Dr Qian An is a Post Doctorate Researcher at the University of Portsmouth, investigating brain tumour cell biology and the genetics of different subgroups of brain tumour.

Professor Colin Kennedy is Professor of Neurology and Paediatrics at the University of Southampton and a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Professor Bill Farrell worked in petrochemicals before taking a PhD in molecular biology at Manchester. He teamed up with clinician Professor Dick Clayton at the University of Keele to study cancers with a perspective on practical solutions.