Lisanne Laagland, DVM, PhD-candidate, obtained her veterinary degree in 2019 Cum Laude (UU, the Netherlands). During her veterinary study she successfully completed the Master Honours Programme working on intervertebral disc regeneration resulting in receiving her Veterinary Research Diploma in 2016 (UU, the Netherlands). Recently she started her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Marianna Tryfonidou (UU, the Netherlands) as part of the iPSPine team focusing on intervertebral disc regeneration using induced pluripotent stem cell technology.