Can you bust lyrics about the cells of the umbilicus?

If you have creative verbal skills matched by a nerdy passion for stem cells, the San Francisco-based California Institute for Regenerative Medicine wants to hear from you. The agency, which is responsible for allocating billions of dollars from bond sales to stem cell research, has put out a worldwide call for poems related to its work. Poems of up to 250 words related to stem cell science can be emailed to stemcellday@cirm.ca.gov before Sept. 14. Authors of the best poems will each receive a framed stem cell image and could see their work published on the CIRM website and in the agency’s annual report