Concepts and Applications of Stem Cell Biology

Gabriela Rodrigues is an Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon where she is responsible for the course on Stem Cell Biology. Bernard Roelen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Utrecht University whose research focus is on mammalian germ cells and early embryonic stem cells.

Chapter 1: Introduction: a decade teaching stem cell biology.- Chapter 2: Preimplantation development: from germ cells to blastocyst.- Chapter 3: Origins of pluripotency: from stem cells to germ cells.- Chapter 4: Human induced pluripotent stem (hiPS) cells: generation and applications.- Chapter 5: Cellular reprogramming and aging.- Chapter 6: Cloning.- Chapter 7: Stem cells in plant development.- Chapter 8: Axial stem cells and the formation of the vertebrate body.- Chapter 9: Skeletal muscle development - from stem cells to body movement.- Chapter 10: Cardiac regeneration and repair: from mechanisms to therapeutic strategies.- Chapter 11: Reproducing human brain development in vitro: generating cerebellar neurons for modelling cerebellar ataxias.- Chapter 12: Neurotoxicology and disease modelling.- Chapter 13: Mesenchymal stem cells for cutaneous wound healing.