Jurgen Karl-josef Hescheler

Prof. Hescheler is Chairman and Director of the Institute of Neurophysiology at the University of Cologne. He has been working with embryonic stem cells of the mouse for over 20 years. Beginning with studies on cellular signal transduction, he has defined many important basic aspects both of fundamental research and of clinical applications. He was the first scientist worldwide to perform electrophysiological experiments on stem cells thus pioneering the establishment of stem cell research for application in transplantation medicine. In 2002 he was the first scientist in Germany to obtain permission to work with human hmbryonic stem cells.