The International Society for Stem Cell Research has more than 4,000 members in more than 60 countries. As an organization focused on bringing together all members of the stem cell community, we are proud that our membership is led by some of the most prominent and respected scientists from around the globe.
Officers
President
Haifan Lin
Yale University School of Medicine, USA
President Elect
Amander T. Clark
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Vice President
Valentina Greco
Yale Stem Cell Center, USA
Treasurer
Clive Svendsen
Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute, USA
Clerk
Fiona Doetsch
Biozentrum at the University of Basel, Switzerland
Past President
Melissa H. Little
Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW), Denmark and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Australia
Directors
Director
Roger A. Barker
University of Cambridge, UK
Director
Helen Blau
Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Director
Melissa Carpenter
ElevateBio, USA
Director
Konrad Hochedlinger
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, USA
Director
Jürgen Knoblich
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austria
Director
Arnold R. Kriegstein
University of California, San Francisco, USA
Director
Jane S. Lebkowski
Patch Technologies, USA
Director
Charles E. Murry
Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington/Sana Biotechnology, USA
Director
Kathy Niakan
University of Cambridge, UK
Director
Malin Parmar
Lund University, Sweden
Director
Martin F. Pera
The Jackson Laboratory, USA
Director
Lygia da Veiga Pereira
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Director
Mitinori Saitou
Kyoto University, Japan
Director
Takanori Takebe
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA/Tokyo Medical and Dental University and Yokohama City University, Japan
Director
Kenneth S. Zaret
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA
Ex Officio Members
Ex Officio Member
Christine L. Mummery
Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Ex Officio Member
Leonard I. Zon
Boston Children's Hospital, USA
Past Presidents
Melissa H. Little, Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW), Denmark and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Australia (2021-2022)
Christine L. Mummery, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands (2020-2021)
Deepak Srivastava, Gladstone Institutes, USA (2019-2020)
Douglas A. Melton, Harvard University, USA (2018-2019)
Hans C. Clevers, Hubrecht Institute, Netherlands (2017-2018)
Sally Temple, Neural Stem Cell Institute, USA (2016-2017)
Sean Morrison, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA (2015-2016)
Rudolf Jaenisch, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, USA (2014-2015)
Janet Rossant, Hospital for Sick Children, Canada (2013-2014)
Shinya Yamanaka, Kyoto University, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Japan (2012-2013)
Fred H. Gage, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA (2011-2012)
Elaine Fuchs, Rockefeller University, USA (2010-2011)
Irving L. Weissman, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA (2009-2010)
Fiona M. Watt, CR-UK Cambridge Research Institute, UK (2008-2009)
George Q. Daley, Boston Children’s Hospital, USA (2007-2008)
Paul J. Simmons, Univ of Texas Health Science Center, USA (2006-2007)
Gordon M. Keller, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA (2005-2006)
Leonard I. Zon, Boston Children's Hospital, USA (2002-2005)