List of Contributors

Lars Ährlund-Richter, Karolinska Institute, Department of Woman and Child Health, Stockholm 171 76, Sweden

Gulsah Altun, Life Technologies, Inc., Bioinformatics Division, 850 Lincoln Centre Drive, Foster City, CA 94044, USA

Isao Asaka, Kyoto University, Center for iPS Cell Research and Applications, Dept of Regulatory Science, 53 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan

Marina Bibikova, Illumina, Inc., 9885 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA

Mathew Blurton-Jones, University of California, Irvine, Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, 1216 Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility, Irvine, CA 92697, USA

Francesca Boscolo, The Scripps Research Institute, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dept Chemical Physiology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Stefan Braam, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Research Building 1, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands

Oliver Brustle, University of Bonn, Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, Sigmund-Freud Straße 25, D-53127 Bonn, Germany

Kevin S. Carbajal, University of California, Irvine, Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Gross Hall Rm 2006, Irvine, CA 92697, USA

Jessica Cedervall, Uppsala University, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Box 582, Uppsala 751 23, Sweden

Lu Chen, University of California, Irvine, Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Gross Hall Rm 2006, Irvine, CA 92697, USA

Jonathan Chesnut, Life Technologies, Inc., Primary and Stem Cell Systems, 5781 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA

Cleo Choong, Nanyang Technological University, School of Materials Science and Engineering, N4.1-02-01, Singapore

Ronald Coleman, The Scripps Research Institute, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dept Chemical Physiology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Hun Chy, CSIRO Materials and Science Engineering, Bag 10, Clayton South MDC, Victoria 3169, Australia

Jeremy M. Crook, St Vincent’s Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Stem Cell Medicine, O’Brien Institute and Department of Surgery, Building 261, 203 Bouverie Street, Parkville, Victoria 3065, Australia

Cheryl Dambrot, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Research Building 1, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands

Ivan Damjanov, University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Mail Stop 304, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA

Richard Davis, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Research Building 1, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands

Mary Devereaux, University of California, San Diego, Department of Pathology, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0612, La Jolla, CA 92093-0612, USA

Mahesh Dodla, Stem Cells, Sigma-Aldrich, 2909 Laclede Avenue, St Louis, MO 63103, USA

Biljana Dumevska, Genea Ltd, Research Department, Level 3, 321 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

Eyitayo S. Fakunle, The Scripps Research Institute, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dept Chemical Physiology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Lisa A. Flanagan, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, D440 Medical Sciences I, Irvine, CA 92697-4800, USA

Ibon Garitaonandia, The Scripps Research Institute, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dept Chemical Physiology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Karin Gertow, Karolinska Institute, Department of Woman and Child Health, Stockholm 171 76, Sweden

Victoria Glenn, The Scripps Research Institute, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dept Chemical Physiology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Johanna E. Goldmann, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Nine Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA

Joel M. Gottesfeld, The Scripps Research Institute, Dept Molecular Biology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Jason Gustin, Stem Cells, Sigma-Aldrich, 2909 Laclede Avenue, St Louis, MO 63103, USA

Sangyoon Han, University of California, San Diego, Department of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Dr., CMM-West, Room 100F, La Jolla, CA 92093-0644, USA

Nick Hannan, Department of Surgery, Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, University of Cambridge, West Forvie Building, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SZ, UK

Yvonne Hoang, ScienCell Research Laboratories, 6076 Corte Del Cedro, Carlsbad, CA 92011, USA

Natalie Hobson, Genea Ltd, Embryology Department, Level 4, 321 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

Marlys Houck, San Diego Wild Animal Park – CRES, 15600 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondida, CA 92027-7000, USA

Hans S. Keirstead, University of California, Irvine, Reeve Irvine Research Center, 1216 Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility, Irvine, CA 92657-4265, USA

Philip Koch, University of Bonn, Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, Sigmund-Freud Straße 25, D-53127 Bonn, Germany

Sherman Ku, The Scripps Research Institute, Dept Molecular Biology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Frank M. LaFerla, University of California, Irvine, Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, 3212 Biological Sciences III, Irvine, CA92697, USA

Uma Lakshmipathy, Life Technologies, Inc., Primary and Stem Cell Systems, 5781 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA

Jack Lambshead, CSIRO Materials and Science Engineering, Bag 10, Clayton South MDC, Victoria 3169, Australia

Thomas E. Lane, University of California, Irvine, Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Gross Hall Rm 2006, Irvine, CA 92697, USA

Andrew L. Laslett, CSIRO Materials and Science Engineering, Bag 10, Clayton South MDC, Victoria 3169, Australia

Louise C. Laurent, University of California, San Diego, Department of Reproductive Medicine, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103, USA

Michael Lenz, Aachen University, Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science (AICES), Schinkelstrasse 2, 52056, Aachen, Germany

Trevor R. Leonardo, The Scripps Research Institute, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dept Chemical Physiology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Tianjian Li, Stem Cells, Sigma-Aldrich, 2909 Laclede Avenue, St Louis, MO 63103, USA

Pauline Lieu, Life Technologies, Inc., 5781 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA

Qiuyue Liu, The Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945, USA

Ying Liu, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Department of Neurosurgery, 1825 Pressler St, Houston, TX 77030, USA

Jeanne F. Loring, The Scripps Research Institute, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dept Chemical Physiology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Mai X. Luong, University of Massachusetts Medical School, International Stem Cell Registry, Department of Cell Biology, 222 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA

Kim Ly, ScienCell Research Laboratories, 6076 Corte Del Cedro, Carlsbad, CA 92011, USA

Candace L. Lynch, The Scripps Research Institute, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dept Chemical Physiology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Ian Lyons, Stem Cells, Sigma-Aldrich, 2909 Laclede Avenue, St Louis, MO 63103, USA

Steven McArthur, Genea Ltd, Embryology Department, Level 4, 321 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

Robert E. Morey, The Scripps Research Institute, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dept Chemical Physiology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Franz-Josef Müller, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Center for Psychiatry, Niemannsweg 147, D-24105, Kiel, Germany

Christine Mummery, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Research Building 1, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands

Kristopher L. Nazor, The Scripps Research Institute, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dept Chemical Physiology,...