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news DGZI DGZI and Maghreb countries agree on Partnership and Meetings Visit Website Libyan Health Minister welcomed Partnership On the fringes of the United Nations climate con- ference on 16 November 2016, DGZI member Dr Ali Elmalih, who is a DGZI representative in the Maghreb region, met the Minister of the Libyan Health Dr Omar Bashir Al-Taher. At the meet- ing in Marrakech, Morocco, Dr Elmalih handed the minister a letter from DGZI Vice President Dr Rolf Vollmer, and also a memorial shield from the DGZI. Dr Elmalih discussed with the Minister the 10th Arab-German Congress of Dental Im- plantology, which will be held in the city of Aga- dir, Morocco, accompanied by the first German- Maghreb Countries Meeting of Dental Implantol- ogy. The minister welcomed this matter and wished the congress and the DGZI good success in the region. First German- Maghreb Countries Meeting For many years now, the DGZI main- tains a close partnership with members and colleagues in the Arab world, which manifests in regularly held meetings— the Arab-German Congress. For the 10th time, the Congress will take place on 12 and 13 May 2017. This year’s hosting place will be Agadir in Morocco—with this, the DGZI expands its Arab-German partnership to the Maghreb region for the first time, which includes the countries Lybia, Tuni- sia, Algeria, Mauritania and Morocco. Under the supervision of DGZI Vice President Dr Rolf Voll- mer and Head of the International Section Prof. Dr Mazen Tamimi, DGZI member Dr Ali Elmalih invites all interested to the 10th Arab-German Congress and first German-Maghreb Countries Meeting of Dental Implantology. There will be much space for exchanging ex- pertise between Arab Maghreb people and Germans and thus creating an international social community. For more details about the scientific programme, exhibition map, registra- tion and fees visit the congress’ website under http://AGCi2017.e-polytechnique.ma. DGZI mourning the death of Dr med. Wolfgang Schwab (1956–2016) If you ask professionally active physicians and den- tists which university professors left the most persist- ing impression on them during their course of studies, anatomists are most frequently named. The Dresden anatomist Wolfgang Schwab, who recently passed away following a long severe illness, was one of these teachers. Despite his routinely large teaching burden he pur- sued new scientific questions in anatomy focusing particularly on dental development and the histolo- gy, cell biology and microbiology of normal and os- teoarthrotic cartilage. He focused his work primarily on caveolins, integral membrane protein molecules of caveolae, presenting new and relevant findings on their expression, regulation and function in articular chondrocytes. This work on the biology of cartilage cells lead to his habil- itation in 2006 in the medical faculty of the TU Dresden. He submitted a very extensive text titled, “Structure, function and pathological aspects of the chondrocytes and joint cartilage”. Further cell-biological and molecular-biological contributions followed, focusing on the biology of dental epithelial cells. In the past several years, Wolfgang Schwab was very much involved in clin- ical-anatomical advanced training and continuing education for physicians and dentists, especially in courses aimed at dental implantologists. He increas- ingly dealt with questions arising from the clinical point of view using macroscopic and histological methods and presented numerous new clinically rel- evant findings on humans, e.g. on the nervous supply to the jaw regions. Dr Schwab has supported the DGZI since 1999 with his anatomy courses. He also participated in estab- lishing an extensive manuscript which formed the foundation for the DGZI Curriculum Anatomy and will be applied by many students in the future years. Wolfgang Schwab leaves behind his wife and three sons. His former students, his colleagues and scientific peers will always remember him with gratitude for his exemplary commitment to teaching, and, above all, for his distinctive personality. The curriculum for students of dentistry, which he had shaped over the years will be continued in his spirit. Prof. Dr Werner Götz, Prof. Dr Michael Kasper, Dr Ute Nimtschke 46 implants 1 2017