Members from all around the world
Members recognise that finding a solution, which balances the value of open access for researchers with the importance of benefit sharing, including monetary benefits, is essential.
Member commitment
Members commit to the Network’s consensus-based governance policies, and contribute to the Network through their time, expertise and participation in Network organized activities.
Our current members
The strategic direction and substantive elements of the outputs and activities of the Network are driven by the members, all acting in their individual expert capacity. Decisions affecting the Network’s status, mission, and priorities are made by consensus among the group. The Secretariat of the Network provides a supporting coordinating and logistical role carried out by staff from Emerging Ag.
Africa
Francis Osiemo Omesa
Independent Law and Policy Consultant KenyaSally M. Katee
Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH - ILRI) KenyaMonica Mwale
South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) South AfricaMostafa El Fahime
National Center for Scientific and Technical Research MoroccoSonigitu Asibong Ekpe
Cross River State Ministry of Environment NigeriaAbel Teshome Gari
Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (ILRI) EthiopiaCharlie Mabala
The Nature Conservancy, Gabon Program Office GabonChristian Tiambo
Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health, ILRI KenyaDouglas W. Miano
University of Nairobi KenyaHalima Benbouza
University of Batna and National Council of Scientific Research and Technologies AlgeriaHamadi Iddi Boga
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives KenyaJessica da Silva
South African National Biodiversity Institute South AfricaKassahun Tesfaye
Ethiopia Biotechnology Institute EthiopiaKrystal Tolley
South African National Biodiversity Institute South AfricaMahloro Hope Serepa-Dlamini
University of Johannesburg South AfricaMichelle Hamer
South African National Biodiversity Institute South AfricaRachel Wynberg
University of Cape Town South AfricaTamiru Oljira Raga
Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute EthiopiaYemisrach Abebaw
Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute EthiopiaAsia
Seon Lee
Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB) Republic of KoreaTakahide Ishida
National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) JapanYiming Bao
Beijing Institute of Genomics ChinaHanzhi Yu
Zhejiang University ChinaMasanori Arita
National Institute of Genetics JapanDesiree Hautea
University of the Philippines Los Baños PhilippinesEizadora T. Yu
University of the Philippines Diliman PhilippinesK. C. Bansal
National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Global Plant Council IndiaLinda Wong
China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation ChinaMutsuaki Suzuki
National Institute of Genetics JapanNurzatil Sharleeza binti Mat Jalaluddin
University of Malaysia MalaysiaYogesh Shouche
National Center for Microbial Resource IndiaZhou Jinfeng
China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation ChinaEurope
Hanne Nymann
University of Copenhagen DenmarkMariana Ferrari
Institut Pasteur FranceFederica Casolari
University of Aberdeen United KingdomAylin Haas
Leibniz Institute DSMZ GermanyPablo Orozco
Leibniz Institute DSMZ GermanySolenne Correard
Wise Ancestors FranceElisa Vendramin
Research Centre for Olive, Fruit and Citrus Crops (CREA) ItalyRachel Ogidan
Wellcome Sanger Institute United KingdomJens Sundström
Swedish University of Agricultural Science SwedenIgnazio Verde
Research Centre for Olive, Fruit and Citrus Crops (CREA OFA) ItalyIsabel Lopes Noriega
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT SpainSandy Jan Labarosa
Heinrich-Heine Universität GermanyMathieu Rouard
Alliance of Biodiversity International and CIAT, CGIAR FranceBoas Pucker
TU Braunschweig, Institute of Plant Biology & Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS) GermanyDavide Faggionato
Leibniz Institute DSMZ GermanyAdam McCarthy
Manchester Institute of Innovation Research United KingdomDébora Silva Raposo
German Federation for Biological Data (GFBio) GermanyChristine Prat
European Virus Archive FranceIrma Klünker
Humboldt University of Berlin and Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society GermanyAmber H. Scholz
Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH GermanyAndrew L. Hufton
Cell Press GermanyAnne Caroline Deletoille
Institut Pasteur FranceAnn McCartney
Dublin City University United KingdomCamila Mazzoni
Berlin Center for Genomics in Biodiversity Research and Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research GermanyChristopher Lyal
Natural History Museum United KingdomCarolina dos Santos Ribeiro
Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment NetherlandsDavid Nicholson
Wellcome Sanger Institute United KingdomGernot Segelbacher
University of Freiburg GermanyGuy Cochrane
European Molecular Biology Laboratory European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) United KingdomHayley Clissold
Wellcome Sanger Institute United KingdomIbon Cancio
European Marine Biological Resource Centre – Spain (EMBRC-Spain) & University of the Basque Country SpainJens Freitag
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) GermanyJörg Overmann
Leibniz Institute DSMZ & TU Braunschweig GermanyMartine Hossaert-McKey
National Centre for Scientific Research – Institute of Ecology and Environment (CNRS – INEE) FranceMarcel Jaspars
University of Aberdeen United KingdomMelania Muñoz García
Leibniz Institute DSMZ GermanyMichael Halewood
CGIAR Genebank Platform ItalyOle Seberg
Natural History Museum DenmarkRodrigo Sara
One Planet Solutions FranceTatiana Giraud
CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay FranceLatin America
Andrew Crawford
Universidad de los Andes ColombiaGyanpriya Maharaj
University of Guyana GuyanaSarah Jane Hearne
CIMMYT-CGIAR MexicoMarcelo Pelajo Machado
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) BrazilAlejandra Sierra
Mariano Galvez University GuatemalaCarlos Ospina Bravo
Swisscontact ColombiaDarío A. Lijtmaer
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ArgentinaFelipe García Cardona
Institute for Biological Resources Alexander von Humboldt ColombiaGuilherme Oliveira
Instituto Tecnologico Vale (ITV) BrazilManuela da Silva
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) BrazilMaría Mercedes Zambrano
Corporación CorpoGen ColombiaMartha Lucia Cepeda
Universidad Central ColombiaVeronica Viviana Lia
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and Universidad de Buenos Aires ArgentinaNorth America
David Castle
University of Victoria CanadaHiroko Muraki Gottlieb
Harvard University USAFabian Rohden
University of Manitoba CanadaHarris A. Lewin
University of California, Davis and Earth BioGenome Project USAIlene Karsch Mizrachi
US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health USAJohn Kress
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and Earth BioGenome Project USAJonathan Coddington
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History USAOceania
Maria Chuvochina
The University of Queensland AustraliaMichelle Rourke
Griffith University AustraliaRajeev Varshney
Murdoch University AustraliaScarlett Sett
CSIRO Australian Centre for Disease Preparednesss AustraliaBecoming a member
Membership applications are welcome from experts and researchers who work with DSI and are interested in engaging in the policy discussions surrounding DSI use, especially debates around access and benefit sharing.