16th Annual Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society Symposium
Invited speaker gender ratio: 3 Women : 5 Men (38%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 33%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword (molecular OR cellular) AND cognition and counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in pages 1, 19, 37, 54 and 71 of 71 results pages. Search originally done in December 2016.
*Method of estimation: Based on previous BWN estimates.
Cell Symposia: Big Questions in Neuroscience 2017
Organizers: Ann Goldstein, Ulli Schridde
Sponsors: see here
Speaker gender ratio (incl. keynote): 8 women: 8 men (50%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 24%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in neuroscience.
Seventh Cold Spring Harbor Conference on Neuronal Circuits
Organizers: Florian Engert, Fritjof Helmchen, Kristin Scott
Speaker gender ratio: 3 women : 10 men (23%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 17-18%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience, specifically the numbers based on attendance at COSYNE (Computational and Systems Neuroscience) 2016.
Does Neuroscience Need Behavior to Understand Brain-Behavior Relationships?
Speaker gender ratio: 0 Women : 4 Men (0%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 24%
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in neuroscience.
Neurophysics of Sensory Navigation: Mechanisms, Models and Biomimetic Applications
Organizers: Matthieu Louis, Dima Rinberg, Julie Simpson, and Massimo Vergassola
Key participant gender ratio: 7 women : 11 men (39%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 24%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword (visual OR olfactory OR thermal OR mechanosensory OR sensory) AND navigation and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 102 results found using our python script.
Organizer: Andrea Santuy
Speaker gender ratio: 4 Women : 4 Men (50%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
41st European Conference on Visual Perception ECVP 2018
Organizers: see here
Plenary speaker gender ratio: 1 woman : 2 men (33%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 32%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword visual perception and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 29 pages using our python script. Search originally performed in February 2017.
Frontiers in Neurophotonics 2017
Organizers: Mario Méthot, Cédric Lopez, Marie-Noëlle Gouineau
Sponsors: see here
Speaker gender ratio: 9 women : 15 men (38%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 27%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword neuro AND (“optical imaging” OR photon OR photometry) and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 21 pages using our python script.
NEI 50th Anniversary Symposium: Vision and the Brain
Sponsors: National Eye Institute, NIH
Speaker gender ratio: 4 women : 5 men (44%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 30%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword vision science and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 54 pages using our python script. Search originally performed in February 2017.
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