dr. Dr. Benno Runnebaum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doris Schartel und Dr. Jonathan A. Rothblatt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anonym <em>(mehrere Spender, die anonym bleiben m\u00f6chten)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details  class=\"vf-details\" id=\"\"   open=\"open\">\n<summary class=\"vf-details--summary\">\nInstitutional Mitglieder<\/summary>\n<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-3\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/julius_baer-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14446\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/printmedia_Business-Friend-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2570\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sparkasse_Business-Friend-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2576\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-1\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-1\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PhD-lunch-072024-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PhD-lunch-072024-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PhD-lunch-072024-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PhD-lunch-072024-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PhD-lunch-072024-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PhD-lunch-072024-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Friends of EMBL PhD Lunch 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":239,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"vf_template_no-hero.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-837","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7071,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/837\/revisions\/7071"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}