Ken-ichi Arai

Director, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Tokyo; Chairman, International Molecular Biology Network for Asia and the Pacific Rim (A-IMBN); 4-6-1, Shiroganedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108, Japan

Angelo Azzi *

Director, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Berne, Switzerland; Director (till April, 2001), International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Poland; Chairman, UNESCO Global Network for Molecular and Cell Biology (MCBN), Buehlstrasse 28, 3012 Berne, Switzerland

Frank Gannon

Executive Director, European Molecular Biology Organization, Postfach 10 2209, D-69012 Heidelberg, Germany

Willem H. Gispen

Director, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences; Rector, University of Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, P.O. BOX 80040, 3508-TA, The Netherlands

Maurizio Iaccarino

Professor, Istituto Internazionale di Genetica e Biofisica, via Marconi 12, 80125 Napoli, Italy

Sergei G. Inge-Vechtomov

Department of Genetics and Breeding, St. Petersburg State University, University emb. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia

Andrzej Jerzmanowski

Department of Biology, Warsaw University, 5a Pawinskiego St., 02-106 Warsaw, Poland

Leszek Kaczmarek

Chairman, Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 3 Pasteura St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland

Platon G. Kostyuk

Director, A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, 4 Bogomoletz St., 252601 Kiev, Ukraine

Jacek Kuznicki *

Director (from February, 2002), International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Head of Laboratory, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 3 Pasteur St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland

Andrzej B. Legocki

Director, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 12/14 Noskowskiego St., 61-704 Poznan, Poland

Maciej J. Nalecz

Director (till December, 2001), Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences; Chairman (till December, 2001), Polish Network for Molecular and Cell Biology UNESCO/PAN, 3 Pasteura St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland, Present position: Director of Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences, UNESCO, 1, rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France

Nathan Nelson

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

Ryszard Przewlocki

Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 12 Smetna St., 31-343 Cracow, Poland

Sir Marc Richmond

School of Public Policy, University College London Brookhouse 2-16, Tarrington Place, London WC1E 7HN, Great Britain

Wojciech Stec

Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, 112 Sienkiewicza St., 90-363 Lodz, Poland

Jerzy Vetulani

Deputy Director, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 12 Smetna St., 31-343 Cracow, Poland

Michal Witt*

Deputy Director, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw; Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 32 Strzeszynska St., 60-479 Poznan, Poland

Maciej Zylicz *

Head, Department of Molecular Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, 4 Trojdena St., 02-109 Warsaw, Poland; Head, Biology, Earth Sciences and Environmental Protection Commission, State Committee for Scientific Research and member of the State Committee for Scientific Research