Bart Spee has more than 18 years of experience in Molecular Biology and Veterinary Medicine. He has authored over 101 publications with a total citation of 4219 and an h-index of 31 (Scopus, 25 December 2023). Following a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology on pathways of regeneration and fibrosis of liver diseases, he took up a position as a post-doc at the Department of Pathology at the University of Leuven, Belgium, under the guidance of Prof. Tania Roskams. Here, he used molecular tools and combined these with the vast tissue bank at the pathology department, resulting in an increased knowledge of the activation of the adult stem cells of the liver including its neoplastic offspring. After an internship at the Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis (NIH, Bethesda, VS) with Dr. Thorgeirsson where he worked on cholangiocarcinomas, he returned to Utrecht University as an assistant professor. Currently, he is investigating the use of stem cells, ranging from adult stem cells (organoids) to multipotent stromal cells (MSCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for the functional recovery of liver diseases.