Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-9-2022

Publication Title

Database (Oxford)

Keywords

JMG

JAX Source

Database (Oxford) 2022 Apr 9; 2022:baac027

Volume

2022

ISSN

1758-0463

PMID

35486126

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baac027

Abstract

The International Society for Biocuration (ISB) aims to promote the field of biocuration and provide a community forum for information exchange and networking. Over the past 14 years, the ISB has hosted annual international conferences, entirely dedicated to the field of biocuration, that rotate between regions across the world. These meetings bring together biocurators from various roles, including database curators, bioinformaticians, ontology developers and students. Due to the ongoing global pandemic, the 14th Annual ISB Biocuration Conference (ISB2021) was held virtually in the form of four sessions and one workshop over the course of the year. Each of the four virtual sessions included panel discussions covering (i) The Future of Biocuration, (ii) Career paths and projections in Biocuration, (iii) Addressing Implicit or Unconscious Bias: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and (iv) Strategic planning. Here we report on highlights from the virtual conference and share some of the ideas and future goals of the ISB. Database URL:https://www.biocuration.org/14th-annual-biocuration-conference-virtual/.

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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.

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