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Person Stephen Minger

There is no direct route to becoming one of the few involved in human-animal embryonic stem cell research. Despite undeniable variegation, there are, however, particular forces that can compel one down a particular path as opposed to another. Stephen Minger, for instance, who is now the director of the Stem Cell Biology Laboratory at Kings College London began his collegiate career with a BA in psychology from Minnesota followed by a PhD in Neurology from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. It was in his first post-doc at University of California San Diego that he discovered an interest in studying stem cells. After the post-doc, he ultimately landed an assistant professorship in Neurology at the University of Kentucky Medical School. Minger felt, however, that his interest in pursuing stem cells could not fully come to fruition in the scientific environment he was currently in. Thus, he made the decision to move his research to what he felt was a more amenable location in Guy’s Hospital, London just a year after accepting the assistant professorship at Kentucky. Since that time, Minger has gone on to become recognized as a world leader in stem-cell biology…in the nationally competitive arena of the biosciences, the U.S. is no doubt sorry to have lost him.