<p>1. The stem cell state; Gary R. Hime and Helen E. Abud</p><p>2. Induction of pluripotency; Corey Heffernan, Jun Liu, Huseyin Sumer, Luis F. Malaver-Ortega,<sup> </sup>Rajneesh Verma, Edmund Carvalho<sup> </sup>and Paul J. Verma</p><p>Model stem cell systems</p><p>(A) Invertebrate</p><p>3. Germline stem cells and their regulation in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans; Aaron Kershner, Sarah L. Crittenden, Kyle Friend, Erika B. Sorensen, Douglas F. Porter and Judith Kimble</p><p>4. Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of Drosophila germline stem cells and their differentiating progeny; Helen White-Cooper and Simona Caporilli</p><p>5. Stem cells in the Drosophila digestive system; Xiankun Zeng, Chhavi Chauhan, and Steven X. Hou</p><p>6. Mechanisms of Asymmetric Progenitor Divisions in the Drosophila Central Nervous System; Rita Sousa-Nunes and W. Gregory Somers</p><p>(B) Vertebrate</p><p>7. Transcriptional / Translational Regulation of Mammalian Spermatogenic Stem Cells; Cathryn Hogarth</p><p>8. Transcriptional Regulation and Specification of Neural Stem Cells; Kimberly J. Christie, Ben Emery, Mark Denham, Helena Bujalka, Holly S. Cate and Ann M. Turnley</p><p>9. Transcriptional Control of Epidermal Stem Cells; Briana Lee and Xing Dai</p><p>10. Regulation of intestinal stem cells by Wnt and Notch signalling; Katja Horvay and Helen E. Abud </p><p>11. Transcriptional regulation of haematopoietic stem cells; Adam C. Wilkinson and Berthold Göttgens</p><p>12. Regulation of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation; David Cook and Paul Genever</p><p>Molecular families implicated in stem cell regulation</p><p>13. The Musashi family of RNA binding proteins: Master regulators of multiple stem cell populations; Jessie M. Sutherland, Eileen A. McLaughlin, Gary R. Hime and Nicole A. Siddall </p><p>14. JAK-STAT signalling in stem cells; Rachel R. Stine and Erika L. Matunis</p><p>15. Myc in Stem Cell Behaviour: insights from Drosophila; Leonie M. Quinn, Julie Secombe and Gary R. Hime</p><p>16. The Role of Nuclear Receptors in Embryonic Stem Cells; Qin Wang and Austin J. Cooney<sup></sup></p><p>17. Epigenetic regulation of stem cells; Anton Wutz</p><p>18. Regulation of stem cell populations by microRNAs; Julie Mathieu and Hannele Ruohola-Baker</p><p>19. Myb and the Regulation of stem cells in the Intestine and Brain: A Tale of Two Niches; Jordane Malaterre, Lloyd Pereira and Robert G. Ramsay</p><p>Index</p>
