Editor-in-Chief Marek Malecki, MD PhD President Genetic and Biomolecular Engineering PBMEF, San Francisco, USA E-mail: [emailprotected]

Marek Malecki MD PhD is President of Phoenix Biomolecular Engineering Foundation, Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Molecular Medicine, and Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin. He earned MD degree at the Medical Academy, Poznan followed by Residency/Fellowship in Molecular Medicine in Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen. He earned PhD at the National Academy of Sciences, Warsaw followed by the postdoctoral fellowships in molecular biology at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Salzburg and Vienna, ETH, Zurich, Utrecht University Medical School, Utrecht, Cancer Center, Vienna, Cancer Center, Amsterdam, Biozentrum, Basel. Dr Malecki developed a novel technology to identify and isolate single living pluripotent stem cells followed by their clonal expansion and molecular profiling including sequencing their proteomes, transcriptomes, and genomes. This technology serves also for reprogramming the stem cells for their use as the vectors in gene therapy of cancer. The technology, protected by the US and WIPO, is currently streamlined to clinical trials. He is the first author on the peer-reviewed articles. He is often an invited speaker and courses faculty at the international professional conferences. Dr Malecki is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Genetic Syndromes and Gene Therapy and Member of the Editorial Boards for many high-impact professional journals. He is the member of the American Medical Association, American Association of Human Genetics, American Antibody Society, Southern California Biotechnology Council, and Rho Chi Honor Society for Excellence in Teaching and as the Faculty Role Model.

cancers of ovaries, cancers of testes, cancer stem cells (CSC), circulating tumor cells (CTCs), genetic disorders, iatrogenic genetic mutations, gene therapy, targeted gene delivery, fertility sparing therapy, biobanking, in vitro fertilization.

Evan Yale Snyder, MD, PhD Professor Director, Program in Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology and Stem Cell Research Center Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (SBMRI) California, USA

Evan Y. Snyder earned his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed residencies (including serving as Chief Resident) in pediatrics and neurology as well as a clinical fellowship in neonataology at Childrens Hospital-Boston, Harvard Medical School. He became a faculty physician in the Department of Pediatrics, Children & middots Hospital-Boston and while serving as a research fellow in the Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School. He established a lab at Children & middots Hospital-Boston in 1992. In 2003, Dr. Snyder was recruited to the Burnham Institute for Medical Research as Professor and Director of the Program in Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology. He then inaugurated the Stem Cell Research Center and initiated the Southern California Stem Cell Consortium. He serves on multiple editorial boards, has published extensively in the stem cell literature, holds multiple patents in the stem cell space, has received numerous honors and lecturers widely internationally.

Fundamental stem cell biology Developmental neuroscience Neural transplantation Developmental biology Cellular (in vitro) and animal models of disease Differentiation of pluripotent and multipotent stem cells Neurodegenerative diseases Neural injury and repair Ethics and public policy Science education.

Fazlul Hoque Sarkar, PhD Distinguished Professor Departments of Pathology and Oncology Karmanos Cancer Institute Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, USA Read Interview session with Fazlul Hoque Sarkar

Fazlul H. Sarkar, Ph.D. is a Professor at Karmanos Cancer Center, Wayne State University with a track-record of cancer research for over 32 years. He received his Ph.D. degree in biochemistry and completed his post-doctoral training in molecular biology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. His work has led to the discovery of the role of chemopreventive agents in sensitization of cancer cells (reversal of drug-resistance) to conventional therapeutics (chemo-radio-therapy). He has published over 400 original scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, review articles and book chapters. He is currently a Senior Editor of the journal: Molecular Cancer Therapeutics and member of the editorial board of many scientific journals.

His research is focused on understanding the role of a master transcription factor, NF-B, and further directed toward elucidating the molecular mechanisms of action of natural agents and synthetic small molecules for cancer prevention and therapy.

LuZhe Sun, PhD Professor Department of Cellular & Structural Biology University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, USA

LuZhe Sun is Dielmann Endowed Chair in Oncology, Professor of Cellular & Structural Biology, University of Health Science Center at San Antonio. Associate Director for Translational Research, Cancer Treatment and Research Center, University of Health Science Center at San Antonio. He received Ph.D. in Physiology in 1990 from Rutgers State University of New Jersey and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ. He is serving as an editorial board member of reputed journals and has reviewed manuscripts for more than twenty journals.

