Dr. Kursad Turksen will leave Stem Cell Reviews and Reports after close to a decade as the journal’s second Editor in Chief. During that time, Dr. Turksen has grown the journal from quarterly to six times per year, navigated a journal name change and, just this year, helped the journal’s impact factor climb back above 3.0. While a new Editor in Chief will be announced shortly, Springer and Stem Cell Reviews and Reports wish to thank Dr. Turksen for his strong commitment to, and dedicated work on, this journal. We wish him the best of luck in future endeavors.