Who are we?
What is the SFBI? | SFBI missions | SFBI actions | SFBI Executive Board | Board elected members | Other active SFBI members
What is the SFBI ?
An association (under the French law of 1901) independent of supervisory bodies, institutes and companies, representing the entire bioinformatics community, whatever the scientific field or laboratory (private or academic) and French-speaking!
Since 2021, SFBI has been a founding, active and associate member of the Collège des Sociétés Savantes Académiques de France (CoSSAF).
SFBI represents the entire bioinformatics community: researchers, students, teacher-researchers, engineers, laboratories and platforms, and covers all disciplinary fields (interface with molecular biology, computer science, maths and statistics, physics).
SFBI missions
- to promote interdisciplinary research in France at the interface between Molecular Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics ;
- to bring together the French-speaking community for scientific meetings and exchanges;
- to promote and encourage the training, participation and integration of young bioinformaticians in particular;
- to contribute to the visibility of bioinformatics.
SFBI actions
- Making job offers available
- Steering the organization of the annual French bioinformatics conference: JOBIM
- Financial assistance for members to attend JOBIM
- Grants for members to attend events
- Financial support for the organization of bioinformatics events
- Creation of a network of bioinformatics training courses in France
- Discussion of careers in bioinformatics
- Dissemination of events (mailing list) and news in coordination with other bioinformatics networks/institutes
- Setting up training courses with the support of the IFB
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SFBI executive board
The SFBI is administered by a board of members elected for a period of 3 years. It is made up of an elected president, one or two elected vice-presidents and a treasurer. Board members work in groups: communication (website, mailing lists, networks, etc.), JOBIM management, prizes and awards, training and careers (REBIF/METBIF), etc.
In order to ensure a smooth transition of functions, the board is renewed every year. As a reminder, only members can vote in the elections, which take place every year in June/July.
Elected current board members
Présidente : Anna-Sophie Fiston-Lavier
Vice-Présidentes : Elodie Darbo & Sandra Dérozier
Trésorier : Cyril Noël
Other active SFBI members
In addition to the elected members of the Board, who lead, manage and decide on SFBI's activities on a collegial basis and in working groups, other members of the community participate in SFBI's activities on a voluntary or professional basis. Below are the active members of the community and their responsibilities:
Web site
SFBI Volunteers
- Laurent Mouchard - mailing list
- Alexandra Louis - mailing list
- Enora Geslain - communication
- Riwan Brillet - communication
Expert comittee (former elected members)
- Morgane Thomas-Chollier
- Sarah Djebali
- Guy Perriere
- Hélène Chiapello
- Laurent Mouchard
- Stéphane Téletchéa
- Céline Brochier
- Marie Chabbert
- Virginie Bernard
- Éric Rival
- Sophie Schbath