Evanston, IL – The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is pleased to announce the results of its 2024 election. Lorenz Studer, MD, founding director of the Center for Stem Cell Biology and member of the Developmental Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA, will become the next Vice President. All terms of office for the new leaders will begin on 1 July 2024.
Credit: International Society for Stem Cell Research
Evanston, IL – The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is pleased to announce the results of its 2024 election. Lorenz Studer, MD, founding director of the Center for Stem Cell Biology and member of the Developmental Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA, will become the next Vice President. All terms of office for the new leaders will begin on 1 July 2024.
The following three members were newly elected to the ISSCR Board of Directors for a three-year term:
- Jacqueline Barry, PhD, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, UK
- Tenneille E. Ludwig, PhD, WiCell, USA
- Thomas A. Rando, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
The following members were elected to a second, three-year term:
- Melissa Carpenter, PhD, Carpenter Consulting Corporation, USA
- Malin Parmar, PhD, Lund University, Sweden
- Mitinori Saitou, MD, PhD, Kyoto University, Japan
Visit the ISSCR website to review the full biographies of new and reappointed members of the ISSCR Board of Directors.
About the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR.org)
With nearly 5,000 members from more than 70 countries, the International Society for Stem Cell Research is the preeminent global, cross-disciplinary, science-based organization dedicated to stem cell research and its translation to the clinic. The ISSCR mission is to promote excellence in stem cell science and applications to human health. Additional information about stem cell science is available AboutStemCells.org, an initiative of the Society to inform the public about stem cell research and its potential.
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