Today, diseases are detected earlier, and therapeutic and preventive treatments are made more effective. The tremendous contribution of medical imaging to this favorable development is appreciated internationally. Therefore, the window of opportunity for the advancement of radiological technologies is wide open and requires the interdisciplinary cooperation between industry and hospitals. The Translational Imaging Center in sitem-insel will enable translational research ranging from the analysis of biochemical samples to investigations of systems and organs by using ultra-high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In view of the paradigm shift from cohort analyses to personalized medicine, MR-technology marks a cornerstone for diagnostics, therapy-monitoring as well as the identification of new biomarkers.