Hopkins Brain & Eye Tumor Laboratory

09/01/2025

Once again, we are logging miles and raising money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation this September as part of The Million Mile to fund lifesaving research for childhood cancer. September is childhood cancer awareness month. With Federal funding decreasing, we need all of the private foundation support we can get to find new therapies for pediatric brain tumors.

Would you consider joining our teams to log miles and raise awareness this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month?

If you can’t make that commitment this year, we would truly appreciate it if you could support my efforts by donating to this amazing cause.

Last year the Baltimore Brain Tumor Bashers raised more than $20,000, which was doubled to more than $40,000! Thank you all for raising these funds. We are using the money to provide the pre-clinical justification for launching a phase 1 clinical trial for a new, brain penetrant drug. With your help, we have demonstrated that it has activity in high grade glioma, diffuse midline glioma/DMG, ependymoma, medulloblastoma, and ATRT. Our ALSF Million Mile data is being shared directly with the people designing the clinical trial, so that the research you support is having a rapid effect on getting new drugs to patients who need them!

Visit the Raabe team page to join, donate or learn more:

https://www.alexslemonade.org/2025/baltimore-brain-tumor-bashers

For the Eberhart team. Dr. Eberhart is using funds to advance targeting miRNAs that suppress senescence and to continue his work to disrupt stem cell factors in high-risk pediatric brain and eye tumors:

https://www.alexslemonade.org/2025/hopkins-march-against-brain-and-eye-tumors

Photo: Picture of high grade glioma cells (red) infesting a normal brain organoid with immune cells (green) drawn to and interacting with the tumor cells. Using tools like these, we hope to better understand brain tumor biology and accelerate the development of new therapies.

09/03/2024

Our lab group joining with other

For a first mile walk to kick off the
Fundraiser for Pediatric Brain and Eye tumors

09/03/2024

If you can, please join one of our “Million Mile” teams by Sept 8!

Great News 🎉 The Million Mile sign up incentive has been extended to September 8!

Founding Partner Volvo Cars USA will donate $10 to your team for each member who registers through September 8 up to 100 members per team! Don’t miss your chance to maximize donations with the help of Volvo Cars USA! Sign up to walk, run or cycle all September long to help raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer research here> The MillionMile.org

09/03/2024

Thrilled to be invited down to the yard with my colleague Yiouli Ktena at Camden Yards to accept a grant award from . My mom was in town, so I got to share this experience with her. My parents and teachers get a lot of credit for encouraging and helping me along the way! Congratulations to Dr Ktena on her award! It was great to be able to share this with her (and the Orioles’ mascot)! Thanks very much to the for hosting us and to . We will put these funds to good use to develop new therapies for kids with brain tumors. September is !

08/27/2024

This September, join us in support of pediatric brain tumor research by participating in The Million Mile! Help us move one step closer to finding cures for all kids with brain tuomrs by donating or joining my team. All money raised goes directly to pediatric brain tumor research. Thank you for your support during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!

This September, join us in support of pediatric brain tumor research by participating in The Million Mile! Help us move one step closer to finding cures for all kids with brain tuomrs by donating or joining my team. All money raised goes directly to pediatric brain tumor research. Thank you for your...

08/14/2024

Julian is an amazing story. He brings joy to all!

When 3-week-old Julian arrived at the Children’s Center’s emergency department, his prognosis was beyond dire. Julian had been diagnosed with bleeding in his brain, likely caused by a tumor. Emergency brain surgery might save his life, if he survived the risky procedure.

Thankfully, Julian survived the four-hour surgery. However, a biopsy confirmed that the newborn had an aggressive form of brain cancer: high grade glioma.

Julian started chemotherapy when he was only 7 weeks old and continued it for a year. In March 2022, the family got a clear scan and felt like they had finally turned a corner ❤️

Read more about Julian's and the life-changing care he received at the Children's Center ➡️ https://bit.ly/4fIcCqw

07/04/2024

Tyler Findlay and Mark Deng presented their work at on . Thanks to for supporting this work!

07/04/2024

Congratulations to Kai Wang for his poster, which was nominated for a poster award at the conference. Thanks to the for supporting this work.

06/30/2024

Great work Tony Choe presenting our work on developing novel B7H3 NK cells at the plenary session at !

05/18/2024

Tony Choe, Tyler Findlay and I shaved our heads in honor of kids undergoing cancer treatments, particularly for pediatric brain tumors. Special thanks to for funding our research on ATRT! Thanks also to our barber Jay Crossney, who donated his him and had a lot of fun with us! May is