1. Prof. Oliver Bossdorf, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen. Plant Evolutionary Ecology.
2. Dr. Ruben Garrido-Oter, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne. Integrative Bioinformatics.
3. Prof. Jane Parker, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne. Plant Immunity.
4. Prof. Martin Parniske, LMU Munich. Symbiotic Interactions.
5. Prof. Paul Schulze-Lefert, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne. Microbiota Reconstitution Biology.
6. Prof. Detlef Weigel, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen. Evolutionary Genomics.
7. Prof. Alga Zuccaro, Ecological Genetics of Microbes, University of Cologne. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions.

Prof. Corné Pieterse, University of Utrecht