tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post4598975263883513136..comments2024-03-28T00:36:36.460-07:00Comments on The Tree of Life: Kudos to the DOE-JGI for organizing a genomics meeting w/ a good gender ratio - no kudos to BGI - yet again. Jonathan Eisenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-54621360054299196582014-02-06T11:03:06.520-08:002014-02-06T11:03:06.520-08:00Speaking as a female genomics researcher, I have a...Speaking as a female genomics researcher, I have attended recent meetings as the sole female speaker. I appreciate you blogging on a very important topic of gender disparity. Talking about it and raising awareness is the first step towards action.Lisa Steinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-89044660671362854132014-01-28T09:43:26.026-08:002014-01-28T09:43:26.026-08:00Thanks for drawing attention to this! I have had s...Thanks for drawing attention to this! I have had some "interesting" experiences working with a consortium that is partly steered by someone at BGI. I got the impression that there is a very rigid hierarchy in place that is not a reflection of merit (seems consistent with the conference speaker issue you describe). Needless to say, this did not benefit the science. Not recognizing when you are out of your depth is a tad problematic! Some also seemed disgruntled about how credit was given.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-13632022966986951582014-01-27T23:43:36.991-08:002014-01-27T23:43:36.991-08:00So - on the one hand - I would be interested in he...So - on the one hand - I would be interested in hearing more about possible anti-east-Asian bias in biology and academia. I know nothing about it. Bias against women - both implicit and explicit - is well documented and I am simply pointing out (putative) additional cases here. But on the other hand, your "four of your brother's friends" makes me think you are not really interested in an actual discussion of anything. And anyway - which four are my brother's friends? My guess is he knows all of them. But I don't know. Jonathan Eisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-81775697162083092152014-01-27T20:55:22.249-08:002014-01-27T20:55:22.249-08:00I get it - you think PLOS is evil and will look fo...I get it - you think PLOS is evil and will look for anything to support that belief. But you lost me here.Jonathan Eisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-65895079192370403912014-01-27T20:12:54.222-08:002014-01-27T20:12:54.222-08:00and speaking of moral superiority and other things...and speaking of moral superiority and other things, can you explain why your PLoS empire could only find a CEO from the worst of the worst subprime bank?<br /><br />http://svpow.com/2013/01/25/is-it-immoral-to-hide-your-research-behind-a-paywall/<br /><br />"PLoS is a well-managed journal that brought open-access to the biological community. On the other hand, PLoS CEO worked for seven years at a high position of Golden West bank, which later merged with failed bank Wachovia. Those seven years happen to be 2000-2007, the biggest period of subprime business.<br /><br />If you do not know anything about Golden West, it and IndyMac were the worst of the worst in subprime lending, and had very big roles in wrecking the US economy. Both bank failed, and had to be bailed out and merged with other big banks to hide their losses and unethical lending.<br /><br />Most of you scientists do not have research funds, because the US and UK governments bailed out bankers in 2008 and then decided to cut down research funding to ‘reduce deficit’. If you scientists want to be ignorant about the outside world and their impact on science budget, that is fine. If you consider those factors, you will come to the conclusion that it is equally immoral to publish with PLOS, unless they come clean about the role of their CEO in Golden West’s business."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-5436817197854089562014-01-27T20:05:42.213-08:002014-01-27T20:05:42.213-08:00Jonathan, Your hypocrisy sees no bound. Surely you...Jonathan, Your hypocrisy sees no bound. Surely you did not see anything wrong in the racist policies of biorxiv in not including no east Asian, and four of your brother's friends. Instead of lecturing BGI, you should buy a mirror first.<br /><br />http://www.homolog.us/blogs/blog/2014/01/27/vindicated-victory-nature-eisen-brothers-pick-new-enemy-bgi/<br /><br /> - homolog.usAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-15224526063914621442014-01-27T19:47:55.014-08:002014-01-27T19:47:55.014-08:00Look at the full lineup for that meeting http://ww...Look at the full lineup for that meeting http://www.icg-americas.org/ICG-Americas_2013_Conference_Program.pdf not many women Jonathan Eisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-42345345716974959732014-01-27T19:40:05.377-08:002014-01-27T19:40:05.377-08:00You missed ICG Americas 2013 (which had 2 female k...You missed ICG Americas 2013 (which had 2 female keynotes): http://www.icg-americas.org/PROGRAM.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-53156187632709568612014-01-27T08:26:46.522-08:002014-01-27T08:26:46.522-08:00I appreciate you pointing out the lack of women re...I appreciate you pointing out the lack of women representation at many genomics conferences. The gender imbalance for participants of the Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA) in another one that I find particularly egregious http://giga.nova.edu/index.php/community/steering-committee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com