British Ambassador is visiting the CRTD

Simon McDonald CMG, British Ambassador in Berlin, and Kenan Poleo, Regional Director UK Science and Innovation Network - Europe, Russia and Turkey, visited the DFG Research Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden – Cluster of Excellence at the TU Dresden (CRTD) during their stay in Dresden. Professor Elly Tanaka (CRTD) and Professor Jochen Guck from the Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden presented the research areas of both institutes. In particular they were interested in the regeneration research on Axolotl of Professor Elly Tanaka.

In the evening, the British Ambassador started the lecture series “Wissensbrücken” of the TU Dresden with his talk „Creating Prosperity – is research expensive theory or driver for growth?”. The lecture series records different aspects of the synergetic university and will reveal approaches for the complex challenges of the 21th century in the dialogue between science, economy, culture and politics.