Carol Lynn Curchoe (born in 1979 in Manchester, Connecticut), formerly Carol George, is an American reproductive biologist specializing in Molecular biology, Cell biology and Biotechnology. Her key contributions to those fields include advances in stem cell culture, epigenetics and reprogramming. She is the former Utah State Science Advisor,[1] President and CEO of 32ATPs,[2] domestic outreach director of We Love GMO's and Vaccines[3] and an author of personal essays and fiction.
As an undergraduate researcher, Curchoe was part of a team that characterized the meat and milk composition of bovine clones[6] that informed the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision about these products for general consumption.[7] Her dissertation research, performed at the University of Connecticut in the Physiology of Reproduction, and completed in three years, was one of the fastest graduate degrees ever earned at that university.[8] That work characterized the reprogramming of imprinted genes, such as IGF2,[9] IGF2R,[10] and H19[11] in cloned livestock.[12][13]
As a Utah Valley University adjunct professor she taught mammalian cloning and biotechnology using project based learning, inverted classrooms, and community building through social media.
In an article for Science Magazine, Curchoe stated "I have worked to pay it forward by acting as a mentor for girls and women in STEM, passing on the advice that has worked for me".[4]
Business career
After finishing her academic research Curchoe entered into business development as an associate at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute where she was part of a team that strengthened translational research by establishing clinical research partnerships with Pfizer, Takeda, and Johnson & Johnson. In 2010 she helped to launch the Office of Collaborative Science[18] at the New York University School of Medicine, which unified 17 disparate fee for service labs. Best practice models for tracking core-contributed publications[19] resulted.
Curchoe founded 32ATPs,[2] a company developing a biological supercapacitor which received an honorable mention at the 14th Annual Utah Innovation Awards in the category Clean Technology and Energy.[20] The project was initially crowd-sourced.[21] The company has applied for a patent for this technology.[22]
Curchoe is known to actively mentor women researchers, staff members and students who are just getting interested in a career in science. She credits the mentorship she received working in the laboratory of Dr. X. Cindy Tian for being able to earn a graduate degree after dropping out of high school.[4] Since relocating to Utah she has been involved with community initiatives such as Latinos in Action, Expanding Your Horizons[23] and Salt Lake Valley Science and Engineering Fair.[24]
Along with CJ Burton, Curchoe is co-founder of EduPaper Products,[25] an online store selling STEM-themed educational products.
Curchoe, CL; Zhang, S; Yang, L; Page, R; Tian, XC (2009). "Hypomethylation trends in the intergenic region of the imprinted IGF2 and H19 genes in cloned cattle". Anim Reprod Sci. 116 (3–4): 213–25. doi:10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.02.008. PMID19282114.
^Curchoe, Carol Lynn; Zhang, Shouquan; Yang, Lan; Page, Raymond; Tian, X. Cindy (2009). "Hypomethylation trends in the intergenic region of the imprinted IGF2 and H19 genes in cloned cattle". Animal Reproduction Science. 116 (3–4): 213–25. doi:10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.02.008. PMID19282114.
