Patrick C. Baer is a Cell Biologist and Associate Professor of Experimental Medicine at the Hospital of the Goethe University in Frankfurt/M.. He completed his studies in Biochemistry at the Technical University of Darmstadt and received his doctorate at the Goethe University of Frankfurt/M. P.C.B. has published 98 research articles, including three book chapters and three patents. P.C.B. has been working with cell culture models of renal proximal and distal tubular epithelial cells to study regeneration processes in the renal epithelium and to investigate the effects of drugs for 25 years. P.C.B.'s research areas also focus on the isolation, culture and differentiation of mesenchymal stroma/stem cells (MSCs) and the transplantation of MSCs or their derivatives to improve renal regeneration.