Representatives from industry, government and academia have opened the High-Performance Center Translational Medical Engineering: (from left to right) Dr. Gabriele Heinen-Kljaji&#263;, Minister for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, Prof. Theodor Doll, Head of the High-Performance Center, Prof. Norbert Krug, Director of Fraunhofer ITEM, Prof. Reimund Neugebauer, President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Prof. Christopher Baum, President of the Hannover Medical School, and Prof. Thomas Lenarz, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Hannover Medical School (sitting at the front). (Photo: Business Wire)