Who we are

The Gene Ontology Consortium is a large, international group of scientists in the disciplines of biology and computer science.

GOC meeting in Berkeley, 2019

Principal Investigators

Paul Thomas, University of Southern California
Paul Thomas,
University of Southern California
Paul Sternberg, Caltech Paul Sternberg,
Caltech
Chris Mungall, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Christopher Mungall,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
J. Michael Cherry, Stanford University J. Michael Cherry,
Stanford University

Project leads

Pascale Gaudet, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Pascale Gaudet,
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Overall Project Management
Ontology development
Data Quality
Seth Carbon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Seth Carbon,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Architecture
Kimberly van Auken, Caltech Kimberly van Auken,
Caltech
Annotation
Huaiyu Mi, University of Southern California Huaiyu Mi,
University of Southern California
Phylogenetic Annotation
Suzi Aleksander, Stanford University Suzi Aleksander,
Stanford University
User Support

GO Council

Leaders of key contributing resources.

Founders

Michael Ashburner, image By PLoS - PLoS, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4155078 Michael Ashburner Judith Blake Judith Blake Suzanna Lewis Suzanna Lewis

Current GO contributors

Giulia Antonazzo Ghislaine Argoud-Puy Cecilia Arighi Helen Attrill Andrea Auchincloss
Kristian Axelsen Erica Bakker Richard Baldarelli James P. Balhoff Siddhartha Basu
B. Bely Tanya Berardini Marie-Claude Blatter C. Bonilla Emmanuel Boutet
Yvonne Bradford Lionel Breuza R. Britto Cristina Casals Juancarlos Chan
H.Y. Chang J. Cho Karen Christie E. Cibrian-Uhalte Lori Corbani
Elisabeth Coudert N. Del-Toro Jeff De Pons Alex Diehl Robert J. Dodson
Mary E. Dolan Harold Drabkin Paula Duek-Roggli Corina Duenas M.J. Duesbury
Melinda R Dwinell Dustin Ebert Stacia Engel Anne Estreicher Antonio Fabregat
Kathleen Falls Livia Famiglietti David Fashena Marc Feuermann Petra Fey
Matt Gage Sibyl Gao Phani Garapati Michelle Giglio Benjamin Good
Josh L. Goodman Arnaud Gos Chris Grove Nadine Gruaz-Gumowski Midori Harris
Nomi L. Harris M.C. Harrison E. Hartline E. Hatton-Ellis G. Thomas Hayman
Ursula Hinz A. Holmes Doug Howe Siyao Huang Xiaosong Huang
Chantal Hulo H. Hye-A-Bye Alexandr Ignatchenko T.E.M. Jones Florence Jungo
Mary Kaldunski Kalpana Karra Ingrid Keseler M. Koch Kati Laiho
Colin Logie Stanley J.F Laulederkind Raymond Lee Philippe Lemercier Damien Lieberherr
Antonia Lock A. MacDougall Michele Magrane Marios Makris Steven J. Marygold
Patrick Masson Lisa Matthews Bruce May Birgit H.M. Meldal J. Mendel
Gillian H. Millburn Alexander L. Mitchell Stuart R. Miyasato Lisa Moore Sierra Moxon
Hans-Michael Muller Anushya Muruganujan Tremayne Mushayahama S. Nadendla Rob Nash
Darren A. Natale Li Ni Ivo Pedruzzi Livia Perfetto Christian Pich
Klemens Pichler D. Poggioli Pablo Porras S. Poudel Federica Quaglia
D. Raciti Sridhar Ramachandran Jolene Ramsey N.D. Rawlings Leonore Reiser
Catherine Rivoire Curtis Ross Kim Rutherford Leyla Ruzicka Edoardo Salladini
A. Sangrador-Vegas Gil dos Santos Kevin Schaper Matt Simison Amy Singer
Dmitry Sitnikov E. Speretta Victor B. Strelets Shabari Subramaniam S. Sundaram
Christopher J. Tabone R. Tauber Jim Thurmond Silvio Tosatto V. Trovisco
Marek Tutaj N. Tyagi Ceri Van Slyke Mahima Vedi Shur-Jen Wang
K. Warner Shuai Weng Edith D. Wong Cathy Wu Z. Xie
Qianhan Xu L.-S. Yeh R. Zaru Pinglei Zhou  

