Dr. Tenneille Ludwig currently serves as a Senior Scientist and the Director of the WiCell Stem Cell Bank overseeing the banking, distribution, and core services operations at WiCell. Her current work focuses on efforts to refine standards for banking, characterization, and distribution of research and cGMP grade materials, and working with investigators to support the advancement of stem cell technologies through clinical trial.

Dr. Peter Andrews is the Arthur Jackson Professor of Biomedical Science at the University of Sheffield. His research focuses on the biology of pluripotent human stem cells, initially human embryonal carcinoma cells, and subsequently embryonic stem cells and iPS cells. Among his current activities he co-ordinates the International stem Cell Initiative, which is focused upon characterising standard markers and culture conditions for human ES cells.

Dr. Madeline Lancaster is a Group Leader in the Cell Biology Division of the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, part of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridge, UK. The goal of her research is to understand the mechanisms underlying human brain expansion. Her lab is interested in this from an evolutionary perspective, but also in an effort to shed light on pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental disorders that affect brain size determination.

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