Chief Scientific Officer Resigns from S.F.-Based State Stem Cell Agency
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| Marie Csete |
The chief scientific officer at California's stem-cell agency has announced that she will step down from her position in a little over a month.
Marie Csete, who had been at the San Francisco-based California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) for slightly more than a year, has so far offered no specific reasons for leaving the agency, which was created to fund stem-cell research through Proposition 71. Csete was highly respected in the medical-science community, and news of her departure has not settled well so far among doctors and researchers.
David Jensen, publisher of the California Stem Cell Report blog, quotes a few researchers who call Csete's decision "regrettable" and "tragic." John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog says Csete's resignation "speaks volumes about CIRM's management... One doesn't walk away from a $310,000 a year job at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) without a very good reason."
Csete departs as CIRM prepares to issue a crucial round of grants for "disease teams" designed to speed stem-cell science toward clinical applications. We quoted Csete in an April cover story on the political ferment and scientific controversy surrounding this effort, which many medical scientists say is premature.
We'll keep you updated as more information becomes available on the circumstances surrounding Csete's decision.
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