Jonathan Sebat - University of California San Diego (UCSD) 

Has pioneered the studies of Structural Variation in the human genome. These studies have led to the discovery of widespread copy number variation in the human genome and have served to elucidate the role of rare spontaneous mutations in neuropsychiatric disorders. His ongoing research focuses on the comprehensive characterization of genetic variation in neuropsychiatric disorders by whole genome sequencing.

Nicola Segata - University of Trento

Nicola Segata is a Full Professor and Principal Investigator. His background is in metagenomics, machine learning, microbiome research, and microbial genomics. He started and he is leading the Laboratory of Computational Metagenomics at the Department CIBIO (University of Trento). Works in the fields of human microbiome research and computational biology. His team uses experimental metagenomic tools and novel computational approaches to study the diversity of the human microbiome and its cross-talk with the human body in health and disease.

Aline M. da Silva - University of Sao Paulo

She is a graduate in Pharmacy and PhD in Biochemistry. She was a researcher at the Center for Biotechnology at the Butantan Institute (1987-1990). Since 1991, she has been a faculty member in the Department of Biochemistry at the Institute of Chemistry at the University of São Paulo. Her research area is biochemistry, molecular biology, and genomics of microorganisms. The research group she leads investigates the virulence and adaptation mechanisms of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, which colonizes and causes diseases in various plants such as orange trees, grapevines, and olive trees. In another line of work, they investigate the diversity and dynamics of microbial communities in natural and engineered environments through metagenomic approaches. More recently, the scope of research in their group has been expanded to the discovery of new bacteriophages with potential application in phage therapy and the study of mechanisms involved in phage-bacteria interactions.

Anna Kreshuk - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

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Alexandre Paschoal - Federal University of Technology Parana, Brazil

With a strong background in mathematics and computer science, Alexandre Paschoal is currently an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR) in Brazil. Has an extensive academic history, including a bachelor's degree in Mathematics with Computer Science, specialized degrees in Educational Informatics and Linux Network Administration, a Master's degree in Computational Modeling with a focus on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from the University of São Paulo. He also conducted postdoctoral research in bioinformatics at the University of Leipzig in Germany. Research primarily revolves around machine learning, data mining, data integration, and computational modeling of biological information. He specifically focuses on non-coding RNAs and their role in computational biology, in addition to is the coordinator of the Academic Master's Program in Bioinformatics (PPGBIOINFO) and is associated with various bioinformatics projects and databases.

Alexander Goncearenco - VantAI, Roivant Sciences

With a degree in Computer Science and a PhD in Computational Biology, he has experience in the areas of genomic data analysis, molecular modeling and the development of algorithms for the analysis of complex biological data. From 2013 to 2020, he studied and worked at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)