The R2K consortium assemble a group of researchers from all over the world with a wide set of expertise ranging from different field of biology including amongst other ecologists , taxonomists , molecular biologists, physiologist or bioinformaticians.

We are always welcoming new members who want to contribute to this effort.

Steering committee

Michael D. Wilson 
Chair
SickKids/U. Toronto
Canada
Paul Flicek
Jackson laboratory
US
Jingtao Lilue  
R2k founder
Oujiang Laboratory
China
John Mulley 
Bangor University
UK
David Thybert 
R2k founder
University of East Anglia
UK
Beth Dumont 
Jackson Laboratory
US
Ashley Seifert 
University of Kentucky
US
Michael Nachman 
UC Berkeley
US
Daniel Hart 
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Molly McDonough 
Chicago Field Museum
US

Sample committee

Molly McDonough 
Chicago Field Museum
US
Chair
Ashley Seifert
University of Kentucky
US
Co-chair
Violaine Nicolas
MNHN Paris
France
Michael Nachman
UC Berkeley
US
Adam Ferguson
Chicago Field Museum
US

Nathan Upham
Arizona State University
US

Sequencing & Assembly committee

Dustin Sokolowski 
OICR
Canada
Chair
Jared Simpson
OICR
Canada

Jingtao Lilue
Oujiang Laboratory
China

Daniel Hart
University of Pretoria
South Africa

Annotation & Analysis committee

Dustin Sokolowski
OICR
Canada
Leanne Haggerty
EMBL - EBI
UK
Beth Dumont
Jackson Laboratory
US
David Thybert
University of East Anglia
UK
Jose M. G. Perez-Silva
EMBL-EBI
UK
Zoe Clarke
University of Toronto
Canada

All Members

  • Ashley Seifert – University of Kentucky – US
  • David Thybert – University of East Anglia – UK
  • Paul Flicek – Jackson Laboratory – US
  • John Mulley – Bangor University – UK
  • Michael Wilson – SickKids Hospital, Toronto ON Canada
  • Beth Dumont – Jackson Laboratory – US
  • Michael Nachman – UC Berkeley – US
  • Jingtao Lilue – Oujiang Laboratory – China
  • Molly McDonough – Chicago Field Museum – US
  • Adam Ferguson – Chicago Field Museum – US
  • Steve Goodman – Chicago Field Museum – US/Madagascar
  • Violaine Nicolas – MNHN Paris – France
  • Leanne Haggerty – EMBL-EBI – UK
  • Dustin Sokolowski – Ontario Institute for Cancer Research – Canada
  • Kevin Rowe – Museums Victoria – Australia
  • Frederic Veyrunes – Université de Montpelier – France
  • Jared Simpson – Ontario Institute for Cancer Research – Canada
  • Fergal Martin – EMBL-EBI – UK
  • Jitender Jit Singh Cheema – EMBL-EBI – UK
  • Pierre-Henri Fabre – Université de Montpelier – France
  • Peter Holland – University of Oxford – UK
  • Stuart Baird – Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic – Czech Republic
  • Daniel Hart – University of Pretoria – South Africa
  • Nigel Bennett – University of Pretoria – South Africa
  • Noga Kronsfeld-Schor – Tel-Aviv University – Israel
  • Thomas Keane – EMBL-EBI – UK
  • John Muturi Kimani – University of Nairobi – Kenya
  • Ashlee Rowe – University of Oklahoma – US
  • Deyan Ge – Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences – China
  • Jose M. G. Perez-Silva – EMBL-EBI – UK
  • Jeronymo Dalapicolla – University Federal of Paraíba – Brazil
  • Mark Blaxter – The Wellcome Sanger Institute – UK
  • Kerstin Howe – The Wellcome Sanger Institute – UK
  • Jessica Thomas Thorpe- The Wellcome Sanger Institute – UK
  • Charlotte Wright – The Wellcome Sanger Institute – UK
  • Wenjian Meng – Oujiang Laboratory – China
  • Guoliang Li – Jiangxi Agricultural University – China
  • Zoe Clarke – University of Toronto – Canada
  • Cadia Chan – Hospital for Sick Children – Canada
  • Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht – University of Vermont – US
  • Anne Kwitek – Medical College of Wisconsin – US
  • Elise Lauterbur – University of Vermont – US
  • Máire Ní Leathlobhair – Trinity College Dublin – Ireland
  • Jennifer Leonard – Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC – Spain
  • Pascal Malkemper – Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar – Germany
  • Claudio Slamovits – Dalhousie University – Canada
  • Tingbei Bo – Beijing Forestry University – China