| Lars Pache | Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute |
| John Marlett | Nomis Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
| Lara Manganaro | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Renate K??nig | Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, USA Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Germany German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) |
| Viviana Simon | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Alberto Bosque | University of Utah School of Medicine |
| Ana Fernandez-Sesma | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Frederic D Bushman | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
| John A T Young | Nomis Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
| Vicente Planelles | University of Utah School of Medicine |
| Sumit K Chanda | Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute |