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 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