Dresden as a congress site

The city of Dresden has become one of the liveliest cities in Europe. It unites historical, architectural and cultural treasures with a vibrant, up to date research environment in many disciplines, most importantly biomedical sciences. In addition, the city of Dresden offers an outstanding infrastructure and a great hospitality.

Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)

• Five schools with 18 faculties
• > 33.500 students, including 7.808 1^st year students and 13 % of students from abroad 
• 6.620 budgetarily financed employees
• External funding of 257.7 million Euro 
• Since 2012, the TUD is one of the eleven Excellence Initiative universities in Germany

Hosting groups

At the Chair of Molecular Cell Physiology & Endocrinology of the Faculty of Biology natural compound research is focused on 

• consumer protection 
• breast cancer prevention
• doping prevention 
• basic scientific research in the interaction of signaling cascades

At the Chair of Botany of the Faculty of Biology ethnobotanical research is focussed on 

• documentation of traditional knowledge in Africa and Iran
• creation of a Botanical Garden in Uíge (Angola) for cultivation of medicinal plants