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Subject: [Obo-phenotype] International Society for Biocuration (ISB) and conference update
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 17:49:00 -0500
From: Petra Fey <pfey at northwestern.edu>
CC: biocurator-society at googlegroups.com
Dear Biocurators, Biocuration PIs and Supporters,
At the 2007 International Biocurator meeting in San Jose, CA, the idea
of forming a professional association for scientists working in the
field of biocuration gained momentum. After the meeting, a planning
group of almost 20 people formed to explore possibilities for realizing
this idea. A recent survey in the biocurator community asking if people
preferred an independent society or just an affiliation with an existing
society gave overwhelming preference to the formation of an independent
society. We are now taking the first steps toward the formation of such
a society, the International Society for Biocuration (ISB). The
International Society for Biocuration will be based in Geneva,
Switzerland, where the UniProt/Swiss-Prot group will provide essential
support.
We are currently in the process of preparing documents and creating the
infrastructure to formally incorporate. We will inform you when
formalization is complete and will then send information about membership.
The goals of the future International Society for Biocuration are
manifold. The formal organization of biocurators will help define the
profession of biocuration and its place within the wider research
community. It will provide a forum for biocurators, interested
developers, researchers, and students to exchange experience and ideas,
which will facilitate the sharing of tools and documentation. To
strengthen stability of funding, the society will contact funding
agencies to promote the importance of this work. The organization will
also build relationships with publishers and establish links between
researchers and databases through journal publishers. Moreover, the
society will maintain a job market forum and organize a regular
international meeting.
The next International Biocurator Meeting is in the planning stage. The
meeting will take place in spring 2009 in Germany. The meeting aims to
invite all biocurators and their colleagues, and thus will be larger
than previous meetings. This meeting will be the first one to be held
under the helm of the International Biocuration Society.
Please forward this message to anyone you think might be interested.
Stay tuned for upcoming information about the International Society for
Biocuration and the International Biocurator Meeting 2009.
Best regards,
Petra Fey on behalf of the Biocuration Society Planning Committee
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