Jim Haber, Brandeis University, USA | Eileen Furlong, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | Vanessa Hayes, J Craig Venter, USA | Jerry Workman, Stowers Institute of Medical Research, USA | Lynne Maquat, University of Rochester, USA | Mohan Balasubramanian, National University of Singapore, Singapore | Joseph Nadeau, Case Western, USA | Tom Mistelli, NIH, USA | Andy Futreal, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, USA | Antoine Peters, FMI, Switzerland | Kevin Struhl, Harvard Medical School, USA | Marjorie Oettinger, Harvard Medical School, USA | Joe Ecker, Salk Institute, USA | Peter Fraser, Babraham Institute, UK | Claire Wade, University of Sydney, Australia | Peter Currie, ARMI, Australia | Sean Grimmond, IMB, Australia | Jill Mesirov, Broad Institute, USA | Bob White, Beatson, UK | Gerd Blobel, Childrens Hospital of Pennsylvania | Phil Hugenholtz, UQ, QLD