The Scientific Advisory Board plays a major role in the process for reviewing and selecting ELIXIR Nodes and provides strategic scientific advice to the ELIXIR Board. The SAB is an independent body, made up of leading experts from around the world. The committee also includes two independent ethics advisors to advise on ethical, legal and social issues related to ELIXIR. The ELIXIR SAB meets twice a year.
What the SAB does
- Reviews applications for new Nodes and makes recommendations to the ELIXIR Board
- Ensures scientific and technical excellence and relevance (including independent quality assurance)
- Identifies and recommends emerging challenges and opportunities, both within and beyond ELIXIR activities (including specific periodic reviews)
- Carries out periodic scientific reviews of ELIXIR Platforms and Communities
- Reports directly to the ELIXIR Board and ELIXIR Director on the results of their scientific reviews of ELIXIR activities
SAB members
- Chair: Dr Doreen Ware
- Vice-Chair: Prof. Philip Bourne
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Prof. Gary Bader | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Prof. Philip Bourne (Vice-Chair) | University of Virginia, USA |
| Prof. Fiona Brinkman | Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| David Glazer | Verily, USA |
| Prof. Melissa Haendel | University of North Carolina, USA |
| Dr Janet Kelso | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany |
| Dr Danielle Kemmer | Novo Nordisk Foundation, Denmark |
| Dr Paul Kersey | Kew Gardens, UK |
| Prof. Bartha Maria Knoppers | McGill University, Canada |
| Dr Eric Meslin | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Dr BF Francis Ouellette | Bioinformatics.ca, Canada |
| Dr Luisa Mesquita Pereira | i3S Association / University of Porto, Portugal |
| Prof. Anna Niarakis | University of Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier / Centre of Integrative Biology, France |
| Dr Augusto Rendon | Genomics England, UK |
| Prof. Fabian Theis | Institute of Computational Biology, Germany |
| Dr Doreen Ware (Chair) | USDA ARS, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA |
| Prof. Detlef Weigel | Max Planck Institute for Biology, Germany |
Members of the SAB at the February 2025 meeting (from left to right): Janet Kelso, Fiona Brinkman, BF Francis Ouellette, Luisa Pereira, Paul Kersey, Eric Meslin, Philip Bourne, Danielle Kemmer, Bartha Knoppers, Augusto Rendon, Doreen Ware