Dr. Hiroyuki Kurata is a Professor in the Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics at Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) in Japan, specializing in Synthetic Biology, Bioinformatics, and Systems Biology, using information science to understand complex biological networks, holding a Ph.D. from The University of Tokyo and leading research in computational biology and biomedical innovation. He heads research at Kyutech's Biomedical Informatics Research & Development Center, focusing on developing advanced computational tools, like PredIL13, to analyze genetic data and accelerate discoveries in medicine. 

Research area: Synthetic Biology, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Computational Biology, Biomedical Innovation.

Dr. Md Bahadur Badsha, PhD, is a scientist at Sera Prognostics, Inc., specializing in statistical genomics, bioinformatics, and computational biology. His research focuses on causal inference, machine learning, and network-based analysis of complex biological systems. Dr. Badsha has made significant contributions to single-cell gene expression imputation, Mendelian randomization–based causal network learning, and biomarker discovery for pregnancy-related outcomes, including preeclampsia and preterm birth. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, developed widely used computational tools such as the MRPC R package, and contributed to translational research bridging genomics, systems biology, and clinical prediction.

Research area: Statistical genomics, bioinformatics, causal inference, machine learning, computational biology, biomarker discovery