Stem Cell Education Portal Acknowledgements
Thanks to the following people, whose insights and dedication to communicating science made the Stem Cell Curriculum and Education Portal possible:
California High School Teachers
- Kathy Keeran - Unit 1
- Lonnie Simonson - Unit 1
- Betty Jensen - Unit 2
- Darci Kimball - Unit 3
- Alexi Weirich - Unit 4
- Glenn Wolkenfeld - Unit 5
- George Cachianes - CIRM-hosted project
- Julie Reis - CIRM-hosted project
Contributors, Reviewers, and Advisors
- Melanie Prasol, Ph.D. - advisor and research summaries
- Christian Mirescu, Ph.D. - advisor
- Alexandra Race - Unit 2 background
- Daniela Kaufer, Ph.D. - advisor
- Mark LaBarge, Ph.D. - advisor/contributor
- Doug Brownfield - reviewer/contributor
- Candice Tahimic, Ph.D. - reviewer/editor
- Sanjay Kumar, Ph.D. - reviewer
- Ariella Coler-Reilly - graphics/animations
- Paul Cassar - advisor/contributor
- Charis Thompson, Ph.D. - advisor
- Cole Peters - contributor
- Devi Santhosh - contributor
- Keiko Duncan - contributor
- Roxana Dhada - contributor
- Andrew Barchas - editor
- Karen Barchas - editor
- Lonnie Simonson - revision manager
- Nathan Zuzow - editor, head of revision team
- Tianzan Zhou - revision team
- Elizaveta Bashkirova - revision team
- Mihika Sathe - revision team
- Oliver Carlson - revision team
- Sandra Muroy - revision team
CIRM Staff
- Don Gibbons
- Amy Adams
- Todd Dubnicoff
- Cynthia Schaffer
Stem Cell Education Outreach Program Staff
- Nathan Zuzow - UC Berkeley
- Alexandra Race - UC Berkeley
- Maddie Graber - Stanford
- Tayo Fakunle, Ph.D. - Scripps Research Institute
Organizations
- Northwest Association for Biomedical Research
- ConnectEd California
- BioBridge
- Student Society for Stem Cell Research
- Berkeley Stem Cell CenterĀ
- Genetics Policy Institute
- National Association of Biology Teachers
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
Created by Laurel Barchas, who generated the educational materials, website content and outreach model
Disease Programs
Learn about how CIRM-fundedĀ stem cell research could generate treatments for many chronic diseases and injuries.