I could not mention most of the important things nor name colleagues and friends in this paper. Indeed, the authorship of this paper should have 200–300 names at least. I will do my best to acknowledge them here. I would like to recognize the efforts of my friends to nominate me for the Bruce Alberts Award for Excellence in Science Education. Also, I am indebted to my colleagues at ASCB who showed that the ASCB is not an American society but an international one, conferring upon me as a non-U.S. citizen this important award. I would love to name all my IICCBB colleagues. All of you have honored me. I hope that I can use this vote of confidence in me, and the responsibility of carrying, somehow, the name of Bruce Alberts, to catalyze a scientific transformation of the world.
I am in debt to Hannah Sevian and Erin Dolan for their encouragement and help in writing this essay. I also emphasize that I would never be able to implement these courses without my family in Brazil and my U.S. families, the Blooms and the Mercers (in alphabetical order to avoid jealousy!).
