1 Rainer Breitling is a Professor of Systems Biology at the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, and an external expert to the European Commission Scientific Committees. rainer.breitling@manchester.ac.uk.
2 Eriko Takano is a Professor of Synthetic Biology and Co-Director of the Manchester Centre for Synthetic Biology of Fine and Speciality Chemicals (SYNBIOCHEM), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, and an external expert to the European Commission Scientific Committees. eriko.takano@manchester.ac.uk.
3 Timothy S. Gardner is Chief Executive Officer of Riffyn, Inc., in Oakland, CA, USA, and an external expert to the European Commission Scientific Committees. tg@riffyn.com.