Rudolf I. Amann Shakuntala Baichoo Benjamin J. Blencowe Peer Bork Mark Borodovsky Cath Brooksbank Patrick S. G. Chain Rita R. Colwell Daniele G. Daffonchio Antoine Danchin Victor De Lorenzo Pieter C. Dorrestein Robert D. Finn Claire M. Fraser Jack A. Gilbert Steven J. Hallam Philip Hugenholtz John P. A. Ioannidis Janet K. Jansson Jihyun F. Kim Hans-Peter Klenk Martin G. Klotz Rob Knight Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis Nikos C. Kyrpides Christopher E. Mason Alice C. McHardy Folker Meyer Christos A/ Ouzounis Aristides A. N. Patrinos Mircea Podar Katherine S. Pollard Jacques Ravel Alejandro Reyes Muñoz Richard J. Roberts Ramon Rosselló-Móra Susanna-Assunta Sansone Patrick D. Schloss Lynn M. Schriml João C. Setubal Rotem Sorek Rick L. Stevens James M. Tiedje Adrian Turjanski Gene W. Tyson David W. Ussery George M. Weinstock Owen White William B. Whitman Ioannis Xenarios