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 Center 
• 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