Will W. Minuth has been Professor for Anatomy at the University of Regensburg since 1989; Philip Morris Research Prize "Challenge of the Future" in 1992 for his development of an innovative cell culture system; co-founded Minucells and Minutissue GmbH in 1993; member of the German Academy for Transplantation Medicine; currently developing new strategies for the manufacture of tissue constructs; and expert advisor to international research projects in the field of tissue engineering.

Raimund Strehl began studying biology at the University of Regensburg and Arizona State University, Arizona in 1988; doctorate at the University of Regensburg from 1997 onwards; began postdoc at the Sahlgrenska Sjuikhuset, Gothenburg; and at the Anatomical Institute of the University of Regensburg in 2000.

Karl Schumacher started studying human medicine at Bonn University in 1985; doctorate in 1993 at the Pathological Institute in Bonn; from 1993 onwards intern at the Urological Clinic and Children's Urological Clinic of Bonn University and the surgical unit of the teaching hospital in Mechenich; since 1998 scientist at the Anatomic Institute of the University of Regensburg.