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International Scientific Advisory Council

Wilhelm J. Ansorge (Lausanne, CH), Professor and advisor for EPFL and EMBO member with pioneer work in the field of DNA sequencing.

Stylianos E. Antonarakis (Geneva, CH), Professor in the University of Geneva medical schoold, a world renown geneticist with reputation in the field of human molecular genetics. Achievements include work in hemoglobinopathies and autism, being a key figure in the sequencing effort of chromosome 21.

Nancy Cox (Chicago, IL, USA), received her B.S. in biology from the University of Notre Dame, 1978 and her Ph.D. in Human Genetics from Yale University, 1982. She currently serves as Professor and Section Chief, in the section of Genetic Medicine of the University of Chicago Medical School. She is a member of the Computational Institute and a member of the Committees on Genetics, Molecular Medicine and Cancer Biology.

Norman Delanty (Dublin, IRL), psychiatrist working on epilepsy

Paolo Fortina (Philadelphia, PA, USA), Professor at Thomas Jefferson University with long contribution in the field of technology for genetic analysis.

Federico Innocenti (Chicago, IL, USA), Professor at the University of Chicago with involvement in pharmacogenomics of irinotecan treatment, personalized medicine and genome-wide association studies

Panagoula Kollia (Athens, GR), Professor at the University of Athens with research interests pertaining to human genomics

George P. Patrinos (Patras, GR), Professor at the University of Patras and adjunct professor at Erasmus University Medical Center (Rotterdam, the Netherlands), founder of the Golden Helix Symposia, whose research interest involve establishment and evolution of the National Genetic database field, human genomics and pharmacogemonics for oncology, hemoglobinopathies and neuropsychiatric diseases.

Ron van Schaik (Rotterdam, NL), Professor at Erasmus University Medical Center with research interests pertaining to pharmacogenomics of tamoxifen treatment