MIET was visited by Martin Gitzels, D.Ing., vice president of Siemens LLC (Russian subsiduary of Siemens group) and director of Siemens Corporate Technologies in Russia department. The visit was connected with the acquaintance to MIET scientists studies in biomedical equipment and microelectronics as well as considerating possibilities for further sinergy. Mr Gitzels accompanied by MIET informatization and international activity pro-rector S.Umnyashkin and microelectronics department chair professor S. Timoshenkov visited biomedical systems chair laboratories as well as hemodialysis laboratory where artificial kidney apparatus is being constructed.