Dr Clare Blackburn is a Group Leader at the University of Edinburgh's Institute for Stem Cell Research.   Director of Training and Outreach for the original EuroStemCell, she has been instrumental in getting this new site funded, up and running. She's also a Principal Investigator in Framework Seven project EuroSyStem.

Oliver Brüstle is a neuropathologist and a renowned expert in stem cellⁱ research. Following research activities at the University of Zurich and the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, he now serves as Professor of Reconstructive Neurobiology at the University of Bonn Medical Center.

Professor Cattaneo is Director of the Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Pharmacology of Neurodegenerative Diseases at the Department of Pharmacological Sciences, as well as a co-founder and first appointed Director of UniStem, the Centre for Stem Cell Research of the University of Milano. The main research theme of her lab is neural stem cells, and the molecular pathophysiology of Huntington’s Disease.

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Kate was in charge of communications and outreach for the original EuroStemCell, and now manages this site. She has also worked in the film industry, and produced all of EuroStemCell's films.
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Frank Edenhofer's research group is investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying early commitment of embryonic stem cellsⁱ and targeted differentiationⁱ into neural precursor cells. Their work focuses on transcription factors involved in the maintenance of pluripotency and neural development.

Ira Herrmann is the coordinator of Germany's unique network for stem cellⁱ research located in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Trained as a biologist and communication specialist she worked for several years with biotech start-up companies in the field of marketing and international cooperations.

Dr. Ole Isacson is Professor of Neurology (Neuroscience) at Harvard Medical School. He is the Director of the Center for Neuroregeneration Research/Neuroregeneration Laboratories at McLean Hospital and an NIH Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Center of Excellence grant awardee. Dr. Isacson is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center and Principal Faculty of Harvard Stem Cellⁱ Institute. He received his Medical Bachelor (1984) and Doctor of Medicine (a research doctoral degree in Medical Neurobiology, 1987) from the University of Lund in Sweden.

Emma Kemp is Communications Manager for the EU-funded stem cellⁱ research projects EuroSyStem and OptiStem.

 

Dr. Olle Lindvall is Professor of Clinical Neurology and Chairman of the Division of Neurology at the University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. He has served as Chairman of the Swedish Movement Disorder Society 1995-1998, Vice-Dean of the Medical Faculty at the University of Lund 1997-1999, elected member of the Board of the Swedish Research Council (medical division) 2001-2006, clinical coordinator in EU-sponsored integrated project EuroStemCell 2003-2007, and Chairman of the Steering Committee for Nordic Centers of Excellence in Molecular Medicine 2003-2007.

Prof. Alexander Medvinsky graduated from the Moscow State University, Department of Embryology in 1977 and obtained his PhD in the National Centre for Oncology, Moscow in 1987.  In 1985 he started to work in the National Centre for Haematology, Moscow as a researcher and there he became interested in the development of haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs).  In collaboration with colleagues, he identified a novel potent source of definitive haematopoietic activity inside the body of the embryo now called the AGM region and since then continues to work on the role of this organ in the development of HSCs.

Vicki writes copy for the EuroStemCell website. She has has been a professional writer and editor for over 15 years, working as a newspaper reporter and editor, a Plain English writing instructor, and a freelance writer and editor for the public sector, corporations and universities.

I run a small research group in close association with Professor Austin Smith and his group.  My main interest is in how pluripotency is established in the early mammalian embryo and how pluripotentⁱ cells can be harnessed in vitro for the establishment of embryonic stem cellⁱ lines.  We have recently established a culture system utilising specific inhibitors with which we are investigating the pluripotent state.

Since 2005, Michael Rieger has been a postdoc in Timm Schroeder´s lab at the Institute of Stem Cellⁱ Research, Helmholtz Center München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany.  His research interests are cytokine function in lineageⁱ control of normal and malignant hematopoiesis and behavioral differences of leukemic and normal hematopoietic stem cells

Dr. Ingo Roeder is a research fellow at the Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), University of Leipzig, where he leads the "DYNAmic MOdeling of stem cell organization" group.  He is also a guest scientist at the Department of Computing, Goldsmiths College, University of London.