Dr. Macha Nikolski, director for SMART data management and optimization, is research director at CNRS and head of the Bordeaux Bioinformatics Center (CBiB). Her main research axes are: (i) the analysis of omics data, especially algorithmic issues related to big data, (ii) the integration of biological data through network analysis approaches and, (iii) the development of predictive methods.

Dr. Chloé James is associate professor and hospital practitioner in the hematology laboratory of Bordeaux University Hospital, specialized in hematology and homeostasis. Within Inserm U1034, she leads a prestigious Inserm ATIP-AVENIR (/Bettencourt-Schueller) research team. She is co-inventor of the FR 04 11 480 patent. Her research focuses particularly on mechanisms of thrombosis.

Dr. Philippe Gosse is hospital practitioner in cardiology at Bordeaux University Hospital where he leads the department of cardiology and hypertension, at Saint André University Hospital. He is specialized in echocardiography, left ventricular hypertrophy, ambulatory measure of blood pressure and arterial stiffness.

Prof. Jean-Michel Boiron is professor in clinical hematology, transfusion, at the University Hospital and University of Bordeaux. He is currently affiliated with Inserm U1034, with a particular focus on enhancing exploitation and dissemination of research.

Prof. Laurence Bordenave is professor in biophysics and nuclear medicine and head of the department of nuclear medicine at Bordeaux University hospital. Her research mainly focuses on translational applied research in arterial replacement and bioartificial vascular substitutes in vitro and in vivo, and on proof of concept, technological transfer as well as preclinical and clinical validations

Prof. Guillaume Blin is professor in bioinformatics at Bordeaux University and leads the MABioVis team (Models and Algorithms for Bioinformatics and information visualisation), addressing challenges in bioinformatics and computer science, including data mining and classification, prediction and comparison of networks, comparative genomics.