TGF-beta signaling Mammary stem cell function Cell cycle Tumor metastasis Breast cancer Prostate cancer

Laure Aurelian Professor Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics The University of Maryland School of Medicine USA

1958-1962: Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Awarded Master of Science Degree, June 1962. rn1962-1966: Graduate Work for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Department of Microbiology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. rn1966: Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Oncology, Immunology and Genetic Vaccines.

Rita C. R. Perlingeiro Associate Professor Lillehei Heart Institute Department of Medicine University of Minnesota USA

Dr. Rita C. R. Perlingeiro received her Ph.D. at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. She completed her postdoctoral training in Stem Cell Biology at the Whitehead Institute, MIT, in Cambridge, MA. She started her own laboratory in the Department of Developmental Biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2003. Currently, she is as an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, and a member of the Lillehei Heart Institute at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She has authored over 30 research articles as well as a chapter, Regulation of Angiogenesis in Coronary Heart Disease: Clinical Pathological, Imaging and Molecular Profiles, to be in press by the end of this year. In 2008, Dr. Perlingeiro and colleagues published a seminal article, Functional skeletal muscle regeneration from differentiating embryonic stem cells (Nat. Med. 2008, 14:134-143). This was the first example of using embryonic stem cells to improve muscle function in muscular dystrophy. Such findings have extraordinary biological and therapeutic significance.

The main focus of the Perlingeiro laboratory is to understand the molecular mechanisms controlling lineage decision from early mesoderm towards skeletal muscle, blood, and endothelial cells, with the ultimate goal to generate specific cell types from ES and iPS cells for therapeutic applications.

Qing Ma Associate Professor of Cancer Medicine Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, USA

Prof/Dr Qing Ma has received his PhD in Thomas Jefferson University during the period of 1990-1995. Currently, she is working as an Associate Professor of Cancer Medicine in the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. She has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities as she is serving as an reviewer or editorial member of several reputed journals like Blood, Journal of Immunology, Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cancer Research, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, World Journal of Biological Chemistry , International Journal of Immunology Research. She has authored 23 research articles/books. She is a member of The American Association of Immunologists, The American Society of Hematology, American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, The Society for Leukocyte Biology.She has honored as a Irvington Fellow and American Cancer Society Research Scholar.

Integrin, Chemokine, Stem cell transplantation, GVHD, GVL, Immunotherapy.

Min Du Associate Professor Department of Animal Science Developmental Biology Group, College of Agriculture University of Wyoming Laramie, USA

Min Du is the Leader of Development Biology Group, Department of Animal Science, Associate Professor in Muscle Biology, Associate Professor of Biomedical Program, Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences, University of Wyoming. He has received a PhD in Muscle Biology from Iowa State University, Ames, IA in, 1998-2001. He has completed his M.S. in Muscle Biology in China Agricultural University, Beijing, China (1993). He has obtained his B.S. in Food Engineering in Zhejiang Agricultural University, Hangzhou, China (1990). He received Early Career Achievement Award, form American Society of Animal Science. He is serving as an associate editor for Journal of Animal Science, reviewer for more than 20 journals and several federal funding agencies. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers in muscle biology.

Skeletal muscle development Mesenchymal stem cell differentiation Myogenesis Adipogenesis Fibrogenesis Cell signaling and gene expression Epigenetic modifications.

Elena Jones Associate Professor Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal Disease Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine United Kingdom

