Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience (APAN) 2018
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 32-37%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in auditory neuroscience.
Society for Neuroeconomics Annual Meeting 2018
Organizers: Joe Kable, Uma Karmarkar and Ian Krajbich
Sponsors: see here
Total speaker gender ratio: 15 Women : 14 Men (52%)
Invited speaker gender ratio: 4 Women : 3 Men (57%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 37-39%
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in neuroeconomics.
Organizers: Tim Kietzmann, Niko Kriegeskorte
Speaker gender ratio: 2 Women : 4 Men (33%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
Sixth Biennial Conference on Resting State and Brain Connectivity 2018
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 41%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword “brain connectivity” OR “resting state” and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 27 pages of results using our python script.
Pavlovian Society Meeting 2018
Organizer: John Freeman
Sponsors: Iowa Neuroscience Institute, The University of Iowa Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Plexon & Elsevier
Speaker gender ratio: 19 Women : 16 Men (54%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 29%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword pavlovian OR pavlov and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 9 pages of results using our python script.
The 7th Mediterranean Neuroscience Conference
Organizer:Youssef Anouar
Sponsors: see here
Plenary speaker gender ratio: 3 Women : 4 Men (43%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 32%
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in neuroscience.
Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Connectivity
Organizers: Linda Richards, Peter Scheiffele, Kang Shen, Yimin Zou
Sponsors: see here
Invited speaker gender ratio: 7 Women : 11 Men (39%)
Keynote speaker gender ration: 1 Woman : 2 Men (33%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 32%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyphrase “connectivity” AND “neuronal”and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 43 pages of results using our python script.
Advances in Optical Imaging of Living Cells & Organisms: Focus on the Brain
Organizers: Guoqiang Bi, Haruhiko Bito, Arthur Konnerth, Yi Zuo
Sponsors: Novartis, Bruker, Inscopix, Tucsen Photonics
Invited speaker gender ratio: 4 Women : 22 Men (18%)
Keynote speaker gender ration: 1 Woman : 1 Man (50%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 36%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyphrase “optical imaging” AND neuro* and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 4 pages of results using our python script.
Organizer: Marina Wosniack
Speaker gender ratio: 4 Women : 2 Men (67%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
Bernstein 2018 Workshop: Dimensions of Neural Coding, Computation and Communication
Organizers: Andreas Herz, Alon Rubin
Speaker gender ratio: 1 Woman : 5 Men (17%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
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