On its Annual Conference in September 2016, German Stem Cell Network (GSCN) elected Prof. Dr. K. Lenhard Rudolph - Scientific Director of the Leibniz-Institute on Aging (FLI) in Jena - as Active President 2017. Being an internationally renowned and prizewinning stem cell researcher, Rudolph plans to host GSCN's international Annual Conference in Jena in September 2017; as well as the second international UniStem Day in March 2017.