Doctor Elena Jones is an Associate Professor in the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine (LIRMM), the University of Leeds. She graduated with a BSc in Immunology and obtained a PhD in Experimental Oncology from the All-Union Cancer Research Centre, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow. In Moscow she has developed Russia-first antibodies to human hematopoietic stem cells and B cells applicable for leukaemia diagnosis. In 1993 she obtained a prestigious Royal Society Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and arrived in HMDS, Leeds, where she considerably advanced her experience in bone marrowphenotyping using flow cytometry. She subsequently obtained a post-doctoral research position in the Molecular Medicine Unit, where she gained first experience with marrow stromal cells/MSCs. Her post-doctoral studies were dedicated to gene therapy with MSCs. Since joining the Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal Disease, her research interests are focused on the study of human MSCs in health and disease and their use in Regenerative Medicine. In 2002 she described the phenotype of native/uncultured MSCs in bone marrow and in 2004 she discovered MSCs in synovial fluid. Her MSC isolation methodology based on the CD271 marker has been adopted by the Industry, initially as research methodology and subsequently as a clinical-grade process. She has subsequently developed novel ideas on large-scale extraction of MSCs from bone, soft tissues (synovium and joint fat) and from surgical by-products (reaming waste bags and fatty marrow). She is currently working towards the therapeutic use of minimally-manipulated uncultured MSCs in bone repair applications including novel scaffolds and quality-control assays for cell manufacture. In relation to cartilage tissue regeneration her major interest lies in the use of endogenous synovial MSCs in combination with biomimetic scaffolds in patients with early osteoarthritis. She continues to explore the biology of synovial fluid MSCs including their homeostatic trafficking and therapeutic targeting to injured areas.

She is currently working towards the therapeutic use of minimally-manipulated uncultured MSCs in bone repair applications including novel scaffolds and quality-control assays for cell manufacture. In relation to cartilage tissue regeneration her major interest lies in the use of endogenous synovial MSCs in combination with biomimetic scaffolds in patients with early osteoarthritis. She continues to explore the biology of synovial fluid MSCs including their homeostatic trafficking and therapeutic targeting to injured areas.

Thomas Lufkin Associate Professor Stem Cell and Developmental Biology National University of Singapore Singapore 138672 Tel. 65 6808 8167 Fax 65 6808 8307

Thomas Lufkin is a Senior Group Leader in Stem Cell & Developmental Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore. He is Associate Professor, Department of Biological Science, National University of Singapore, Associate Professor for the School of Biological Science, Nanyang Technological University. He completed postdoctoral training at the LGME, Strasbourg, France, in Molecular Embryology (with Pierre Chambon). He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in Molecular Biology and Virology. He received his A.B. from the University of California, Berkeley in Cell Biology. He received the March of Dimes Basil OConner Jr. Faculty Award, was a Lucille B. Markey Scholar in Molecular Biology, received an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Neuroscience, an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship and a Morton J. Levy Predoctoral Fellowship. He is serving as an editorial board member of 3 reputed journals. He has 74 publications.

Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation Embryogenesis Developmental Genomics Gene regulatory networks Systems Biology Regenerative Medicine Vertebrate Development.

Rosalinda Madonna, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Internal Medicine, Cardiology Division University of Texas Medical School Houston, USA

Rosalinda Madonna is Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Cardiology Division, University of Texas Medical School (UT) in Houston and Research Scientist, Texas Heart Institute (THI) in Houston. She received her MD in University of Chieti, Italy (1997) and PhD in Biotechnology at the same University (2003). She completed her post-doctoral research fellowship in Molecular Cardiology (2007, University of Louisville, KY) and Atherosclerosis and Heart Failure (2002 2006, UT and THI Houston). She completed her Residency and Clinical Fellowship in Cardiology in University of Chieti (2003-2007). She has a Master in Internal Echocardiography and Cardio-Respiratory Physiopathology and stress test (in Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy) She is recipient of several awards and research grants (2003: Award for best abstract by The International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis; 2003: Young Investigator award by The Italian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis; 2004: Travel grant by Alliance of Cardiovascular Researchers and The Brown Institute; 2004: Travel grant by The European Association Study of Diabetes (EASD); 2006: Scholarship by Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC); 2007, 2008 and 2009 Scholarship by The National Institute for Cardiovascular Research; 2008 Scholarship by SIC and Sanofi Aventis; 2010 Travel grant young scientist by European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Ongoing reviewer of Circulation Research, Expert Reviews, Cardiovascular Research, Atherosclerosis, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Journal of Internal and Emergency Medicine, International Journal of Cardiology, The Journal of Diabetes Complications. Member of several International Societies and Nucleus Member ESC Working Group on Cellular Biology of the Heart. Author and co-author of 42 journal papers, 7 book chapters, 100 abstracts.

Stem cells, iPS cells, Cardiac development, Gene cloning and gene therapy, Biomaterials, Physiopathology of atherosclerosis in diabetes.

