A platform for efficient transgenesis in Macrostomum lignano, a flatworm model organism for stem cell research

1 European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713AV, Groningen, The Netherlands. 2 Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Centre Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 3 Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Prospekt Lavrentyeva 10, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia. 4 Institute of Zoology and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck , Technikerstr. 25, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria. 5 Functional Genomics Center Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, CH-8057, Switzerland. 6 Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, University of Basel, Vesalgasse 1, CH-4051, Basel, Switzerland. 7 Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, United Kingdom. 8 Present address: Molecular laboratory, AZ St. Lucas Hospital, Gent, Belgium. 9 Present address: Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, Basel, CH-4058, Switzerland. 10 Present address: Department of Medical Biology, International School of Medicine, İstanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.