GO contributors emeriti

Vanessa Acquaah Saadullah H. Ahmad Laurent-Philippe Albou Debbie Alexander Hadil Alrohaif
Igor Antoshechkin Joanna Argasinska Praoparn Asanitthong Rama Balakrishnan Carol Bastiani
Gail Binkley Elizabeth R. Bolton Lydie Bougueleret S. Bromberg Diana Luna Buitrago
Stephanie Bunt Heather Butler Jessica Buxton Evelyn Camon Nancy H. Campbell
Michael Caudy C.F. Chen Hao Chen Russell Collins Tom Conlin
Maria Costanzo Melanie Courtot David Croft Isabelle Cusin John Day-Richter
Bernard deBono Aubrey de Grey N. delaCruz Janos Demeter Alex Deng
Paul Denny Heiko Dietze Kara Dolinski James Done Qing Dong
Eric Douglass Aisling Doyle Kate Dreher Rachel Drysdale Barbara L. Dunn
Nathan Dunn Selina Dwight Anne Eagle David B. Emmert Meltem Erdol
Ruihua Fang Silvie Fexova Helen Field Dianna Fisk Hartmut Foerster
C. Foote Rebecca Foulger M. Fraser P. Gane Margarita Garcia-Hernandez
Penelope Garmiri William Gelbart George Georghiou Marc Gillespie Felix Gondwe
Gopal Gopinath G. Gopinatu Heather Gunn Melissa Haendel G. Harris
Kerstin Hausmann Robin Haw Jill Hemish Henning Hermjakob B. Hickman
Jodi Hirschman Ben Hitz Eurie Hong Jim Hu A. Hughes
Rachael P. Huntley Katica Ilic Amelia Ireland Howard J Jacob Josh Jaffery
Bijay Jassal P. Jayaraman Geeta Joshi-Tope Steve Jupe Eric Just
Mohamed A Kadhum James Kadin Patrick Kalita Peter Karp A. S. Karthikeyan
Andrew Kasarskis Guillaume Keller Paul Kersey Varsha Khodiyar Ranjana Kishore
Maximilian Koch Florian Korninger G. Kowalski Barbara Kramarz Cynthia Kreiger
Sandra A. LaBonte Mark Lambrecht Gabriel Lander Ed Lee Paul Leyland
Donghui Li Kan Yan Chloe Li Qian Li Yuling Li W. Liu
Paul Lloyd Jane Lomax Miao Long P. Long Tim Lowry
J. Lu Yves Lussier Kevin A. MacPherson Shahana Mahajan Prita Mani
Ryan Martin J. Mathis Mark McDowall Brenley K. McIntosh Sheldon McKay
Pete McQuilton Terry Meehan Anna Melidoni Aleksandra Michalak Klaus Mitchell
Nick Moseyko Lukas Mueller Bob Muller Suparna Mundodi Monica C. Munoz-Torres
Nelson Ndegwa N. Nenasheva Elizabeth Nickerson Rajni Nigam Patrick C. Ng
G. Nuka Claire O’Donovan Gavin O’Kelly Stephen G. Oliver Marija Orlic-Milacic
David Osumi-Sutherland Rose Oughtred Holly Paddock Julie Park D. Pasko
Kelley Paskov Sejal Patel Angeline Pesala Victoria Petri Karen Pilcher-Kestin
Sandra M. Pinheiro Laura Ponting S. Potter Sagar Poudel Armalya Pritazahra
H. Ramachandran Fiona Ratnaraj Jack H. Rawson D.S. Reilly Daniel P. Renfro
Alix J. Rey Sue Rhee Joel Richardson Lorna Richardson Shannon Roberts
Milagros Rodríguez-López Tai Roe Bernt Roechert Paola Roncaglia Anthony Rogers
Karen Rothfels Greg Rowe Barbara Ruef V. Ruotti Shirin C.C. Saverimuttu
Tony Sawford Kevin Schaper Carl Schmidt Esther Schmidt Michel Schneider
Andy Schroeder Ruth Seal Eric Segerdell K. Seiler Anand Sethuraman
Veronica Shamovsky Xiang Shao Travis K. Sheppard Mary Shimoyama Jennifer R Smith
Solomon Shorser Ajay Shrivatsav VP Alice Shypitsyna Konstantinos Sidiropoulos Marek S. Skrzypek
Barry Smith J.R. Smith Heeyeon Song Judy Sprague Brock Sprunger
Eleanor Stanley Raymond Stefancsik Andre Stutz Renzhi Su Laurie-Issel Tarver
Chandra Theesfeld Katherine Thurlow Christophe Tissier Michael Tognolli Sabrina Toro
Susan Tweedie Simon Twigger Zara Umrao Imre Vastrik Andrey Vetushko
W. Wang Marissa Webber Joel Weiser Mark Williams Jim Withee
Guanming Wu Ioannis Xenarios Chihiro Yamada Jungwon Yoon S.Y. Young
Christina Yung Florent Yvon Peifen Zhang Brandon Zoeckler