Daniel Besser, PhD

Hometown
Lübeck, Germany

Current Residence
Berlin, Germany

Graduate Degree
PhD, University Basel, Switzerland

Current Position
Managing Director of the German Stem Cell Network (GSCN), Berlin

Samantha Morris, PhD

Hometown
Bradford, United Kingdom

Current Residence
St. Louis, USA

Graduate Degree
PhD, Xenopus laevis embryogenesis

Current Position
Associate Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, USA

Yo Mabuchi, PhD

Hometown
Gifu, Japan

Current Residence
Cambridge, UK / Tokyo, Japan

Graduate Degree
PhD, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan

Current Position
Visiting Researcher in the Department of Haematology at the University of Cambridge, UK; and Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

Jihwan Song, D Phil

Hometown
Busan, Korea

Current Residence
Seoul, Korea

Graduate Degree
D Phil

Current Position
Professor, Department of Biomedical Science, CHA University, Korea President, Korean Society for Stem Cell Research (KSSCR) Director, Global Alliance for iPSC Therapies (GAiT) Founder & CEO, iPS Bio, Inc.

Rajesh Rao, MD

Hometown
Milwaukee, WI, USA

Current Residence
Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Graduate Degree
MD

Current Position
Leonard G. Miller Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; and Pathology, University of Michigan, USA

Lijian Hui, PhD

Hometown
Suzhou, China

Current Residence
Shanghai, China

Graduate Degree
PhD

Current Position
Professor, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, China

Joshua Currie, PhD

Hometown
Cookeville, TN, USA

Current Residence
Winston-Salem, NC, USA

Graduate Degree
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Current Position
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Wake Forest University/Chair, ISSCR Early Career Scientist Committee

Kazuo Takayama, PhD

Hometown
Kobe, Japan

Current Residence
Kyoto, Japan

Graduate Degree
PhD

Current Position
Junior Associate Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Japan

Meritxell Huch, PhD

Hometown
Barcelona, Spain

Current Residence
Dresden, Germany

Graduate Degree
PhD in Pharmacology, University of Barcelona, Spain

Current Position
Lise Meitner Max Planck Research Group Leader at the Max Planck of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany

Evan Graham, PhD

Hometown
Stafford, Virginia, USA

Current Residence
Stockholm, Sweden

Graduate Degree
PhD in Regenerative Medicine

Current Position
Global Training Manager at CELLINK AB

Anne Rios, PhD

Hometown
Martigues, France

Current Residence
Utrecht, the Netherlands

Graduate Degree
PhD, Institute of Marseille Luminy (IBDML), France and the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI), Australia

Current Position
Junior Principal Investigator (PI) and Head of the imaging center at the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, the Netherlands

Stephanie Protze, PhD

Hometown
Dresden, Germany

Current Residence
Toronto, Canada

Graduate Degree
PhD, International Max Planck Research School and Dresden University of Technology, Germany

Current Position
Scientist in the McEwen Stem Cell Institute at the University Health Network and Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto, Canada

Fiona Watt, PhD

Hometown
Edinburgh, UK

Current Residence
London, UK

Graduate Degree
PhD

Current Position
Director, Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine, King’s College London

Allon Klein, PhD

Hometown
Rehovot, Israel

Current Residence
Boston, MA, USA

Graduate Degree
PhD in Physics, at Cambridge University, UK

Current Position
Associate Professor of Systems Biology, Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School, USA

Raj Kannan, PhD

Hometown
Rochester, MN, USA

Current Residence
Rochester, MN, USA

Graduate Degree
PhD in Molecular Medicine

Current Position
Head, Laboratory of Stem Cell and Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic; Assistant Professor at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, USA

Kirstin Matthews, PhD

Hometown
Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA

Current Residence
Houston, Texas, USA

Graduate Degree
Ph.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Current Position
Fellow in Science and Technology Policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy

