“Health Research in Germany”

December 4 - 10, 2011

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) invites scientists and administrators from medical schools, universities and research institutions to participate in a tour on medical research and graduate education in Germany. The tour will take place from December 4 to 10, 2011.

The tour will provide an overview of cutting-edge research at German universities, hospitals, research institutions and companies, as well as on graduate education in medicine and related disciplines. Comprehensive information on funding opportunities for cooperation in education and research will also be provided.

The participants are researchers and administrators attempting to initiate close cooperation with German colleagues, either in their specific research area or at an institutional level.

The Program
In order to provide an optimum basis for the initiation of joint projects, the programme will focus on three highly topical issues in healthcare today:

• Personalised medicine
• Neurodegenerative diseases
• Cancer research

However, due to the broad range of institutions involved, we expect the tour to be valuable to participants with more general interests as well.

Presently, visits to the following institutions are planned:
Universities (including their medical schools)

• LMU Munich
• Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
• Heidelberg University

Research Institutions

• Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (Munich)
• Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (Tübingen)
• Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (Stuttgart)
• European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg)
• German Cancer Research Center (Heidelberg)

Companies

• Roche Diagnostics (Penzberg)

About Research in Germany
The “Science Tour” is part of the initiative “Promote Innovation and Research in Germany” funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Under the brand “Research in Germany – Land of Ideas” various activities are being organised in order to strengthen and expand R&D collaboration between Germany and international partners.

More information about the Science Tour