Morayma Reyes Assistant Professor Department of Pathology Department of Laboratory Medicine University of Washington Seattle, USA

She is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Member of Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Member of Center for Cardiovascular Biology, University of Washington. She has received her MD/PhD degree from University of Minnesota, 1996-2003. She has completed her B.S. in biology and chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico, 1996. She is serving as an editorial board member of reputed journals and reviewer of 3 journals. She has been nominated and awarded for the Princeton Global Networks and the Madison Whos Who Member-Executives and Professionals. She received the Junior Faculty Awards: Perkins Coie Award and the Marian E. Smith award.

Adult stem cells Skeletal muscle and heart regeneration Stem cell therapy for muscular dystrophy Stem cell homing and migration Tissue regeneration/ Bioengineering/ artificial organs Mesenchymal stem cells Dental Pulp Stem Cells Vascular Biology Hemostasis/ thrombosis/ Coagulation Angiogenesis.

Ipsita Banerjee Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, USA

Ipsita Banerjee is a faculty in Chemical Engineering department of University of Pittsburgh. Adjunct faculty of Bioengineering Department, University of Pittsburgh. Adjunct faculty of McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. She has completed three years of post-doctoral training in Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, (2005-2008). She received her PhD from Rutgers University, NJ (2000-2005). She received the NIH New Innovator Award and the Ralph Powe Faculty Enhancement Award. She currently has fourteen publications in reputed international journals. She is a reviewer for Tissue Engineering, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Journal of Biotechnology, Computers and Chemical Engineering, Journal of Integrative Biology, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. She serves on the review panel of National Science Foundation, Biomedical Engineering Division.

Embryonic stem cell differentiation iPS cell differentiation Diabetes Systems Biology Analysis of regulatory network of differentiating stem cells Optimization based algorithm for network identification Agent Based Modeling for differentiation patterning.

Porrata Luis F Assistant Professor and Assistant Deputy Director of the Blood and Marrow Program Mayo Clinic Transplant Center Rochester, USA

Luis F. Porrata is Assistant Deputy Director of the Blood and Marrow Program, Mayo Clinic. Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic. He is serving as an editorial board member of reputed journals and reviewer of several journals including Blood, Bone Marrow Transplantation, and Biology of Blood and Marrow transplantation.

Autologous stem cell transplantation Lymphoma Immunotherapy.

Yoon-Young Jang Assistant Professor Stem Cell Biology Laboratory Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Baltimore, USA

Yoon-Young Jang, MD, PhD is a Assistant Professor of Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, Oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. She has received MD, PhD from the Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea and has completed fellowpship in Johns Hopkins University. She been a faculty member at Johns Hopkins Oncology Center since 2005 and has awarded three stem cell grants from the Maryland State.

Stem cell biology (Pluripotent stem cells, Cancer stem cells, Hematopoietic stem cells) Hepatic differentiation of human stem cells Liver regeneration using animal models of liver diseases Disease modelling using iPS derived hepatocytes Stem cell niche biology

Yong Zhao Assistant Professor Section of Diabetes and Metabolism Department of Medicine University of Illinois Chicago, USA

Yong Zhao, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his PhD (2000) in Immunology at Shanghai Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. He received his MD (1990) in Clinical Medicine at Weifang Medical College, Shandong, China. He received 2006 and 2008 Rachmiel Levine Scientific Achievement Award. He has 24 peer-reviewed publications. He owned 8 patents.

Umbilical cord blood stem cells Hematopoietic stem cells Immune modulation Type 1 diabetes Type 2 diabetes Pancreatic islet beta cell differentiation Humanized mice

Chia-Ying Lin Research Assistant Professor Director, Spine Research Laboratory University of Michigan Ann Arbor, USA

Chia-Ying Lin is a Research Assistant Professor, the Director of the Spine Research Laboratory at the Department of Neurosurgery in the University of Michigan. He has received his MS and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, in 2002 and 2004, respectively. He has completed his B.A in Civil Engineering in National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan in 1997. Dr. Lin is serving as an editorial board member of reputed journals and reviewer of 6 journals, including Biomacromolecules, Tissue Engineering, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Materials Letters, Cell Proliferation, and Journal of Orthopaedic Research. He has published over 20 articles to date in many journals specified in spine medicine, regenerative medicine, and cancer biology and therapy.

His research interests primarily focus on biological repair of degenerative intervertebral disc, spinal reconstruction with tissue engineering approaches, and inductive therapy for bone metastasis.