Rana Dajani, PhD

Hometown
Amman, Jordan

Current Residence
Richmond, VA, USA

Graduate Degree
PhD, University of Iowa, USA

Current Position
Hashemite University, Jordan; University of Richmond, USA; President of the Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology in the Arab World

Justin Brumbaugh, PhD

Hometown
Edinboro, PA

Current Residence
Boulder, CO

Graduate Degree
PhD

Current Position
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder

Louise Menendez

Hometown
Petaluma, California

Current Residence
Los Angeles, California

Graduate Degree
Neuroscience

Current Position
PhD candidate at the University of Southern California

Zubin Master, PhD

Hometown
Toronto, Canada

Current Residence
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Graduate Degree
PhD, University of Toronto, Canada

Current Position
Associate Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Mayo Clinic, MN, USA

Mohamed Abou El-Enein, MD, PhD

Hometown
Mansoura, Egypt

Current Residence
Berlin, Germany

Graduate Degree
MD, PhD

Current Position
Professor of Regenerative Medicine, Head of Clinical Development Platform and Group Leader, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Dennis Clegg, PhD

Hometown
Edina, Minnesota

Current Residence
Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Graduate Degree
PhD, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Current Position
Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Takanori Takebe, MD, PhD

Hometown
Yokohama, Japan

Current Residence
Cincinnati, USA/Yokohama, Japan

Graduate Degree
MD, PhD

Current Position
Assistant Professor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, USA and Professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

Annelien Bredenoord, PhD

Hometown
Utrecht, the Netherlands

Current Residence
Utrecht, the Netherlands

Graduate Degree
Double MA in Ethics & Political Philosophy; PhD in Bioethics

Current Position
Full Professor of Ethics of Biomedical Innovation, Utrecht University/University Medical Center Utrecht; Member of Dutch Senate

Esteban O Mazzoni, PhD

Hometown
Zarate, Argentina/New York City, USA

Current Residence
New York City, NY, USA

Graduate Degree
PhD

Current Position
Associate Professor, New York University

Amy (Firth) Ryan, PhD

Hometown
Beadlam, North Yorkshire, UK

Current Residence
Claremont, California, USA

Graduate Degree
PhD

Current Position
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research, USC, Los Angeles, USA Assistant Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, USC, Los Angeles, USA

Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD

Hometown
Various cities, Wisconsin, USA

Current Residence
Madison, WI, USA

Graduate Degree
PhD

Current Position
Assistant Professor , Waisman Center, Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Chair of University of Wisconsin Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee; Director of University of Wisconsin Human Stem Cell Core at the Waisman Center

Madeline Lancaster, PhD

Hometown
Salt Lake City, Utah

Current Residence
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Graduate Degree
PhD, University of California, San Diego

Current Position
Group Leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Ole Pless, PhD

Hometown
Hamburg, Germany

Current Residence
Hamburg, Germany

Graduate Degree
Humboldt University / Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin

Current Position
Head of biomarker and translational drug discovery with the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology

Yi Arial Zeng, PhD

Hometown
Nanning, China

Current Residence
Shanghai, China

Graduate Degree
Simon Fraser University, Canada

Current Position
Principal investigator, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Michael Laflamme, MD, PhD

Hometown
I was a military brat, so don’t really have a hometown, but I often claim Niceville, Florida, USA, where I went to high school.

Current Residence
Toronto, ON, Canada

Graduate Degree
MD, PhD (Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA)

Current Position
Robert McEwen Chair in Cardiac Regenerative Medicine, Senior Scientist, University Health Network

Yvanka de Soysa

Hometown
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Current Residence
San Francisco, USA

Graduate Degree
PhD candidate in Biomedical Sciences

Current Position
Graduate Student, Deepak Srivastava Lab

Roger Barker, PhD, MRCP

Hometown
Cambridge, UK

Current Residence
Cambridge, UK

Graduate Degree
University of Oxford and London

Current Position
Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Cambridge and Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

