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Technical Advisory Board

The Technical Advisory Board purpose is to support the Bioconductor mission by

  • Developing strategies to ensure long-term technical suitability of core infrastructure for the Bioconductor mission. Core infrastructure includes: all aspects of package addition, management, and distribution; end-user engagement (e.g., web, support site, and chat); developer support; and development of packages for use by the broader developer community.

  • Identifying and pursuing technical and scientific aspects of funding strategies for long-term viability of Bioconductor.

The Technical Advisory Board governance document (PDF) outlines membership, procedures, and committees and working groups of the board. Governance was formalized in February, 2019.

2025 Elections Are Open!

Nominations for 3-year TAB membership terms are open. Please fill out the following Google Form before August 31, 2025.

Current members

Vince Carey Vince Carey, Brigham & Women’s, Harvard Medical School, USA. Chair
Levi Waldron Levi Waldron, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, NY. Vice-Chair
Charlotte Soneson Charlotte Soneson, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland. Secretary
Henrik Bengtsson Henrik Bengtsson, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Helena Crowell Helena Crowell, National Center of Genomic Analysis, Barcelona, Spain.
Laurent Gatto Laurent Gatto, Institut de Duve, Belgium
Ludwig Geistlinger Ludwig Geistlinger, Center for Computational Biomedicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Kasper Daniel Hansen Kasper Daniel Hansen, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Stephanie Hicks Stephanie Hicks, Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Wolfgang Huber Wolfgang Huber, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
Rafael Irizarry Rafael Irizarry, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA
Lori (Shepherd) Kern Lori (Shepherd) Kern , Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
Michael Lawrence Michael Lawrence, Genentech, USA.
Davide Risso Davide Risso, University of Padova, Italy
Jacques Serizay Jacques Serizay, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Meeting minutes

The Technical Advisory Board meets monthly. Minutes of the last meeting are made available after being approved by the board on the following meeting. The first meeting for which public minutes were maintained was on 2 May, 2019.

Contact

If you would like to contact the Technical Advisory Board please reach out to us on the tech-advisory-board channel on the Bioconductor community chat

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