| Jane Lomax | European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) |
| Jo??o C Setubal | Universidade de Sao Paulo Sao Paulo, Brazil Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg |
| Brett M Tyler | Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, USA Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University Corvallis |