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