Groundbreaking hair loss related research is being undertaken at various universities and labs globally as can be seen from the comprehensive below list. I am only including those universities and/or labs that are:

• Home to at least one renowned hair loss researcher.
• Or have been in the news many times when it comes to groundbreaking hair loss related research and discoveries.
• Or have published many hair loss related papers in reputable journals.

I hope to update this page every few months and add many more Asian (currently a bit lacking) universities and research centers on there in the coming years.

United States

• Allergan — Bimatoprost (prostamide analog).
• BiologicsMD — University of Arkansas.
• Columbia University — Dr. Angela Christiano.
• Duke University — Dr. Elise Olsen.
• Histogen — Hair Stimulating Complex (HSC).
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — The Rendl Lab.
• Johns Hopkins University — Dr. Luis Garza.
• Kerastem Technologies — Adipose (fat) tissue and hair growth.
• Kythera Biopharmaceuticals — Setipiprant, a PGD2 antaogonist. [Update: Kythera acquired by Allergan on June 17, 2015].
• New York University — Dr. Mayumi Ito.
• Rockefeller University — Dr. Elaine Fuchs.
• Samumed — SM04554 topical solution to activate Wnt pathway.
• Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute — Dr. Alexey Terskikh & Dr. Ksenia Gnedeva.
• Southern Illinois University — Dr. Michael Neumeister.
• Stanford University — Dr. Anthony Oro.
• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Hair Loss Research — Dr. Rajesh Thangapazham, Dr. Thomas Darling & Dr. Shaowei Li.
• University of California Irvine — Dr. Maksim Plikus.
• University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) — Dr. Heather Christofk and Dr. William Lowry.
• University of Florida — Prometheon Pharma –> Follicept.
• University of Kansas — Dr. Omar Aljitawi.
• University of Pennsylvania — Dr. George Cotsarelis (also see Follica, whose technology is licensed from U Penn).
• University of South California — Dr. Cheng-Ming Chuong & Dr. Krzysztof Kobielak.
• Yale University — Dr. Brett King & Dr. Valerie Horsley.
• Wake Forest University — Dr. Amy McMichael & various others.

Canada

• University of British Columbia — Dr. Kevin McElwee (also see Replicel, where he is Chief Scientific Officer).
• University of Calgary — Dr. Jeff Biernaskie.
• University of Manitoba — Dr. Malcolm Xing.

Germany

• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin: Clinical Research Center for Hair and Skin Science —  Dr. Annika Vogt and  Dr. Ulrike Blume-Peytavi.
• Monasterium Laboratory — Dr. Ralf Paus.
• Technische Universität Berlin — Dr. Roland Lauster & Dr. Gerd Lindner.
• University of Lübeck — Dr. Jennifer Klopper.

Greece

• Theracell — cell-based hair regeneration via 3-D culturing.

Israel

• Technion — Israel Institute of Technology.

Italy

• Farmacia Parati (and Dr. Hasson) — Topical Finasteride and perhaps topical Dutasteride.
• Cosmo Pharmaceuticals — CB-03-01 topical antiandrogen.
• Fidia Farmaceutici and Dr. Giovanni Brotzu — PGE1 and DGLA.

Spain

• Mediteknia Hair Lab — Dr. Francisco Jimenez Acosta
• Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) — Dr. Mirna Perez-Moreno & Dr. Donatello Castellana.

Sweden

• Follicum — FOL-005 drug to inhibit body hair and/or increase scalp hair.

Switzerland

• Polichem — P-3074 topical Finasteride product.

United Kingdom

• University of Bradford — Dr. Valerie Randall & Dr. Des Tobin.
• Durham University — Dr. Claire Higgins & Dr. Colin Jahoda.
• University of Manchester — Dr. Ralf Paus.

Australia

• Cellmid — FGF-5 inhibition.
• University of Melbourne — Dr. Rodney Sinclair.
• University of Queensland — Dr. Julien Legrand.

China

• Southern Medical University (Nanfang Hospital) — Dr.  Zhi-Qi Hu.
• Hebei Univeristy of Science and Technology — Dr. Chunyu Han.

Japan

• Keio University — Dr. Manabu Ohyama.
• Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster (KBIC) — RIKEN, Dr. Takashi Tsuji and Shiseido/Replicel.
• Kyorin University — Dr. Hirotaro Fukuoka & Dr. Hirotaka Suga.
• Nippon Medical School — Dr. Rei Ogawa.
• Osaka University — Dr. Shigeki Inui.
• Shiseido — Canada-based Replicel’s much larger Japanese partner.
• Tokyo University of Science — Dr. Takashi Tsuji.
• Yokohama University — Dr. Junji Fukuda.

Singapore

• A*STAR Institute of Medical Biology.

South Korea

• Catholic University of Korea — various doctors via their dermatology department.
• CHA Bio-Cosmetic Institute — no updates on their news page since 2013.
• Yonsei University — Dr. Kang-Yell Choi.

Taiwan

• National Taiwan University — Dr. Sung-Jan Lin.