Kari Alitalo, University of Helsinki

Johannes  Backs, University Hospital Heidelberg

Michael R Bristow, University of Colorado, Denver

Andreas  Busch, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Berlin

Claus Cichutek, Paul-Ehrlich Institut (PEI), Langen

Michele De Luca, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena

Stefanie Dimmeler, Goethe-University Frankfurt

Thomas Eschenhagen, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)

Garret FitzGerald, University of Philadelphia

Wolf-Georg Forssmann, Pharis Biotec GmbH, Hannover

Peter Hegemann, Humboldt University Berlin

Howard Jacob, Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville

Wilhelm Krek, ETH Zurich

Jonathan Lederer, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Elizabeth McNally, Northwestern University Feinberg  School of Medicine, Chicago

Vasilis Ntziachristos, Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Jeremy Pearson, British Heart Foundation, London

Ana  Pombo, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin

Nikolaus Rajewsky, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin

Peter Sander, Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg

Heribert Schunkert, German Heart Centre Munich

Georg Schütte, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Berlin

Oliver  Stegle, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge

Thomas Voit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London

Eckhard Wolf, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)

Salim Yusuf, McMaster University, Hamilton