Sarita Panula, PhD

Hometown
Kauhajoki, Finland

Current Residence
Stockholm, Sweden

Graduate Degree
PhD in Medical Science

Current Position
Postdoc, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Douglas Sipp

Hometown
Medford, NJ, USA

Current Residence
Kobe, Japan

Elisa Laurenti, PhD

Hometown
Bologna,Italy

Current Residence
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Graduate Degree
University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Current Position
Principal Investigator, Wellcome -Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge

Chuck Murry, MD, PhD

Hometown
Bismarck, ND

Current Residence
Seattle, WA

Graduate Degree
MD, PhD

Current Position
Conner Chair in Pathology, Bioengineering and Medicine/Cardiology, University of Washington Director, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington

Alta Charo, JD

Hometown
Brooklyn, NY

Current Residence
Madison, WI

Graduate Degree
JD

Current Position
Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin

Thomas Zwaka, MD, PhD

Hometown
Raciborz, Poland

Current Residence
New York

Graduate Degree
Cardiovascular Sciences

Current Position
Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Jonathan Yuin-Han Loh, PhD

Hometown
Singapore

Current Residence
Singapore

Current Position
Senior Principal Investigator, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology

Nils Pfaff, PhD

Hometown
Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Current Residence
Düsseldorf, Germany

Graduate Degree
PhD in Molecular Medicine from Hannover Medical School

Current Position
Lab Head Preclinical Pharmacology, Bayer AG (Wuppertal, Germany)

Setsuko Hashimoto, PhD

Hometown
Fukuoka, Japan

Current Residence
Tokyo, Japan

Graduate Degree
Doctor of Science in Molecular Biology, Heidelberg University, Germany

Current Position
President and CEO, CellSeed Inc.

Andrea Ditadi, PhD

Hometown
Padova, Italy

Current Residence
Milano, Italy

Graduate Degree
PhD, Developmental, Molecular and Cell Biology

Current Position
Group Leader, San Raffaele - Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy

Garrett Heffner, PhD

Hometown
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

Current Residence
San Francisco, CA

Graduate Degree
PhD Immunology, Stanford University

Current Position
Director, Research Immunology, Audentes Therapeutics, Inc.

Salvador Aznar-Benitah, PhD

Hometown
Montreal / Madrid

Current Residence
Barcelona, Spain

Graduate Degree
PhD in Molecular Oncology

Current Position
Group leader at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Barcelona (ICREA Researcher)

Roger Ronn, PhD

Hometown
Stockholm, Sweden.

Current Residence
Edinburgh, U.K.

Graduate Degree
PhD in Medical Science, University of Lund

Current Position
Postdoctoral Fellow, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh.

Jiaqian Wu, PhD

Hometown
Beijing, China

Current Residence
Houston, Texas

Graduate Degree
Baylor College of Medicine

Current Position
Principle Investigator/Assistant Professor, The Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Marcie Glicksman, PhD

Hometown
Princeton, NJ, U.S.

Current Residence
Boston, MA, U.S.

Graduate Degree
PhD in Neuroscience, Washington University

Current Position
Chief Scientific Officer, Orig3n, Inc.

Aaron Levine, PhD

Hometown
Seattle, WA, USA

Current Residence
Atlanta, GA, USA

Graduate Degree
MPhil in Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge PhD in Public Affairs, Princeton University

Current Position
Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech

Kimberley Nicole Babos, BS

Hometown
Mesa, AZ, USA

Current Residence
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Graduate Degree
Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Current Position
PhD Candidate at the University of Southern California

Jennifer L. Moody, PhD

Hometown
Toronto, ON, Canada

Current Residence
Toronto, ON, Canada

Graduate Degree
PhD in Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Current Position
Director, Commercialization and Licensing, Center for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada

Ola Hermanson, PhD

Hometown
Norrköping, Sweden

Current Residence
Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden

Graduate Degree
PhD in neurobiology, Linköping University, Sweden

Current Position
Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Joshua M. Brickman, DJ, PhD

Hometown
New York, NY, USA

Current Residence
Copenhagan, Denmark

Graduate Degree
PhD, Biochemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Current Position
Professor of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, Danish Stem Cell Centre (DanStem), University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Outi Hovatta, MD, PhD

Hometown
Helsinki, Finland

Current Residence
Stockholm, Sweden

Graduate Degree
MD, PhD at University of Helsinki

Current Position
Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Becky Tsai, PhD

Hometown
Chino, CA, USA

Current Residence
Pasadena, CA, USA

Graduate Degree
PhD in Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Irvine

Current Position
CIRM Postdoctoral Scholar Laboratory of Ravi Bhatia, City of Hope National Medical Center; President/Chair of the City of Hope Postdoctoral Association; Advisory Chair of Crescendo Young Musicians Guild

Steven Kattman, PhD

Hometown
Evergreen, CO, USA

Current Residence
Madison, WI, USA

Graduate Degree
Ph.D. Immunology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA

Current Position
Senior Group Leader, Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI), Madison, WI, USA

Lygia V. Pereira, Ph.D.

Hometown
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Current Residence
São Paulo, Brazil

Graduate Degree
M.S. in Biophysics from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences (Human Genetics) from CUNY/Mount Sinai Graduate School, NY.

Current Position
Full Professor at the National Laboratory of Embryonic Stem Cells (LaNCE) Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology at University of São Paulo, Brazil

Timothy Caulfield, LLM, FRSC, FCAHS

Hometown
Cape Cod, MA, USA (but I think of Canada and Edmonton as home)

Current Residence
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Graduate Degree
BSc; LLB (Alberta); LLM (Dalhousie)

Current Position
Canada Research Chair in Health Law & Policy; Trudeau Fellow and Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Public Health; Research Director, Health Law Institute, University of Alberta

Jose Polo, PhD

Hometown
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Current Residence
Melbourne, Australia

Graduate Degree
Biochemistry from University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; PhD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA.

Current Position
Associate Professor at the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology and the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University. Chief Investigator at Stem Cells Australia

Eran Meshorer, PhD

Hometown
Rehovot, Israel

Current Residence
Neve Ilan (outside of Jerusalem), Israel

Graduate Degree
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Current Position
Principal Investigator/Associate Professor Department of Genetics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jiwen Zhang, PhD

Hometown
Tongliao, China

Current Residence
Philadelphia, PA USA

Graduate Degree
Rutgers University and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Current Position
Regulatory Affairs Director at GE Healthcare

Fernando Pitossi, PhD

Hometown
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Current Residence
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Graduate Degree
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina PhD, University at Freiburg, Germany

Current Position
Laboratory Head, Leloir Institute, Buenos Aires Scientific Coordinator of CICEMA (Argentine stem cell research consortium) Director of PLACEMA (human iPS platform)

Tenneille Ludwig, PhD

Hometown
Madison, WI, USA

Current Residence
Madison, WI, USA

Graduate Degree
MS from Washington State University; PhD from the University of Wisconsin

Current Position
Director of the WiCell Stem Cell Bank

Sebastian Jessberger, MD

Hometown
Heidelberg, Germany

Current Residence
Zurich, Switzerland

Graduate Degree
University of Hamburg, Germany

Current Position
Associate Professor, Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Sabine Middendorp, PhD

Hometown
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Current Residence
Utrecht, the Netherlands

Graduate Degree
Erasmus MC Rotterdam

Current Position
Assistant Professor at Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital (WKZ); University Medical Center Utrecht (Edward Nieuwenhuis lab)

Yukiko Yamashita, PhD

Hometown
Kobe, Japan

Current Residence
Ann Arbor, MI

Graduate Degree
Kyoto University

Current Position
Associate Professor, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology University of Michigan Medical School