Tonya J. Roberts Webb Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Member of the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA

Tonya J. Roberts Webb completed Ph. D in 2003 and serving as Assistant Professor in Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Microbiology and Immunology.

Vincenzo Lionetti Assistant Professor of Physiology Sector of Medicine Scuola Superiore Sant Anna University Pisa, Italy Tel. 39-328-0078806 Read Interview session with Vincenzo Lionetti

Vincenzo Lionetti is Head of Unit of Molecular and Translational Medicine, National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems, Bologna, Italy; Assistant Professor of Physiology, Sector of Medicine, Scuola Superiore SantAnna, Pisa, Itay; Adjunct Researcher, Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Council of Research, Pisa, Italy. Adjunct Researcher, Fondazione Regione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy. He has received a PhD in Innovative Strategies in Biomedical Research from the Scuola Superiore SantAnna, Pisa, Italy, in 2007. He has specialized in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Turin, Italy, in 2003. He received: Trainee Abstract Award from the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences of the American Heart Association in 2002; Young Investigator Award from the National Institute of Cardiovascular Research in 2009. He is serving as a member of the Council on Cardiovascular Science of the American Heart Association and Study Group on Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Heart of the Italian Society of Cardiology. He is serving as peer reviewer for Cardiovascular Research, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, ECAM, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. He has published 5 book chapters; 22 peer-reviewed articles in international journals including: Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cardiovascular Research, Journal of Cardiac Failure, American Journal of Physiology, Journal of Physiology (London), Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, FASEB Journal.

Physiology and physiopathology of regenerate myocardium Regional imaging of regenerate myocardium Physiopathology of heart failure Innovative acellular therapies to repair failing myocardium.

Rajasingh Johnson Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Cardiovascular Research Institute University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA

Dr.Rajasingh Johnson has received his PhD in Vanderbilt University during the period of 2004-2007. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in University of Kansas Medical Center.

My research interests include the de-differentiation of somatic cells by chromatin modifying agents to generate induced pluripotent (iPS cells) or multipotent stem cells and its therapeutic potential in regenerative medicines; mechanisms of somatic cell reprogramming by histone deacetylation and DNA methylation inhibitors; differentiation of embryonic and adult stem cells in cardiovascular and lung vascular repair and regeneration.

Prasanna Krishnamurthy, DVM, PhD Assistant Professor Feinberg School of Medicine Cardiovascular Research Institute Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

Dr. Prasanna (Krish) Krishnamurthy received his PhD in Indian Veterinary Research Institute during the period of 2000-2003. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in Northwestern University.

My research interests include endothelial progenitor cell, myocardial ischemia, cell-based regenerative therapy for heart failure and bone marrow transplantation.

Atsushi Asakura Assistant Professor Department of Neurology University of Minnesota Medical School MN 55455, USA

Li Xiao Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology The Nippon Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Li Xiao has received her PhD in Prefectural University of Hiroshima in the year 2007. Currently, she is working as Asssistant Professor in The Nippon Dental University.

Research interests includes tissue engineering, antioxidant, radiation Biology, regenerative medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.

Raji Padmanabhan Research Scientist Laboratory of Cell Biology (LCB) Center for Cancer Research (CCR) National Cancer Institute(NCI) National Institutes of Health, (NIH)Bethesda Maryland 20892,USA Tel. (301) 496-3096 Read Interview session with Raji Padmanabhan

Richard Schaefer Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Harvard Stem Cell Institute Harvard University Cambridge, USA

Dr. Richard Schaefer, MD is the head of the Mesenchymal Stem Cell Laboratory, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Tuebingen, Germany. Research Fellow at the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. Specialist for Internal Medicine and Transfusion Medicine. After studying Medicine in Giessen, Germany and Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany he has received his MD in 1997. He is serving as an editorial board member of reputed journals and reviewer of 12 journals. He is author of more than 20 articles published in international journals and co-editor of the Handbook of Stem Cell Based Tissue Repair Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, U.K.

Stem Cell Biology Characterization, Differentiation, Immunomodulation Mesenchymal (Stem/Stromal) Cells Regenerative Medicine Labeling and Imaging of Stem Cells GMP production of cellular therapies.

