In October 2011, University of Saarland (Germany) hosted a delegation of Tver State Medical Academy, introducing its members, through clinical rounds and workshops, research experiments, participation in surgical operations and examination of patients to practical life of our partner university. Ophthalmic surgeons of TverSMA participated in keratoplasty surgery with the use of the femtosecond lasers based on the latest innovations in nanotechnology, together with their German counterparts they also discussed development of the corneal eye bank in Tver.

In addition to that, representatives of fundamental departments of our collaborating institutions highlighted priorities and challenges in development of joint research projects in human genetics and medical biology.