Welcome address from the Dean of Ulm University's Medical Faculty

Thomas Wirth, Dean Medical Faculty, Ulm University Ulm University comprises four Faculties (Engineering and Computer Science, Mathematics and Economics, Natural Sciences, and Medicine). In 2010, it had a total number of more than 8,000 students. In 2009, overall third-party funding was €67.5 million. There is a Max Planck Research Unit for Stem Cell Aging, a newly founded Helmholtz Institute Ulm of Electrochemistry and Electromobility, and Ulm's Science City offers an excellent research environment. In the European Commission's Research Framework Programme FP-7, members of Ulm University have been involved in 31…