Committees and Working Groups

The ICGC is a confederation of members that share the common goals and principles described in the policies and guidelines document and have agreed to work in a coordinated and collaborative manner within a defined structure. The members of the committees and working groups will help to provide clarity to the ICGC structure as it moves forward.

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ICGC Executive Committee (EXEC)
37 MembersBack to Top
Permanent
Thomas Hudson
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), Canada
Warwick Anderson
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia
Cindy Bell
Genome Canada, Canada
Susan Langlois
Prostate Cancer Canada (PCC), Canada
Youyong Lu
Chinese Cancer Genome Consortium (CCGC), China
Henry Yang
Chinese Cancer Genome Consortium (CCGC), China
Iiro Eerola
European Commission FP7, Finland
Patrik Kolar
European Commission FP7, Finland
Fabien Calvo
Institut National du Cancer (INCa), France
Axel Aretz
DLR Project Management Agency, Germany
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
Karin Effertz
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
Gerd Nettekoven
German Cancer Aid (DKH), Germany
Laura Planko
German Cancer Aid (DKH), Germany
M.K. Bhan
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, India
T.S. Rao
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, India
Maria Cristina Falvella
Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), Italy
Giampaolo Tortora
University of Verona, Italy
Tatsuhiro Shibata
National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan
Hideo Eno
National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Japan
Sachiko Suematsu
National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Japan
Rie Tsuchida
National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Japan
Sonoko Watanabe
RIKEN, Japan
Miguel Betancourt
Instituto Carlos Slim de la Salud, Mexico
Sultan T. Al-Sedairy
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Saudi Arabia
Hyung-Lae Kim
National Center for Cancer Genomics, National Project for Personalized Genomic Medicine, South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare, South Korea
Elias Campo
Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN), Spain
Nic Jones
Cancer Research UK (CRUK), United Kingdom
David Scott
Cancer Research UK (CRUK), United Kingdom
Michael Dunn
The Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
Mike Stratton
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, United Kingdom
Kenna Shaw
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), United States
Barbara Wold
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), United States
Eric Green
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), United States
Mark Guyer
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), United States
Brad Ozenberger
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), United States
Jane Peterson
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), United States
Observer
Joseph Lee
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China
International Scientific Steering Committee (ISSC)
75 MembersBack to Top
Thomas Hudson Canada
Warwick Anderson Australia
Sean Grimmond Australia
Cindy Bell Canada
Robert Bristow Canada
Vincent Ferretti Canada
Bartha Knoppers Canada
Susan Langlois Canada
David Malkin Canada
Marco Marra Canada
John McPherson Canada
Lincoln Stein Canada
Michael Taylor Canada
Brett Whitty Canada
Joseph Lee China
Youyong Lu China
Henry Yang China
Iiro Eerola Finland
Patrik Kolar Finland
Fabien Calvo France
Mark Lathrop France
Gilles Thomas France
Axel Aretz Germany
