Juan Domínguez-Bendala, Ph.D., is Director of Stem Cell Development for Translational Research and Research Associate Professor of Surgery at the Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Before joining the DRI faculty, he worked at the Roslin Institute (Scotland, UK), known for the cloning of Dolly the sheep. Dr. Dominguez-Bendala obtained his PhD. there and acquired considerable experience in embryonic stem cells and state-of-the-art genetic engineering techniques.