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Plant Genome

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Neuroethics

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Preterm Birth

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Cancer Epigenetics

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Jordi Garcia-Mas

Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)

Jordi Camí

Director of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation and of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB)

Cristina Villanueva

Director of the Water Pollution Research Program at Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL)

Xavier Bosch

Director of the Cancer Epidemiology Research Program at Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO)

Pere Arús

Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Alimentària (IRTA)

Òscar Vilarroya

Research Professor at the Department of Psychiatry at Autonomus University of Barcelona (UAB)

Josep Maria Lailla

Head of Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Sant Joan de Déu Hospital

Xavier Krauel

Head of the Neonatal Care Unit at Sant Joan de Déu Hospital

Núria Casamitjana

Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona (CRESIB) Spain

Ivo Gut

National Center for Genomic Analysis (CNAG)

Roderic Guigó

Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG)

Lluís Torner

Director of the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)

Pedro N. Barri

Research professor and Physician.Institut Universitari Dexeus Barcelona

Anna Veiga

Research professor. Institut Universitari Dexeus Barcelona.

Gilles Mirambeau

Researcher. AIDS and Infectious Diseases. IDIBAPS. Barcelona

Josep Maria Gatell

Research professor. IDIBAPS and HIVACAT Barcelona.

Francesc X. Roca

Research Manager de MuscleTech Network. Leitat Technological Center.

Ferran Sanz

Director of the Research Program of Biomedical Informatics (GRIB) at UPF-IMIM

Mara Dierssen

Neurobehavioral Phenotyping of Mouse Models of Disease Group Leader at Genes and Disease Program at the Centre for Genomic Regulation

Maria V. Sánchez-Vives

Research Professor at August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS)

Lluís Torner

Director The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)

Pere Puigdomènech

Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG)

Manuel Galiñanes

Head of the Dep. of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Vall d'Hebron (Barcelona-Spain)

Manuel Perucho

Institute of Predictive and Personalized Medicine of Cancer (IMPPC)

Marcus Buschbeck

Institute of Predictive and Personalized Medicine of Cancer (IMPPC)

Fulvio Amato

Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC)

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