Eckhard Wolf, Germany

Eckhard Wolf is Head of the Institute for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology and of the Center for Innovative Medical Models (CiMM; www.lmu.de/cimm/), LMU Munich. His lab is specialized in the generation, characterization and implementation of genetically engineered pigs as disease models (diabetes mellitus, rare monogenic diseases) and as organ donors for xenotransplantation. He leads the large animal platform in the German Center for Diabetes Research and was Spokesperson of the DFG CRC-TR 127 “Biology of xenogeneic cell, tissue and organ transplantation – from bench to bedside”. E.W. is Member of the German National Academy of Sciences – Leopoldina, Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and Diplomate of the European College of Laboratory Animal Medicine.