The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) committee was formed as an outcome of the workshop held at the Biocuration2019 conference.
Committee goals:
Our aim is to promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion across the Society and the broader community.
Committee Members:
Mary Ann Tuli, GigaScience, HK & OUP, UK (Chair)
Pratibha Gour, PierianDx, New Delhi, India
Rachael Huntley, SciBite, UK
Tiago Lubiana, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Flávia Virginio, Institute/Fundação Butantan, Brazil
Shirin Saverimuttu, SciBite, UK
Yvonne Bradford, University of Oregon, USA
Monica Munoz-Torres, University of Colorado, USA
Alice Crowley, EMBL-EBI, UK (advisor)
Past Committee Members:
Roxanne Yamashita, NIH/NCBI, USA
Sara El-Gebali, EBI, UK
Robin Haw, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Canada
Peter McQuilton, Oxford, UK
Ilene Mizrachi, NCBI, USA
Shashikant Pujar, NIH/NCBI, Bethesda, MD, USA
Lorna Richardson, University of East Anglia, UK
Marc Robinson-Rechavi, Lausanne, CH
Andrew Su, Scripps Research Institute, USA
Sushma Naithani, Oregon State University, USA
Nicole Vasilevsky, Critical Path Institute, USA
Documents, Presentations and Publications:
Documents:
- ISB Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
- ISB Recommendation on Limiting Alcohol During Professional Events
Presentations:
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Workshop. Presentation by Mary Ann Tuli from GigaScience Press at the 1st UK-local Biocuration 2022 conference.
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the EMBL-EBI. Presentation by Alice Crowley from EMBL-EBI at the 1st UK-local Biocuration 2022 conference.
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Biocuration Webinar. Presentation by Nicole Vasilevsky, Rachael Huntley and Moni Munoz-Torres, May 11, 2020. A recording is available here. Brainstorming results are here.
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Workshop. Presentation by Mary Ann Tuli from GigaScience and the ISB Executive Committee at the Biocuration2019 conference.
- Sharing our experiences of driving equality, diversity and inclusion Presentation by Saher Ahmed from Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute at the Biocuration2019 conference.
Select Relevant Publications:
- Improving Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Biocuration. Workshop proposal for Biocuration2020 conference.
- A Report on the Gender Balance at the International Society for Biocuration Annual Conferences. Publication by Rachael Huntley and EDI subcomittee (2019, Nov 13).
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. (2019, May 17). Response to NIH Request for Information: Institutional Accountability to Promote Inclusive Excellence. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2875900 (2019, May)
- Guidelines for ISB conference organizers for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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