The ISCB Student Council is led by an Executive Team made up of a Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, RSG Committee Chair and ISCB Board of Directors Representative, who are elected by the membership body for a one year term.
2020-2021 Leadership Team
Aishwarya Alex, Chair [Linkedin, Twitter] Roche Diagnostics Automation Solutions GmbH in Stuttgart
R. Gonzalo Parra, Vice Chair [Linkedin, Twitter] EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Bart Cuypers, Treasurer [Linkedin, Twitter] University of Antwerp, Belgium Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium
Sayane Shome, RSG committee Chair [Linkedin, Twitter] Iowa State University, USA
Alexander Monzon, Symposium Coordinator [Linkedin, Twitter] Department of Biomedical Sciencies, University of Padua, Italy
Farzana Rahman, ISCB Board of Directors Representative [Linkedin, Twitter] School of Human and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent, UK
2018-2021 Leadership Team
Aishwarya Alex, Chair [Linkedin, Twitter]
Roche Diagnostics Automation Solutions GmbH in Stuttgart
R. Gonzalo Parra, Vice Chair [Linkedin, Twitter]
EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Bart Cuypers, Treasurer [Linkedin, Twitter]
University of Antwerp, Belgium Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium
Sayane Shome, RSG committee Chair [Linkedin, Twitter]
Iowa State University, USA
Alexander Monzon, Symposium Coordinator [Linkedin, Twitter]
Department of Biomedical Sciencies, University of Padua, Italy
Farzana Rahman, ISCB Board of Directors Representative [Linkedin, Twitter]
School of Human and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent, UK
2016-2018 Leadership Team
Farzana Rahman, Chair
Nazeefa Fatima, Vice Chair
Aishwarya Alex, Treasurer
R. Gonzalo Parra, Vice Chair
Sayane Shome, RSG committee Chair
Dan BeBlasio, ISCB Board of Directors Representative
2015-16 Leadership Team
Pieter Meysman, Chair
University of Antwerp, Belgium [LinkedIn]
Alexander Junge, Vice Chair
University of Copenhagen, Denmark [Linkedin]
Jakob Berg Jespersen, Treasurer
Technical University of Denmark [Linkedin]
Farzana Rahman, Secretary
University of South Wales, UK [Linkedin]
Sayane Shome, RSG committee Chair
Iowa State University, USA [LinkedIn]
Darbha Anupama Jigisha, Board of Directors Representative
University of Geneva Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland [Homepage]
2014 Leadership Team
Darbha Anupama Jigisha, Chair
University of Geneva Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland [Homepage]
Umesh Nandal, Vice Chair
Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Homepage]
Esmerelda Vicedo, Treasurer
Technische Universität München, Germany
Farzana Rahman, Secretary (Oct - Dec)
University of South Wales, UK
Tomás Di Domenico, Secretary (Jan - Sep)
University of Cambridge, UK
Chinmay Kumar Dwibedi, RSG-Commitee Chair
Umea University, Sweden [Homepage]
Avinash Kumar Shanmugam, Board of Directors Representative
University of Michigan, USA [Homepage]
2013 Leadership Team
Darbha Anupama Jigisha, Chair
University of Geneva Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switserland [Homepage]
Umesh Nandal, Vice Chair
Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Homepage]
Cynthia Prudence, Treasurer
University of Rhode Island, USA [Homepage]
Margherita Francescatto, Secretary
German Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Tübingen, Germany
Chinmay Kumar Dwibedi, RSG-Commitee Chair
Umea University, Sweden [Homepage]
Avinash Kumar Shanmugam, Board of Directors Representative
University of Michigan, USA [Homepage]
2011-12 Leadership Team
Geoffrey John Macintyre, Chair
University of Melbourne / National Information and Communication Technology Australia (NICTA), Australia [Homepage]
Teresa Szczepińka, Vice Chair
Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland [Homepage]
Darbha Anupama Jigisha, Treasurer
University of Geneva Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switserland [Homepage]
Priscila Grynberg, Secretary
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil [Homepage]
Chinmay Kumar Dwibedi, RSG-Commitee Chair
Umea University, Sweden [Homepage]
Thomas Abeel, Board of Directors
Representative Ghent University, Belgium [Homepage]
2010 Leadership Team
Jeroen de Ridder, Chair
Delft University of Technology / Netherlands Cancer Institute, Netherlands [Homepage]
A.J. Venkatakrishnan, Vice Chair
University of Cambridge / MRC Lab of Molecular Biology, UK [Homepage]
Jayne Hehir-Kwa, Secretary
UMC St Radboud, Netherlands [Homepage]
Avinash K Shanmugam, RSG Committee Chair
University of Michigan, USA [Homepage]
Nils Gehlenborg, Board of Directors
Representative University of Cambridge / European Bioinformatics Institute, UK [Homepage]
2009 Leadership Team
Abhishek Pratap, Chair
Institute for Genome Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, USA [Homepage]
Surya Saha, Vice Chair
Mississippi Genome Exploration Laboratory / Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, USA [Homepage]
Magali Michaut, Secretary
Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Canada [Homepage]
Lucia Peixoto, Board of Directors
Representative Department of Biology / PENN Genomics Institute, University of Pennsylvania, USA [Homepage]
2008 Leadership Team
Nils Gehlenborg, Chair
European Bioinformatics Institute / University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, [Homepage]
Xu Gu, Secretary
Bioinformatics Research Centre, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom [Homepage]
Manuel Corpas, Board of Directors Representative
European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom [Homepage]
No candidates ran for the position of Vice Chair.
2007 Leadership Team
Manuel Corpas, Chair
European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom [Homepage]
Sarath Chandra Janga, Vice Chair
UNAM, Mexico [Homepage]
Milana Frenkel-Morgenstern, Secretary
Weizmann Institute, Israel [Homepage]
Vijaya Parthiban, Board of Directors Representative
Cologne University Bioinformatics Center, Germany [Homepage]
2006 Leadership Team
Vijaya Parthiban, Chair Cologne
University Bioinformatics Center, Germany [Homepage]
Sarath Chandra Janga, Vice Chair
UNAM, Mexico [Homepage]
Mallika Veeramalai, Secretary
Manuel Corpas, Board of Directors Representative
European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom [Homepage]