Research Coordination Network
Steering Committee

​Seung Yon Rhee,
PhD

Carnegie Institution for Science

Ken Birnbaum,
​PhD

New York University​

Julia Bailey-Serres,
PhD

University of California, Riverside

Siobhan Brady,
​PhD

University of California, Davis

​David Ehrhardt,
​PhD

Carnegie Institution for Science

Marisa Otegui,
PhD

University of Wisconsin
​

Nicholas Provart,
​PhD

University of Toronto
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2021-2022
Research Coordination Network Committees

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Communications Committee

Committee Lead

Selena Rice,
​PhD

Carnegie Institution for Science

Committee Members

• Kevin Cox (Donald Danforth Center, USA)
• Luigi Di Costanzo (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
• Tie Liu (University of Florida, USA)
• Maria (Maite) Teresa Saura Sanchez (VIB-U Ghent, Belgium)

Computation, Modeling, & AI Committee

Committee Lead

Shao-shan Carol Huang, PhD

New York University

Committee Members

• George Bassel (University of Warwick, UK)
• Stefania Giacomello (SciLifeLab, Sweden)
  
• Cornelia Hooper (University of Western Australia, Australia)
• Dae Kwan Ko (Michigan State University, USA)
• Mao Li (Donald Danforth Center, USA)
• Terri Long (North Carolina State University, USA)
• Kangmei Zhao (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)

Comparative Biology & Evolution Committee

Committee Lead

TBD

TBD

Committee Members

• José Dinneny (Stanford University, USA)
• Andrew Farmer (National Center for Genome Resources, USA)
• Aman Husbands (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
• Lachezar Nikolov (Indiana University, USA)
  
• Gergo Palfalvi (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
• Clay Wright (Virginia Polytechnic University, USA)

Data Management Committee

Committee Lead

Benjamin Cole,
​PhD

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Committee Members

• Rob Davey (Earlham Institute, UK)
• Luigi Di Costanzo (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
• Fabio Gomez Cano (Michigan State University, USA)
• Andrew Farmer (National Center for Genome Resources, USA)
• Maria (Maite) Teresa Saura Sanchez (VIB-U Ghent, Belgium)
  
• Rachel Shahan (Duke University, USA)
  

Data Infrastructure Committee

Committee Lead

Noah Fahlgren,
​PhD

Donald Danforth Center

Committee Members

• George Bassel (University of Warwick, UK)
  
• Alex Borowsky (University of California, Riverside, USA)
  

Imaging Committee

Committee Lead

Kirk Czymmek,
​PhD

Donald Danforth Center

Committee Co-Lead

Michelle Facette,
​PhD

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Committee Members

• Christopher Anderton (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
• Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso (University of Leeds, UK)
• Tessa Burch-Smith (Donald Danforth Center, USA)
• Georgia Drakakaki (University of California, Davis, USA)
  
• David Ehrhardt (Carnegie Institute for Science, USA)
  
• Suryatapa Ghosh (Claremont McKenna College, USA)
• Kun Huang (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA)
• Charlotte Kirchhelle (ENS Lyon, France)
• Heather McFarlane (University of Toronto, Canada)
• Marc Libault (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA)
• Batthula Vijaya Lakshmi Vadde (Cornell University, USA)

Metabolomics Committee

Committee Lead

Christopher Anderton, PhD

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Committee Members

• Amir Ahkami (Pacific Northwest National Lab, USA)
• Sibongile Mafu (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
  
• Toshihiro Obata (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA)

Outreach Committee

Committee Lead

Selena Rice,
​PhD

Carnegie Institution for Science

Committee Members

• Kevin Cox (Donald Danforth Center, USA)
• Margaret Frank (Cornell University, USA)
• Terry Jackson (Jaxsun Enterprises, USA)
  
• Elena Lazarus (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)
• Sam Leiboff (Oregon State University, USA)

Phenomics Committee

Committee Lead

Margaret Frank,
​PhD

Cornell University

Committee Members

• Amir Ahkami (Pacific Northwest National Lab, USA)
• Noah Fahlgren (Donald Danforth Center, USA)
• Mao Li (Donald Danforth Center, USA)
• R. Glen Uhrig (University of Alberta, Canada)
  

Proteomics Committee

Committee Lead

R. Glen Uhrig,
​PhD

University of Alberta​

Committee Members

• Amir Ahkami (Pacific Northwest National Lab, USA)
  
• Devang Mehta (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
  
• Justin Walley (Iowa State University, USA)
• Zhiyong Wang (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)
• Shouling Xu (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)
  

Rubrics Committee

Committee Lead

Ken Birnbaum,
​PhD

New York University​

Committee Members

• Julia Baliey-Serres (University of California, Riverside, USA)
• Jennifer Brophy (Stanford University, USA)
• Benjamin Cole (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• Stefania Giacomello (SciLifeLab, Sweden)
  
• Kaisa Kajala (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
• Lachezar Nikolov (Indiana University, USA)

Single-cell Sequencing Committee

Committee Lead

Marc Libault,
​PhD

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Committee Members

• Benjamin Cole (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• Kevin Cox (Donald Danforth Center, USA)
• Stefania Giacomello (SciLifeLab, Sweden)
  
• Fabio Gomez Cano (Michigan State University, USA)
• Gergo Palfalvi (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
• Rachel Shahan (Duke University, USA)
• Batthula Vijaya Lakshmi Vadde (Cornell University, USA)
• Shouling Xu (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)

Systems & Synthetic Biology Committee

Committee Lead

Jennifer Brophy,
​PhD

Stanford University

Committee Members

• George Bassel (University of Warwick, UK)
• Alex Borowsky (University of California, Riverside, USA)
• Cesar Cuevas-Velazquez (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México)
• Cornelia Hooper (University of Western Australia, Australia)
• Marc Libault (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA)
• Shelley Lumba (University of Toronto, Canada)
• Thelma Madzima (University of Washington Bothell, USA)
  
• Jennifer Mortimer (University of Adelaide, Australia)
• Nicola Patron (Earlham Institute, UK)
• Clay Wright (Virginia Polytechnic University, USA)
• Shouling Xu (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)
  
• Kangmei Zhao (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)
  

Training & Networking Committee

Committee Lead

Sam Leiboff, PhD

Oregon State University

Committee Members

• Luigi Di Costanzo (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
• José Dinneny (Stanford University, USA)
• Georgia Drakakaki (University of California, Davis, USA)
• Suryatapa Ghosh (Claremont McKenna College, USA)
• Elizabeth Haswell (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
• Purva Karia (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)
  
• Thelma Madzima (University of Washington Bothell, USA)
• Jennifer Mortimer (University of Adelaide, Australia)
  
• R. Glen Uhrig (University of Alberta, Canada)