Gustav Steinhoff initiated and leads the Reference and TranslationCenter for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy (RTC) of the University Medical CenterRostock. He isknown as an expert in the medical field of stem cell therapies and the firstclinician to treat patients with intramyocardial transplantation of purifiedstem cells and is one of the pioneers of these new therapies. Besides hismedical study at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Gustav Steinhoff performedresearch at the Baylor College in Houston, Texas. He has worked as a surgeon atthe University of Kiel and the Medical School Hannover, where he was appointedas an Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery in 1998.  In 2000 hemoved to the University of Rostock as a Director and Chairman of the Departmentof Cardiac Surgery where he continued his research on cardiac stem celltherapies and tissue engineering.

• 1 Extracellular matrix and tissue regeneration, Zygmunt Mackiewicz, Yrjö Tapio Konttinen, Emilia Kaivosoja, Vasily Stegajev, Hanoch Daniel Wagner, Jaakko Levón and Veli-Matti Tiainen.- 2 Stem cell niche, Chenhui Wang, Jun Chen, Pei Wen, Pei Sun and Rongwen Xi.- 3 Stem cells and asymmetric cell division, Rita Sousa-Nunes and Frank Hirth.- 4 Stem cells in the developing and adult nervous system, Fumitaka Osakada and Masayo Takahashi.- 5 Epigenetic mechanisms regulating the transition from embryonic stem cells towards a differentiated neural progeny, Marijn Schouten, Nik Papaloukas, Pascal Bielefeld, Silvina A. Fratantoni and Carlos P. Fitzsimons.- 6 Mathematical models in stem cell differentiation and fate predictability, Wayne M. Eby and Natalia Coleman.- 7 Organ and appendage regeneration in the axolotl, Johanna E Farkas, Piril Erler, Polina D Freitas, Alexandra Sweeney, and James R Monaghan.- 8 Development and regeneration of the vertebrate brain, Brian Key.- 9 Role of innate immune signaling in nuclear reprogramming, Shu Meng, Palas Chandaand John P. Cooke.- 10 Cardiac regeneration in zebrafish, Chi-Chung Wu and Gilbert Weidinger.- 11 Genetics and regeneration in vertebrates, Elizabeth Denise Hutchins and Kenro Kusumi.- Index.

Gustav Steinhoff initiated and leads the Reference and TranslationCenter for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy (RTC) of the University Medical CenterRostock. He isknown as an expert in the medical field of stem cell therapies and the firstclinician to treat patients with intramyocardial transplantation of purifiedstem cells and is one of the pioneers of these new therapies. Besides hismedical study at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Gustav Steinhoff performedresearch at the Baylor College in Houston, Texas. He has worked as a surgeon atthe University of Kiel and the Medical School Hannover, where he was appointedas an Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery in 1998.  In 2000 hemoved to the University of Rostock as a Director and Chairman of the Departmentof Cardiac Surgery where he continued his research on cardiac stem celltherapies and tissue engineering.

• 1 Extracellular matrix and tissue regeneration, Zygmunt Mackiewicz, Yrjö Tapio Konttinen, Emilia Kaivosoja, Vasily Stegajev, Hanoch Daniel Wagner, Jaakko Levón and Veli-Matti Tiainen.- 2 Stem cell niche, Chenhui Wang, Jun Chen, Pei Wen, Pei Sun and Rongwen Xi.- 3 Stem cells and asymmetric cell division, Rita Sousa-Nunes and Frank Hirth.- 4 Stem cells in the developing and adult nervous system, Fumitaka Osakada and Masayo Takahashi.- 5 Epigenetic mechanisms regulating the transition from embryonic stem cells towards a differentiated neural progeny, Marijn Schouten, Nik Papaloukas, Pascal Bielefeld, Silvina A. Fratantoni and Carlos P. Fitzsimons.- 6 Mathematical models in stem cell differentiation and fate predictability, Wayne M. Eby and Natalia Coleman.- 7 Organ and appendage regeneration in the axolotl, Johanna E Farkas, Piril Erler, Polina D Freitas, Alexandra Sweeney, and James R Monaghan.- 8 Development and regeneration of the vertebrate brain, Brian Key.- 9 Role of innate immune signaling in nuclear reprogramming, Shu Meng, Palas Chandaand John P. Cooke.- 10 Cardiac regeneration in zebrafish, Chi-Chung Wu and Gilbert Weidinger.- 11 Genetics and regeneration in vertebrates, Elizabeth Denise Hutchins and Kenro Kusumi.- Index.

Gustav Steinhoff initiated and leads the Reference and TranslationCenter for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy (RTC) of the University Medical CenterRostock. He isknown as an expert in the medical field of stem cell therapies and the firstclinician to treat patients with intramyocardial transplantation of purifiedstem cells and is one of the pioneers of these new therapies. Besides hismedical study at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Gustav Steinhoff performedresearch at the Baylor College in Houston, Texas. He has worked as a surgeon atthe University of Kiel and the Medical School Hannover, where he was appointedas an Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery in 1998.  In 2000 hemoved to the University of Rostock as a Director and Chairman of the Departmentof Cardiac Surgery where he continued his research on cardiac stem celltherapies and tissue engineering.

• 1 Extracellular matrix and tissue regeneration, Zygmunt Mackiewicz, Yrjö Tapio Konttinen, Emilia Kaivosoja, Vasily Stegajev, Hanoch Daniel Wagner, Jaakko Levón and Veli-Matti Tiainen.- 2 Stem cell niche, Chenhui Wang, Jun Chen, Pei Wen, Pei Sun and Rongwen Xi.- 3 Stem cells and asymmetric cell division, Rita Sousa-Nunes and Frank Hirth.- 4 Stem cells in the developing and adult nervous system, Fumitaka Osakada and Masayo Takahashi.- 5 Epigenetic mechanisms regulating the transition from embryonic stem cells towards a differentiated neural progeny, Marijn Schouten, Nik Papaloukas, Pascal Bielefeld, Silvina A. Fratantoni and Carlos P. Fitzsimons.- 6 Mathematical models in stem cell differentiation and fate predictability, Wayne M. Eby and Natalia Coleman.- 7 Organ and appendage regeneration in the axolotl, Johanna E Farkas, Piril Erler, Polina D Freitas, Alexandra Sweeney, and James R Monaghan.- 8 Development and regeneration of the vertebrate brain, Brian Key.- 9 Role of innate immune signaling in nuclear reprogramming, Shu Meng, Palas Chandaand John P. Cooke.- 10 Cardiac regeneration in zebrafish, Chi-Chung Wu and Gilbert Weidinger.- 11 Genetics and regeneration in vertebrates, Elizabeth Denise Hutchins and Kenro Kusumi.- Index.