Today's gender biased meeting-GlycoCom2015-sponsored by @generalelectric @ualberta #YAMMM

Got pointed to this via a Tweet:

@phylogenomics yet another ... http://t.co/lNCJJ6CiLo
— Lewis-X Research (@Lewis_Lab) March 8, 2015

The Tweet pointed to this meeting: Home - Glycomics Official Website of GlycoCom Conference 2015 in Banff, Alberta, Canada.  Lame.  14:1 ratio of men: women speakers.  Just completewly lame.

Confirmed Speakers

• Richard Cummings, Emory University School of Medicine
• Paul DeAngelis, University of Oklahoma and Caisson Biotech LLC
• Donald Jarvis, University of Wyoming and GlycoBac LLC
• Nicole Koropatkin, University of Michigan Medical School
• Mario Feldman, Washington University, St. Louis and VaxAlta Inc.
• Gordon Lauc, University of Zagreb
• Todd Lowary, Alberta Glycomics Centre and University of Alberta
• John Magnani, GlycoMimetics Inc.
• Glenn Prestwich, University of Utah and GlycoMira Therapeutics Inc.
• Peter Seeberger, Max Plank Institute
• Tadashi Suzuki, RIKEN Global Research Cluster
• Ajit Varki, University of California, San Diego
• David Vocadlo, Simon Fraser University and Alectos Therapeutics Inc.
• Michael Wacker, GlycoVaxyn AG
• Robert Woods, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center & Glycosensors & Diagnostics, LLC

The University of Alberta and GE and the other sponsors should be embarassed by this.