International Scientific Collaboration Committee

The International Scientific Collaboration Committee (ISCC) has been established as a cost-effective mechanism for coordination and communication among the project's most active, well-funded participants. It represents the principal mechanism for making critical decision about the research direction of the iBOL Project. The ISCC meets annually to assist and advise the Scientific Director in achieving project objectives.

ISCC members are individuals who are actively involved in DNA barcoding projects and have received major funding. They demonstrate a strong commitment to the iBOL data release policy and are involved in the coordination of barcoding projects at an institutional or national level. Membership is restricted to individuals from nations or organizations which have committed at least $250,000 to DNA barcoding research linked to iBOL.

Founding Members

ARGENTINA
Pablo Tubaro
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales
Buenos Aires

BRAZIL
Cláudio Oliveira
Biosciences Institute, Universidade Estadual Paulista,
São Paulo

CANADA
Paul Hebert
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario
University of Guelph, Ontario

CHINA
De-Zhu Li
Kunming Institute of Botany,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming

COSTA RICA
Daniel Janzen
Area de Conservación Guanacaste,
Guanacaste, Costa Rica

COSTA RICA
Winnie Hallwachs
Area de Conservación Guanacaste,
Guanacaste, Costa Rica

FINLAND
Marko Mutanen
Department of Biology,
University of Oulu, Oulu

GERMANY
Axel Hausmann
Zoological State Collection,
Munich

MEXICO
Manuel Elias-Gutierrez
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur,
Chetumal

NORWAY
Torbjorn Ekrem
NTNU Museum of Natural History & Archeology,
Trondheim

NORWAY
Elizabeth Stur
NTNU Museum of Natural History & Archeology,
Trondheim

SOUTH AFRICA
Michelle van der Bank
Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology
University of Johannesburg

SWITZERLAND
Jan Pawlowski
Department of Genetics and Evolution,
University of Geneva, Geneva

UNITED KINGDOM
Peter Hollingsworth
Royal Botanic Garden,
Edinburgh, Scotland

UNITED STATES
Scott Miller
National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC