Per ICGI bylaws, elections for the ICGI overall and Workgroup Co-Chairs will be held biennially.
The 2017 election will be held from JUNE 2nd to JUNE 15th, 2017. If 50% of membership has not voted before the closing, then the election will be extended for another two weeks (JUNE 29th). The tables below show the current ICGI officers (2015-2017). The current Co-Chairs will become Chair and new Co-Chairs will be elected for the 2017-2019 term.
Below is the list of candidates, listed alphabetically by surname within each category (click on name to view statement prepared by each candidate)
Overall Co-Chair Candidates
Todd Campbell
Sukumar Saha
Tianzhen Zhang
Breeding & Applied Genomics Co-Chair Candidates
Brian Ayre
Wangzhen Guo
Iain Wilson
Shuijin Zhu
Comparative Genomics & Bioinformatics Co-Chair Candidates
Amanda Hulse-Kemp
Joshua Udall
Xiyin Wang
Functional Genomics Co-Chair Candidates
Shuangxia Jin
Vasu Kuraparthy
Libo Shan
Baohong Zhang
Germplasm & Genetic Stocks Co-Chair Candidates
Muhammad Tehseen Azhar
Lori Hinze
Andrew Paterson
Structural Genomics Co-Chair Candidates
Peng Chee
Zhongxu Lin
To vote, please Login to your ICGI account, then click on the word 'here' under 'ICGI Election' on the upper-right of your membership page, then cast your vote. If you forget your ICGI username and/or password, you can retrieve your ICGI Membership Profile and reset your password by clicking on the word 'Login' from CottonGen Home (http://www.cottongen.org), then select 'Request new password' and follow the instructions.
ICGI Officers (2015-2017)
Workgroup | Chair | Co-Chair |
ICGI Overall | David Stelly | John Yu |
Breeding and Applied Genomics | Andrew Paterson | Jodi Scheffler |
Comparative Genomics & Bioinformatics | Dorrie Main | Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov |
Functional Genomics | Daniel Peterson | Guoli Song |
Germplasm and Genetic Stocks | Sukumar Saha, Xianlong Zhang | Xiongming Du |
Structural Genomics | David Fang | Wangzhen Guo |
ICGI Officers (2017-2019)
Workgroup | Chair | Co-Chair |
ICGI Overall | John Yu | TBD |
Breeding & Applied Genomics | Jodi Scheffler | TBD |
Comparative Genomics & Bioinformatics | Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov | TBD |
Functional Genomics | Guoli Song | TBD |
Germplasm & Genetic Stocks | Xiongming Du | TBD |
Structural Genomics | Wangzhen Guo | TBD |