Stem Cell Reports Welcomes Five New Early Career Editors
Stem Cell Reports, the official journal of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), today announces the appointment of five new Early Career Editors to its editorial team. Representing institutions across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, the new editors bring broad expertise spanning developmental biology, neuroscience, genetics, cancer biology, cardiovascular biology, stem cell-based disease modeling, and emerging applications of stem cell engineering in cellular agriculture.
The newly appointed Early Career Editors are:
Alessandro Bertero, University of Turin, Italy
Conchi Estaras, Temple University, USA
Lachlan Harris, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia
Caroline Pearson, Weill Cornell Medicine, USA
Shifeng Xue, National University of Singapore
“Enriching the journal with early career editors is an important investment in the future of stem cell science and scientific publishing,” said Janet Rossant, Editor-in-Chief of Stem Cell Reports. “These outstanding scientists bring fresh perspectives, scientific excellence, and expertise across rapidly advancing areas of stem cell research. We are delighted to welcome them to the editorial team and look forward to their contributions in helping shape the future of the journal.”
Scientific Expertise Across the New Members of the Editorial Team
Alessandro Bertero is an Armenise-Harvard Associate Professor at the Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Italy. He leads the Genome Architecting lab, which studies how chromatin architecture instructs pluripotent stem cell differentiation, particularly cardiogenesis, and applies these insights to genetically program cells for new approach methodologies (NAMs), cell therapies, and cultivated meat.
Conchi Estaras is an Assistant Professor at Temple University, USA, and the Aging and Cardiovascular Discovery Center. Her laboratory studies how signaling and transcriptional networks coordinate cell-fate decisions during gastrulation and cardiac development, integrating human stem cell systems, mouse embryos, genomics, and single-cell technologies.
Lachlan Harris leads the Cancer Neuroscience Laboratory at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia. His work explores the molecular regulation of neural stem cell quiescence in the adult brain and how dormant glioma cells evade treatment and contribute to glioblastoma recurrence. His research bridges fundamental neural stem cell biology with translational approaches to brain cancer therapeutics.
Caroline Pearson is an Assistant Professor of Research in Neuroscience in the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience in the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, USA. Her research investigates the molecular and metabolic mechanisms that regulate neural stem and progenitor cell fate during brain development. Her laboratory combines stem-cell derived 2-dimensional and organoid models of brain development with functional genomics to better understand human-specific neurodevelopmental processes.
Shifeng Xue is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the National University of Singapore. Her research focuses on stem cell differentiation, genome and epigenome regulation, and rare genetic disease. Using human pluripotent stem cells alongside zebrafish and mouse models, her laboratory investigates how genetic mutations influence developmental processes and disease mechanisms.
Learn more the journal aims and scope and the current editorial team.
About Stem Cell Reports
Stem Cell Reports is the open access, peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) for communicating basic discoveries in stem cell research, in addition to translational and clinical studies. Stem Cell Reports focuses on original research with conceptual or practical advances that are of broad interest to stem cell biologists and clinicians. Stem Cell Reports is a Cell Press partner journal. Find the journal on X: @StemCellReports.
About ISSCR
Across more than 80 countries, the International Society for Stem Cell Research (@ISSCR) is the preeminent global, cross-disciplinary, science-based organization dedicated to advancing stem cell research and its translation to medicine.