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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: 3D prosthetics provide a helping hand

Author: Stacey Johnson, 06/12/15

. Anthony Atala MD, of Wake Forest University, is a pioneer in the field of regenerative medicine and recognized for his trailblazing and visionary work in tissue engineering and building printable organs. Signals has somehow missed out on featuring his work, despite acknowledging the efforts of other researchers in printing 3D organs here and here. […]

Right Turn: Making stem cells Crystal clear in TEDx talk

Author: Stacey Johnson, 06/05/15

. Crystal Ruff is a Canadian regenerative neuroscience researcher who appears to have a fondness for stem cells, communicating science and London, England (not necessarily in that order). She studied at the undergraduate level at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, then went overseas to complete her PhD at University College London, then it was back […]

Right Turn: Science is awesome

Author: Stacey Johnson, 05/22/15

. “Science is often flawed” is the first half of the title of an article by Julia Belluz and Steven Hoffman of Vox.com. Lately, it feels like there are lots of articles pointing out that science is flawed and scientists are too. The stem cell and regenerative medicine world is certainly not immune to this […]

Right Turn: Research2Reality

Author: Stacey Johnson, 05/15/15

. It was big science news in Canada this week when Professor Molly Shoichet, the University of Toronto’s senior advisor on science and engineering engagement, launched a $400,000 social media campaign to highlight the work of Canadian scientists in various disciplines. Research2Reality is a public outreach effort that currently features basic research from six Canadian […]

Right Turn: Are you an entrepreneur at heart?

Author: Stacey Johnson, 05/01/15

. So you’ve developed an amazing regenerative medicine device or cell therapy, or you’ve discovered a molecule that you believe could eventually be developed into a drug for awakening stem cells in the body. What’s next? For some scientists, the next step could involve becoming an entrepreneur and launching a company to commercialize your intellectual […]