James Watson, 1962 Nobel Price for Medicine

Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Stanford University, USA

Pier Paolo Di Fiore, IFOM Foundation, The Firc Institute of Molecular Oncology; University of Milan, Italy

J. Craig Venter, J. Craig Venter Institute, USA

Edoardo Boncinelli, University Vita-Salute, Milan, Italy

Guido Barbujani, Department of Biology and Evolution, University of Ferrara, Italy

Chris Bowler, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

Enrica Galli, Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milan, Italy

Michael Bevan, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

Chiara Tonelli, Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milan, Italy

Timothy Hall, Biotechnologies, Agriculture and Food Research Directorate, European Commission

Giulio Cossu, San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Department of Biology, University of Milan, Italy

Oliver Brustle, University of Bonn, Germany

John Harris, Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, School of Law, University of Manchester, UK

Amedeo Santosuosso, Judge Court of Appeal of Milano; University of Pavia, Italy

Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican

Massimiano Bucchi, Department of Sociology of Science, University of Trento, Italy

William Haseltine, Haseltine Foundation for Medical Sciences and the Arts, USA

Veronica van Heyningen, Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Edinburgh, UK

Andrea Ballabio, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine; University of Naples, Italy

Claudio Bordignon, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

George Weinstock, The Genome Center, Washington University, St. Louis, USA

Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, Experimental Oncology Department, European Institute of Oncology; University of Milan, Italy

Umberto Veronesi, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Bruce Ponder, Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, UK

David Livingston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA