Prof. Rohwedel received his Ph.D at University of Lübeck, Germany, from the Department of Biology in 1990. From 1992-2001, he worked as Assistant Professor at Faculty of Biology, University of Amsterdam, and then at Department of Medical Molecular Biology, University of Lübeck, Germany. From Feb. 2001, he has been working as Associate Professor at the Department of Medical Molecular Biology, then at the Department of Virology and Cell Biology, University of Lübeck. He is group leader of Stem Cell Biology and has published more than 60 academic articles and is Associate Editor of the journal Cells Tissues Organs, Karger, Basel.