International Society for Biocuration

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International Society for Biocurnation
AbbreviationISB
Formation2008
Type Non-profit organization
Purposepromotes the field of biocuration
Website https://www.biocuration.org/

The International Society for Biocuration (ISB) is a non-profit organisation that promotes the field of biocuration and was founded in early 2009. [1] It provides a forum for information exchange through meetings and workshops. The society's conference, the International Biocuration Conference, has been held in Pacific Grove, California (2005), San José, CA (2007), Berlin (2009), Tokyo, Japan (2010), Washington, DC (2012), Cambridge, UK (2013), Toronto, Canada (2014), Beijing, China (2015), Geneva, Switzerland (2016), Palo Alto, California (2017), Shanghai, China (2018), Cambridge, UK (2019), Padua, Italy (2023), Faridabad, Inda (2024), and Kansas City, USA (2025). [2] The 2020, 2021, and 2022 conferences were held online.

Contents

Database is the official journal of the society and it has published the proceedings of the societies conferences since 2009. [3]

Aims of the society

The aims of the society include: [4]

Executive Committee (EC)

The Executive Committee (EC) is composed of nine (9) elected members, each with a 3 year term. EC members can serve a maximum of two terms. Within the EC, there are positions for Chair, Secretary and Treasurer that are in charge of leading the EC and by extension the membership. Elections for the EC are held on an annual basis. The EC promotes the ISB’s activity to members and non-members, and contributes to the decisions that are taken on behalf of the biocuration community. Additional activities include reviewing microgrant submissions, assisting with organization of the annual Biocuration conference, preparing materials for the ISB election, and maintaining the website.

Biocuration Career Awards

The Biocuration Career Award was an award given between 2016 and 2021 by the International Society for Biocuration for outstanding contributions for the field of biocuration. [5] [6] [7] Since 2022, this award was continued as a Excellence in Biocuration Early Career Award and Excellence in Biocuration Advanced Career Award.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bateman, Alex (2010-04-15). "Curators of the world unite: the International Society of Biocuration". Bioinformatics. 26 (8): 991. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq101 . ISSN   1367-4803.
  2. ↑ "Past Events – International Society for Biocuration". www.biocuration.org. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  3. ↑ Gaudet P, Arighi C, Bastian F, Bateman A, Blake JA, Cherry MJ, D'Eustachio P, Finn R, Giglio M, Hirschman L, Kania R, Klimke W, Martin MJ, Karsch-Mizrachi I, Munoz-Torres M, Natale D, O'Donovan C, Ouellette F, Pruitt KD, Robinson-Rechavi M, Sansone SA, Schofield P, Sutton G, Van Auken K, Vasudevan S, Wu C, Young J, Mazumder R (2012). "Recent advances in biocuration: meeting report from the Fifth International Biocuration Conference". Database (Oxford). 2012: bas036. doi:10.1093/database/bas036. PMC   3483532 . PMID   23110974.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  4. ↑ Gaudet P, Mazumder R (2012). "Biocuration Virtual Issue 2012". Database (Oxford). 2012: bas011. doi:10.1093/database/bas011. PMC   3308167 . PMID   22434845.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  5. ↑ "Biocuration Career Awards | International Society for Biocuration". www.biocuration.org. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  6. ↑ Grant, Rhys (2020-07-06). "Congratulations to Department members on their recent appointments and awards!". www.bioc.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  7. ↑ amycameron (2018-02-09). "Award for OME Data Curator Eleanor Williams". School of Life Sciences. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  8. ↑ "ISB Exceptional Contribution to Biocuration Award | International Society for Biocuration". www.biocuration.org. Retrieved 2023-06-26.

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