TOSI establishes The Neuro as a leader and living lab for Open Science, with the dual mission of:
- Establishing best practices and developing tools and infrastructure to support Open Science at The Neuro
- Encouraging and supporting other Canadian neuroscience institutions to embrace this new way of doing research
Team
annabel.seyller [at] mcgill.ca (Annabel Seyller)
Chief of Staff, The Neuro
CEO, Tanenbaum Open Science Institute
gabriel.pelletier [at] mcgill.ca (Gabriel Pelletier)
Open Science Data Manager
Interim Open Science Alliance Officer
luisa.pimentel [at] mcgill.ca (Luisa Pimentel)
Open Science Community Officer
Founders Group
Larry Tanenbaum and Heather Munroe-Blum lead the TOSI Founders Group. Together, they work to:
- Promote, support and propel Open Science to accelerate discovery and guide The Neuro’s transformative journey
- Broker, foster and nurture relationships and gather resources to support and advance The Neuro's Open Science mission.
Leaders Council
The TOSI Leaders Council consists of twelve members who:
- Serve as ambassadors in promoting the mission and goals of Open Science
- Advise on issues and opportunities in the fields of science, policy, governance, finance, and human resources
- Evaluate the advancement of this innovative research model.
Members
Naomi Azrieli, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Azrieli Foundation |
Alan Bernstein, President emeritus, CIFAR; Professor emeritus, University of Toronto Distinguished Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto Senior Fellow, Massey College |
Jacques Bougie, Chair of The Neuro Advisory Board (ex-officio member) |
Aled Edwards, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Structural Genomics Consortium |
Rubin Gruber, Entrepreneur and Investor |
Robert Mark Krembil, President, Krembil Foundation |
Frank Litvack, Executive Chairman, Capricor Therapeutics |
Jeff Mallett, Founding President and Chief Operating Officer, Director, Yahoo! |
Lisa McKerracher, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BioAxone |
Heather Munroe-Blum, Chairperson, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; former Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University (2003-2013); TOSI Founder, member ex-officio |
Guy Rouleau (Chair), Director, The Neuro, TOSI Founder, member ex-officio |
Larry Tanenbaum, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kilmer Van Nostrand Co. Limited, TOSI Founder, member ex-officio |
From left to right:
Jeff Mallet, Frank Litvack, Heather Munroe-Blum, Aled Edwards, Robert Mark Krembil, Lisa McKerracher, Rubin Gruber, Larry Tanenbaum, Guy Rouleau
Missing from photo: Naomi Azrieli and Jacques Bougie
Open Science Grassroots Initiatives Committee
The Committee encourages and promotes Open Science grassroots initiatives and research practices at The Neuro and beyond for the advancement of knowledge and clinical care, and the welfare of the community. It aims to:
- Collect and understand what our researchers need to adopt Open Science practices and deliver concrete outcomes in research and education
- Keep our Open Science model at the cutting-edge by providing practical and strategic insights on current open science research worldwide
- Define top priorities for implementation at The Neuro and report to TOSI’s Leaders Council.
Members
jo.stratton [at] mcgill.ca (Jo Anne Stratton) (Co-Chair) |
annabel.seyller [at] mcgill.ca (Annabel Seyller) (TOSI Co-Chair) |
christine.tardif [at] mcgill.ca (Christine Lucas Tardif) |
ed.ruthazer [at] mcgill.ca (Edward Ruthazer) |
roberta.lapiana [at] mcgill.ca (Roberta La Piana) |
jean-baptiste.poline [at] mcgill.ca (Jean-Baptiste Poline) |
thomas.durcan [at] mcgill.ca (Thomas Durcan) |
willemien.miller [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Wimmy Miller (Trainee Representative)) |
Term: 2 years, renewable
Open Science Trainee Council
The Trainee Council is a 20-person committee composed of undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral trainees at McGill University. Operating under the mentorship of the TOSI Grassroots Committee, their mandate is to build and support an Open Science student community to accelerate culture change in research labs and neuroscience education from the ground up, by:
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Organizing Open Science awareness events tailored to the trainee community.
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Providing peer-to-peer support and designing training programs to facilitate Open Science education and the implementation of Open Science practices by trainees.
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Incentivizing research trainees to adopt OS practices by supporting their work in OS through student-led awards.
Members
willemien.miller [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Wimmy Miller (Chair)) |
Christian Ramos Jimenez |
Sophie Hoyer |
Nour Chahine |
Finn Creeggan |
Henry Denny |
Judy Chen |
Cathy Fang |
Grace Yu |
Darby Bohunicky |
Rosalie Gendron |
Niusha Mirhakimi |
Rachel de Barros Oliveira |
Shanny Foo |
Sehrish Javed |
Kayleigh Casmey |
Yanan Liu |
Hannah Derue |
Term: 2 years, renewable