About ISCBI
The ISCBI membership includes more than 200 stem cell scientists and other experts from stem cell banks, stem cell societies, academia, industry and regulatory bodies, from 23 countries. It is managed by the ISCBI Executive Board.
ISCBI has a Steering Group which advises the ISCBI Executive Board and drives the organisation of annual meetings and workshops. The international Steering Group is comprised of leading experts in stem cell banking and its membership and remit was most recently updated in January 2018 (see below).
The ISCBI is an open community and welcomes new-comers interested in establishing and developing stem cell resources for local, national and international use.
ETHOS
The guiding principles for the development of ISCBI have been
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Diversity:
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To bring together stem cell biobanks supporting diverse applications
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To engage diverse expertise and knowledge: stem cell biobanks, leading stem cell research groups, scientific societies, regulators, industry, funders and policy groups
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Inclusivity:
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Promoting equal access to meetings to all stakeholders and countries
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Assuring that every country has a voice.
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ISCBI Executive Board
Rosario Isasi
University of Miami, USA
ISCBI Steering Group
Mathilde Girard
I-Stem/Yposkesi, Paris, France
Fanyi Zeng
Institute of Zoology-Chinese Academy of Sciences/Jiaotong University-Shanghai, China
Jung-Hyun Kim
KNIH, Osong, Korea
Julia Neubauer
Fraunhofer-IBMT/EBiSC, Sarbrukken, Germany
Minal Patel
Wellcome Trust/Sanger Institute, HipSci, Cambridge, UK
Patricia Pranke
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Stephen Sullivan
GAiT, UK
Terms of Reference:
The Advisory Board works to promote best practice and high quality training opportunities in the use of pluripotent stem cell lines.