Gordon Research Conference: Optogenetic Approaches to Understanding Neural Circuits & Behavior

Organizers: Karl Deisseroth (Chair) and Kay M. Tye (Vice Chair)
Invited speaker gender ratio: 11 Women : 31 Men (27%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 28%

*Method of estimation: we searched NIH RePORTER with text keywords “optogenetics” AND “neural circuits” AND “behavior” and counted the number of women among unique PIs in pages 1,3 & 5 of the 6 pages of results