Karin Effertz Germany
Frank Laplace Germany
Peter Lichter Germany
Gerd Nettekoven Germany
Laura Planko Germany
Reiner Siebert Germany
Holger Sültmann Germany
M.K. Bhan India
Partha Majumder India
T.S. Rao India
Rajiv Sarin India
Maria Cristina Falvella Italy
Aldo Scarpa Italy
Giampaolo Tortora Italy
Hiroyuki Aburatani Japan
Hideo Eno Japan
Kazuto Kato Japan
Hidewaki Nakagawa Japan
Tatsuhiro Shibata Japan
Sachiko Suematsu Japan
Rie Tsuchida Japan
Sonoko Watanabe Japan
Teruhiko Yoshida Japan
Miguel Betancourt Mexico
Jorge Melendez Zajgla Mexico
Marc van de Vijver Netherlands
Sultan T. Al-Sedairy Saudi Arabia
Khawla Al-Kuraya Saudi Arabia
Hyung-Lae Kim South Korea
Gu Kong South Korea
Elias Campo Spain
Colin Cooper United Kingdom
Michael Dunn United Kingdom
Rosalind Eeles United Kingdom
Rebecca Fitzgerald United Kingdom
Andy Futreal United Kingdom
Nic Jones United Kingdom
Karen Kennedy United Kingdom
David Scott United Kingdom
Mike Stratton United Kingdom
Simon Tavare United Kingdom
Lynda Chin United States
Todd Golub United States
Eric Green United States
Mark Guyer United States
Neil Hayes United States
Brad Ozenberger United States
Jane Peterson United States
Kenna Shaw United States
Paul Spellman United States
Richard Wilson United States
Barbara Wold United States
Ethics and Policy Committee
19 MembersBack to Top
Bartha Knoppers Canada
Nikolajs Zeps Australia
Yann Joly Canada
Treasa McPherson Canada
Francis Ouellette Canada
Susan Wallace Canada
Anne Cambon-Thomsen France
Rajiv Sarin India
Kazuto Kato Japan
Pilar Nicolás Spain
Carlos Romeo-Casabona Spain
Martin Bobrow United Kingdom
Stephanie Dyke United Kingdom
Karen Kennedy United Kingdom
Sarah Thomas United Kingdom
Lynn Dressler United States
Laura Lyman Rodriguez United States
Kenna Shaw United States
Georgia Wiesner United States
Tissue and Clinical Annotation Working Group
21 MembersBack to Top
Peter Lichter Germany
Andrew Biankin Australia
Amber Johns Australia
Thomas Hudson Canada
Christian Chabannon France
Bruno Clément France
Françoise Degos France
Michael Hummel Germany
Rajiv Sarin India
Aldo Scarpa Italy
Hidewaki Nakagawa Japan
Tatsuhiro Shibata Japan
Marc van de Vijver Netherlands
Enrique de Alava Spain
Miguel Angel Piris Spain
Patricia Harnden United Kingdom
Lynda Chin United States
Martin Ferguson United States
Julie Gastier-Foster United States
Neil Hayes United States
Robert Penny United States
Technologies Working Group
35 MembersBack to Top
Andy Futreal United Kingdom
David Bowtell Australia
Sean Grimmond Australia
Martin Hirst Canada
Marco Marra Canada
John McPherson Canada
Xueda Hu China
Ruiqiang Li China
Geng Tian China
Hong Xue China
Liu Yang China
Xiuqing Zhang China
Marie Thérèse Bihoreau France
Jorg Tost France
Michael Hummel Germany
Hans Lehrach Germany
Partha Majumder India
Hiroyuki Aburatani Japan
Hidewaki Nakagawa Japan
Tatsuhiro Shibata Japan
Henk Stunnenberg Netherlands
Alexander Mazur Russia
Yijun Ruan Singapore
Xose Puente Spain
Mónica Bayés Spain
Xavier Estivill Spain
Ivo Gut Spain
Esther Lizano Spain
Carlos López-Otín Spain
Peter Campbell United Kingdom
Zemin Ning United Kingdom
Mike Stratton United Kingdom
Harold Swerdlow United Kingdom
Daniela Gerhard United States
Richard Wilson United States
Bioinformatics Analyses Working Group
58 MembersBack to Top
Paul Spellman United States
David Bowtell Australia
Lynn Fink Australia
Sean Grimmond Australia
John Pearson Australia
Terry Speed Australia
Gary Bader Canada
Paul Boutros Canada
Pablo Hennings-Yeomans Canada
Steven Jones Canada
Lakshmi Muthuswamy Canada
Francis Ouellette Canada
Lincoln Stein Canada
Anton Valouev Canada
Guanming Wu Canada
Zhibo Gao China
Guangwu Guo China
Zhao Lin China
Haojing Shao China
Yue Shen China
Mario Foglio France
Victor Renault France
Benedikt Brors Germany
Jürgen Eils Germany
Chris Lawerenz Germany
Henning Stehr Germany
Qi Wang Germany
Marc Zapatka Germany
Tatsuhiro Shibata Japan
Yasushi Totoki Japan
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda Japan
Xose Puente Spain
Roderic Guigó Spain
Simon Heath Spain
Nuria López-Bigas Spain
Victor Quesada Spain
Alfonso Valencia Spain
Ewan Birney United Kingdom
Alvis Brazma United Kingdom
Peter Campbell United Kingdom
Paul Flicek United Kingdom
Tim Hubbard United Kingdom
Ville Mustonen United Kingdom
Nick Shannon United Kingdom
Jon Teague United Kingdom
Li Ding United States
Greg Eley United States
Adam Ewing United States
Daniela Gerhard United States
Gad Getz United States
David Haussler United States
Katherine Hoadley United States
Ben Raphael United States
Chris Sander United States
Heidi Sofia United States
Josh Stuart United States
David Wheeler United States
Liming Yang United States
Data Coordination and Management Working Group
28 MembersBack to Top
Lincoln Stein Canada
Lynn Fink Australia
Conrad Leonard Australia
John Pearson Australia
Guillaume Bourque Canada
Vincent Ferretti Canada
Yann Joly Canada
Steven Jones Canada
Francis Ouellette Canada
Brett Whitty Canada
Mingyu Yang China
Mark Lathrop France
Vincent Le Texier France
Gilles Thomas France
Emmanuel Tubacher France
Teruhiko Yoshida Japan
Juris Viksna Latvia
Nikolay Chekanov Russia
Josep Ll. Gelpí Spain
Nuria López-Bigas Spain
Modesto Orozco Spain
Christian Perez-Llamas Spain
David Pisano Spain
Adam Butler United Kingdom
Ugis Sarkans United Kingdom
Jon Teague United Kingdom
Heidi Sofia United States
Paul Spellman United States
Data Release, Data Tiers and Publications Working Group
11 MembersBack to Top
Karen Kennedy United Kingdom
Thomas Hudson Canada
John McPherson Canada
Stephanie Dyke United Kingdom
Andy Futreal United Kingdom
Myles Axton United States
Chris Gunter United States
Mark Guyer United States
Linda Miller United States
Brad Ozenberger United States
Kenna Shaw United States
Array Based Data Protection Policy Subgroup
1 MembersBack to Top
Paul Spellman United States
Common Sample Subgroup
4 MembersBack to Top
Mike Stratton United Kingdom
John McPherson Canada
Gilles Thomas France
Peter Lichter Germany
Epigenomic Profiling Subgroup
8 MembersBack to Top
Henk Stunnenberg Netherlands
Nizar Batada Canada
Thomas Hudson Canada
Hiroyuki Aburatani Japan
Ivo Gut Spain
Stephan Beck United Kingdom
Alexander Meissner United States
John Stamatoyannopoulos United States
Expression Subgroup
19 MembersBack to Top
Katherine Hoadley United States
David Bowtell Australia
Lynn Fink Australia
Sean Grimmond Australia
Karin Kassahn Australia
John Pearson Australia
Martin Hirst Canada
John McPherson Canada
Francis Ouellette Canada
Naïra Naouar France
Xavier Estivill Spain
David Gonzalez Spain
Simon Heath Spain
Pedro Jares Spain
Tim Hubbard United Kingdom
Misha Kapushesky United Kingdom
Adam Shlien United Kingdom
Li Ding United States
Paul Spellman United States
Genome Coordinates Subgroup
1 MembersBack to Top
Steven Jones Canada
Structural Polymorphisms Subgroup
11 MembersBack to Top
Jon Teague United Kingdom
Stephen Scherer Canada
Junjun Zhang Canada
Johan den Dunnen Netherlands
Peter Taschner Netherlands
Anthony Brookes United Kingdom
Peter Campbell United Kingdom
Paul Flicek United Kingdom
Matthew Hurles United Kingdom
Stephen Sherry United States
Tam Sneddon United States
Genome Aberrations Subgroup
50 MembersBack to Top
Peter Campbell United Kingdom
Gad Getz United States
Ben Raphael United States
David Bowtell Australia
Lynn Fink Australia
Karin Kassahn Australia
John Pearson Australia
Terry Speed Australia
Tim Beck Canada
Paul Boutros Canada
Pablo Hennings-Yeomans Canada
Carson Holt Canada
Steven Jones Canada
Chenyi Liu Canada
John McPherson Canada
Lakshmi Muthuswamy Canada
Zhibo Gao China
Guangwu Guo China
Zhao Lin China
Haojing Shao China
Yue Shen China
Jinyan Huang France
Benedikt Brors Germany
Jan Korbel Germany
Tobias Rausch Germany
Henning Stehr Germany
Qi Wang Germany
Marc Zapatka Germany
Tatsuhiro Shibata Japan
Yasushi Totoki Japan
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda Japan
Xose Puente Spain
Silvia Bea Spain
Xavier Estivill Spain
Ivo Gut Spain
Simon Heath Spain
Paul Edwards United Kingdom
John Marshall United Kingdom
Nick Shannon United Kingdom
Henrik Bengtsson United States
Ken Chen United States
Li Ding United States
Daniela Gerhard United States
Gabor Marth United States
Adam Olshen United States
Peter Park United States
Zack Sanborn United States
Paul Spellman United States
David Wheeler United States
Daniel Zerbino United States
Exome Subgroup
3 MembersBack to Top
Tim Hubbard United Kingdom
Ewan Birney United Kingdom
Richard Gibbs United States
Mutation Consequences and Pathways Subgroup
45 MembersBack to Top
Lincoln Stein Canada
Nuria López-Bigas Spain
David Bowtell Australia
Lynn Fink Australia
John Pearson Australia
Gary Bader Canada
Paul Boutros Canada
Lakshmi Muthuswamy Canada
Francis Ouellette Canada
Guanming Wu Canada
Zhibo Gao China
Pau Creixell Denmark
Rune Linding Denmark
Mario Foglio France
Jorg Hager France
Victor Renault France
Jérémy Semhoun France
Benedikt Brors Germany
Natalie Jäger Germany
Henning Stehr Germany
Qi Wang Germany
Marc Zapatka Germany
Tatsuhiro Shibata Japan
Abel Gonzalez-Perez Spain
Victor Quesada Spain
Alfonso Valencia Spain
Adam Butler United Kingdom
Serge Dronov United Kingdom
Paul Flicek United Kingdom
Ville Mustonen United Kingdom
Graham Ritchie United Kingdom
Johan Rung United Kingdom
Nick Shannon United Kingdom
Yevgeniy Antipin United States
Hannah Carter United States
Li Ding United States
Steffen Durinck United States
Rachel Karchin United States
Debora Marks United States
Ben Raphael United States
Boris Reva United States
Chris Sander United States
Paul Spellman United States
Josh Stuart United States
David Wheeler United States
Libraries Subgroup
6 MembersBack to Top
Andy Futreal United Kingdom
John McPherson Canada
Hiroyuki Aburatani Japan
Xavier Estivill Spain
Ivo Gut Spain
Zemin Ning United Kingdom
Transcriptomics Subgroup
6 MembersBack to Top
Sean Grimmond Australia
Lynn Fink Australia
John Pearson Australia
Martin Hirst Canada
John McPherson Canada
Peter Campbell United Kingdom
Verification/Validation Subgroup
28 MembersBack to Top
Ivo Gut Spain
David Bowtell Australia
Nic Waddell Australia
Samuel Aparicio Canada
Martin Hirst Canada
Thomas Hudson Canada
John McPherson Canada
Brett Whitty Canada
Xueda Hu China
Jorg Hager France
Gilles Thomas France
Emmanuel Tubacher France
Jessica Zucman-Rossi France
David Jones Germany
Peter Lichter Germany
Julia Richter Germany
Holger Sültmann Germany
Arindam Maitra India
Aldo Scarpa Italy
Hidewaki Nakagawa Japan
Xose Puente Spain
Peter Campbell United Kingdom
Andy Futreal United Kingdom
Nick Shannon United Kingdom
Daniela Gerhard United States
Richard Gibbs United States
Paul Spellman United States
Lisa Trevino United States
International Data Access Committee (IDAC)
10 MembersBack to Top
Donald Chalmers Australia
Yann Joly Canada
Bartha Knoppers Canada
Anne Cambon-Thomsen France
Teruhiko Yoshida Japan
Terry Kaan Singapore
Pilar Nicolás Spain
Martin Bobrow United Kingdom
Karen Kennedy United Kingdom
Laura Lyman Rodriguez United States