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Stacey Johnson is the editor of Signals and a contributor. For 25 years, Stacey has been providing strategic communications counsel to government, corporate, technology and health organizations. She began her career at the CTV Television Network and then moved to Hill & Knowlton Canada where she advised clients in a variety of industries and sectors. Stacey is the Vice President, Communications and Marketing for CCRM, a leader in developing and commercializing regenerative medicine-based technologies and cell and gene therapies. She has a Master's degree in Public Relations. You can follow her on Twitter @msstaceyerin.

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Right Turn: Making science sexy again

Author: Stacey Johnson, 12/04/15

Justin Trudeau, Canada’s “hot” new prime minister, is getting Canadian scientists all worked up – in a good way. For the first time in nearly ten years, the scientific community has a passionate champion in Ottawa ready to undress – sorry unmuzzle – federal scientists and “bring scientific considerations into all aspects of their decision […]

Right Turn: Cancer campaigns

Author: Stacey Johnson, 11/27/15

To some people, November is now Movember. That is testament to how successful and pervasive this campaign for men’s health – especially prostate cancer – has become. (Blogger Sara Nolte has also chosen to write about prostate cancer during Movember.) Last month the focus was on breast cancer. The month before that, there were a […]

Right Turn: Stem cells in space

Author: Stacey Johnson, 11/13/15

Are you a wannabe astronaut? If you haven’t yet heard the news, NASA is hiring. Think you got the right stuff? The boys from One Direction do and you’ll know this if you have viewed their “NASA” video (over 185 million have clicked!).     Now, apart from enjoying a catchy tune and some eye […]

Right Turn: Genome engineering infographic

Author: Stacey Johnson, 11/06/15

According to the helpful infographic below from Thermo Fisher, genetic engineering has been around since 1831. With the introduction of CRISPR/Cas9 in 2012, genome engineering – or at least CRISPR – seems to be on everyone’s lips. Signals bloggers are no exception. Holly Wobma first wrote about CRISPR in an August 2014 post here, then […]

Right Turn: Boldly going where no one has gone before

Author: Stacey Johnson, 10/30/15

More than 450 people were in Toronto, Canada, this week to attend the 2015 Till & McCulloch Meetings. As you would expect from Canada’s premier stem cell conference, there was great science, interesting debates, multiple awards, talks by industry and lots of valuable networking. I did my best to follow some of the basic science […]