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trials and is conducted by new CRTD appointee Prof. Ezio
TIVE
A Beacon in Germany’s East –
Bonifacio. Centralized technology platforms support the research
efforts in the CRTD further, by providing cutting edge technology
Cluster of Excellence and
and expertise to all in a cost effective manner. The CRTD research
efforts find their anchor point in a new building.
Graduate Training in
The indispensable flipside of an excellent research program is strong
PhD education: Dresden has also become an internationally
Biopolis Dresden
recognized center for graduate training in the molecular life sciences.
The International PhD Program Dresden, which started with the
The scientific research community in Dresden is the outcome of a
implementation of the International Max Planck Research School for
CELLENCE INITIA
most exciting experiment in the life sciences: With an exceptional
Molecular Cell Biology and Bioengineering (IMPRS-MCBB) in
pace, the Dresden research scene developed into a hot spot in
2001, has established an innovative, high-quality and competitive
biomedicine and molecular bioengineering in Europe. Today,
educational structure, and – in line with the dynamic development of
Dresden provides an exciting and challenging scientific environment,
Dresden – constantly increased in size; presently, the International
with outstanding research opportunities in numerous international
PhD Program Dresden hosts around 180 PhD students from more
groups, which are housed in modern buildings with state-of-the art
than 30 countries.
laboratories and facilities. The interdisciplinary spirit is obviously
This excellence in graduate education was once more honored in
manifested in many networking activities between the Dresden
October 2006 by the German Excellence Initiative: by awarding
University of Technology (TUD) and non-University institutions.
funding for the Dresden International Graduate School for
Biomedicine and Bioengineering (DIGS-BB), the first graduate
school in this framework in the “new” German states, now more than
300 PhD students can be trained in three interconnected,
international PhD programs in Molecular Cell and Developmental
Biology, in Regenerative Medicine, and in Nanobiotechnology,
Biophysics and Bioengineering.
TLIGHT ON GERMANY – EX
All participating institutes offer their PhD students outstanding
research facilities and cutting-edge research. Prof. Gerhard Rödel,
SPO Dean of the DIGS-BB, points out: “Our program is distinguished by
expert thesis supervision. For each PhD student individual thesis
advisory committees are formed. The special emphasis in our
graduate training is on promoting research in an interdisciplinary
context.” The selection of PhD students with a whole week of
interviews is highly competitive and happens twice a year. The
International PhD Program Dresden also provides support for young
group leaders recruited to Dresden: they are rapidly integrated in the
research community via close interaction in training and thesis
View over Dresden with the Frauenkirche (Church of our Lady). supervision of graduate students.
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A most prestigious recognition of the new Dresden spirit is the
placement of the DFG Research Center of Regenerative Therapies,
CRTD, in 2005 to Dresden. On top of this award, the CRTD in
addition became a ‘Cluster of Excellence’ in 2006, in Germany’s
national competition for excellence in research. The CRTD focuses
on developing new regenerative therapies from basic research into
clinical application, targeting widespread and so far incurable
diseases, like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or diabetes. To do so, the
CRTD is set up as a unique, interdisciplinary network structure, with
so far 13 core groups and over 70 member laboratories from the
TUD and external research institutes in Dresden. Several outstanding
International PhD-Students in front of the MPI-CBG.
institutions, like the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology
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and Genetics (MPI-CBG), the Biotechnology Center, the Max
The strong performance of Dresden in the German Excellence
Bergman Center for Biomaterials, or the Medical Theoretical Center
Initiative once more shows the strength of Dresden as the East
form part of this network.
German boom town. “Success does not happen as if by a miracle –
“Dresden has a vibrant international biomedical research community, you need to choose the right strategy,” says Wieland B. Huttner,
and we see really excellent researchers, young or already established, executive Director of the MPI-CBG and spokesperson of the
being attracted to this environment. Promoting the careers of young IMPRS-MCBB. He knows what will be rewarding in the future: a
scientists is therefore an essential activity for us,” says Prof. Michael dual approach. “A strong and successful basic research scene that
Brand, director of the CRTD. This strong network allows a fast unravels the cellular mechanisms of tissue formation are the basis;
transfer of new insights from basic research to clinical application. translating these insights into medical application and bioengineering
The newly developed therapies will be tested in preclinical and has to go hand-in-hand with that,” he explains, and emphasizes that
clinical studies in the Dresden university hospital, and marketed with choosing this strategy paved the way for an even more dynamic
commercial partners. One first success of the CRTD is in the area of
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future of Dresden’s life science scene – and a continued success
diabetes. A vaccination of type-1-diabetes with children is in clinical story of excellent graduate training in Dresden.
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