Symposia on Memory

Organizers: Nicolas Brunel, Sandro Romani & Alex Roxin
Funded by: Simons Foundation, HHMI Janelia Research Campus
Invited speaker gender ratio: 2 Women : 23 Men (8%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 34%

*Method of estimation: Since the website says that “topics include: spatial memory, biophysical models of synaptic plasticity” we searched NIH RePORTER with text keywords “memory” AND (“spatial memory” OR “biophysical models” OR “synaptic plasticity”) and counted the proportion of women among unique PIs on pages 5, 10, 15 & 25 of the 35 pages of results.

International Summer School on Maps in the Brain

Organizers: Charl Linssen and Tansu Celikel
Invited speaker gender ratio: 0 Women : 10 Men (0%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 34%

*Method of estimation: Since the course is advertised as bringing together “the world’s leading scientists in spatial, cognitive and functional maps”, we searched NIH RePORTER with text keywords (“spatial” OR “cognitive” OR “functional”) AND “map” AND (“neuroscience” OR “brain”), and counted the number of women PI’s in pages 6 & 18 of the 24 pages of results

15th Brain Connectivity Workshop

Organizer: Viktor Jirsa
Invited speaker gender ratio: 0 Females : 14 Males (0%)
(Tutorials: 1 Woman : 5 Men (17%) )
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 42%

*Method of estimation: NIH RePORTER with text keywords “brain” AND “connectivity”, count number of women PI’s in first 125 results

Russel De Valois Memorial Lecture Series

Invited speaker gender ratio: 0 Females : 11 Males (0%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field : 27%

*Method of estimation: NIH RePORTER with text keyword “vision science”

Workshop on the Representation of Value and Economic Choice

Organizers: Michael Woodford, Pietro Ortoleva and Mark Dean
Invited speaker gender ratio: 0 Female : 10 Males (0%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field : 22-37%

International Titisee Conference: Building tools for quantifying brain and behaviour

Organizers: Jason Kerr, Loren Looger & Richard Hahnenloser
Invited speaker gender ratio: 2 Females : 37 Males (7%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 20%

*Method of estimation: NIH RePORTER with text keywords (“method development” OR “tool development”) AND “neuroscience”, count number of women PI’s in all 25 unique results

The Neurobiology of Mental Health – a SYNAPSY Conference

Organizers: SYNAPSY EPFL
Invited speaker gender ratio: 2 Females : 24 Males (8%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 35%

*Method of estimation: NIH RePORTER with text keywords “neurobiology” AND “mental health”

Good stress, Bad stress and Very Bad stress

Organizers: Mouna Maroun and Gal Richter-Levin
Invited speaker gender ratio: 15 Females : 28 Males (35%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 64%

*Method of estimation: NIH RePORTER with text keyword “stress” and “PTSD”, count number of female first PIs in first 50 results

Stress, PTSD & Psychiatric Disorders: From Basic Science to Therapeutic Intervention

Organizers: Alon Chen, Orit Furman, Rony Paz, Gal Richter-Levin, and Yavin Shaham
Invited speaker gender ratio: 21 Females : 42 Males (33%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field:64%

*Method of estimation: NIH RePORTER with text keyword “stress” and “PTSD”, count number of female first PIs in first 50 results

*Method of estimation: NIH RePORTER search with text keywords “brain networks” AND “scales”; count number of female first PIs in first 25 results