Christian Drapeau, PhD StemTech HealthSciences, LLC 1011 Calle Amanecer San Clemente, California, USA

1991 Master degree in Neurology and Neurosurgery from McGill University, Montreal,Quebec, Canada. Work performed at the Montreal Neurological Institute.Thesis on epileptogenesis and the role of eicosanoids in long-term potentiation.1987 Bachelor degree in Honors Neurophysiology from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Program limited to 6 students.

Neurology and Neurophysiology.

Shi-Jiang Lu, PhD, MPH Senior Director for Research Advanced Cell Technology Marlborough, USA Read Interview session with Shi-Jiang Lu

Shi-Jiang Lu is currently a Senior Director of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine International, a joint venture between Advanced Cell Technology and CHA Biotech of Korea; Adjunct Professor, Department of Applied Bioscience, Cha University, Seoul, Korea, and Scientific Advisor, Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., Marlborough, MA. He was Senior Director, Director and Senior Scientist, Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., Marlborough, MA, and Director and Assistant Professor, Stem Cell Research Program, Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. He received a PhD in Molecular Biology and Cancer from Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (1992). He completed his MPH from School of Public Health, Columbia University in New York (1988) and MSc from Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (1985). He received a BS in Biochemistry from Wuhan University, Hubei, China (1982). He has more than 50 publications and Book Chapters.

Stem Cells: embryonic stem cells (ES), induced pluripotnet stem cells (iPS), and hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), cancer stem cells, ES and iPS cell lineage specific diffeentiation. Hematopoietic Cells: bone marrow transplantation, red blood cells, megakaryocytes and platelets.Stem Cell therapy: ischemic vessel lesions and stem cell treatment, diabetic retinopathy and stem cell treatment, cardiomyocyte infarction and stem cell treatment.

Alex F. Chen, MD, PhD, FAHA Director Department of Surgery University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, USA

Alex F. Chen is Director of VA Vascular Surgery Research, and an Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He has received a MD from Hunan Medical University in 1985 and a PhD in Pharmacology from Southern Illinois University in 1995. He is serving as an editorial board member of several reputed journals.

Vascular and endothelial cell biology Endothelial progenitor cells Redox regulation of endothelial function in diabetes and hypertension.

Alastair Wilkins Senior Lecturer Neurology Consultant Neurologist University of Bristol Bristol, UK

Alastair Wilkins is Senior Lecturer in Neurology, University of Bristol and Head of Neurology, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK. He received a PhD in Clinical Neuroscience from the University of Cambridge in 2003. He has completed his B.A in Medical Sciences and MB BChir from the University of Cambridge in 1993. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (UK). He has published more than 40 articles, including reviews and book chapters. His Current research projects includes role of the peroxisome in axonal degeneration and progressive MS, developing a model of secondary progressive MS (taiep rat), degenerative ataxias and the potential for stem cell neuroprotection, developing Growth factor therapies for progressive multiple sclerosis, analysis of VLCFAs in serum of patients with multiple sclerosis, analysis of Reactive Oxygen Species in Multiple Sclerosis cerebrospinal fluid, local investigator for the analysis of genetic factors in multiple sclerosis (PI: Prof Alastair Compston, University of Cambridge)

Multiple sclerosis Neurobiology of axon degeneration Applications of neuroreparative stem cell therapies.

James Adjaye Department of Vertebrate Genomics Molecular Embryology and Aging Group Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics Ihnestrasse 73, D-14195 Berlin, Germany

James Adjaye is a Group Leader at the Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (Molecular Embryology and Aging group).Adjunct Associate Professor for stem cell biology, College of Medicine Stem Cell Unit, King Saud University, Riyad, Saudi Arabia. He has received a PhD in biochemistry at Kings College London 1992. He has completed his BSc studies in biochemistry at University College Cardiff, Wales 1987. He is serving as an editorial board member of 4 reputed journals and reviewer of 17 journals.

Transcriptional and signal transduction mechanisms regulating self renewal and pluripotency in human embryonic stem cells, embryonal carcinoma cells and iPS cells (induced pluripotent stem cells). Reprogramming of somatic cells (healthy and diseased individuals- Alzheimers, Diabetic, Nijmegen breakage syndrome and Steatosis patients) into an ES-like state (iPS cells) and studying the underlying disease mechanisms. Systems biology of stem cell fate and cellular reprogramming.

Stefano Biressi Post-doctoral research associate Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences Stanford University USA

He studied at the University of Milan, Italy. He received his PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from The Open University of London. He worked in the Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (TIGeT) and in the Stem Cell Research Institute, Hospital San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. He is currently working in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University, CA, USA.

Cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle development, regeneration and muscle stem cells self-renewal and lineage progression in normal and pathological conditions.

Hosam A. Elbaz Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences West Virginia University Morgantown, USA Read Interview session with Hosam A Elbaz

Dr Hosam A. Elbaz has received his PhD in West Virginia University during the period of 2007 2011. Currently, he is working as a postdoctoral fellow in Wayne State University School of Medicine. He is serving as an editorial member for several reputable journals like Journal of Bioengineering and Biomedical Sciences, Journal of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutica Analytica Acta, and Biochemistry and Pharmacology. He is a member of American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), American Chemical Society (ACS), Egyptian General Syndicate of Pharmacists, and Golden Key International Honor Society.

Cancer Therapeutics,Carcinogenesis, Cell Cycle and Checkpoint Regulation, Apoptosis, Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, Targeted Drug Delivery, Therapeutic Gene Delivery, Biochemical Pharmacology and Toxicology.

Amir Hamdi, MD Postdoctoral research fellow Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas, USA

Dr. Amir Hamdi was born and raised in Iran. He received his M.D. degree from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. He was a research scientist in Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center in Tehran and participated in several research projects. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Dr. Hamdis research interests include therapy of leukemias and lymphomas as well as development of investigational approach for the treatment of hematologic and neurologic disorders. He has published several papers related to neurology, hematology, oncology and stem cell transplantation; and serves as reviewer for various journals.

Haigang Gu Postdoctoral Fellow Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, USA Read Interview session with Haigang Gu

Haigang Gu, cuurently Postdoctoral researcher in Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA. Haigang Gu has received his PhD in also in Emory University during the period of 2010-2011.

My current research is to understand how transcriptional factors affect neuronal differentiation and maturation and synaptic transmission and recycling in vitro and in vivo using stem cell-derived neurons, primary cultured neurons and brain slices by whole cell patch clamp recording and super-resolution live cell imaging. The underlying mechanisms could be extended to illustrate the functional recovery of neurological disease treated by drugs and stem cells. Recently, I have cloned most of neuronal transcriptional factors (15 genes) in lentiviral-based vector and packaged these vectors in lentivirus. We have developed some new protocols to induce stem cells, embryonic stem cells and neural stem cells to differentiate into neurons using defined chemicals and transcriptional factors related to neuronal differentiation and maintenance. Furthermore, we have made substantial progress on the synaptic transmission and recycling trafficking in cultured hippocampus, cortical and midbrain neurons. My research has been mainly focus on understanding (1) the mechanisms of proliferation and neuronal differentiation of embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells, such as neural stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells, (2) stem cell-based therapies for the treatment of such as Alzheimers disease and ischemic stroke, and (3) sustained release neurotrophic factors or neurotrophic factor genes for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease. I have strong background and extensive experience in molecular and cellular biology, stem cell culture and differentiation, whole cell patch clamp recording in cultured cells, live cell imaging as well as animal models, such as Parkinsons, Alzheimers disease and ischemic stroke.

Dhanajaya Nayak Department of Biochemistry University of Wisconsin-Madison USA

Dr. Dhanajaya Nayak (PhD) currently holds an Assistant Scientist position in the Department of Biochemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison (2013-present). Previously, he has received a master of technology (M.Tech.) degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, and a PhD degree in Biochemistry from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2004-2009), where he won the prestigious Armand J. Guarino Award for academic excellence in doctoral studies in Biochemistry. After his PhD, he joined the Department of Biochemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison as a postdoctoral research associate (2009-2012). Dr. Nayak has more than 8 years of research experience in the field of transcription and gene regulation. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and International Society for Cardiovascular Translational Research (ISCTR). At present, he is an active reviewer for several journals from the OMICS group: Journal of Stem Cell Research and Therapy, Journal of Enzyme Engineering, Journal of Molecular Biomarkers and Diagnosis, Journal of Chemical Engineering and Process Technology and Journal of Analytical and Bioanalytical Technique etc

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