Alexander Auch, ZBIT, Algorithms in Bioinformatics, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen

Thomas Denk, Senior Curator, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Palaeobotany, Stockholm

Markus Göker, DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany

Vera Hemleben, ZMBP, General Genetics, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen

Martin Langer, Institute of Palaeontology, University of Bonn

Susanne Renner, Chair of Systematic Botany, LMU, Munich

Alexandros Stamatakis, Department of Computer Science/ I 12, TU Munich, Munich