F. Grases, Professor of Laboratory of Urolithiasis Research, University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Prof. Dr. F. Grases graduated from the University of Barcelona in 1975 and received his Ph.D. from the University of Balearic Islands in 1978. He has been Professor and Director of the Laboratory of Urolithiasis Research at the University of Balearic Islands since 1987. His research interests include stone formation in the urinary system and related clinical research. He has published two books, nearly 200 papers and holds 4 patents.

Vucenik, Ivana Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Medical & Research Technology and Pathology, The University of Maryland School of Medicine, 100 S Penn Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-1587 USA

Dr. Ivana Vucenik received her Ph.D., in Immunology and Hematology from the University of Zagreb in 1987 and joined the faculty of the University of Maryland in 1990. She has been working on the anti-tumor, anti-platelet and NK-cell enhancing functions of IP6. She has published many papers in the field.

Per-Olof Berggren, Ph.D. Professor and Head Cell Biology and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Molecular Medicine, The Rolf Luft Center for Diabetes Research, The Endocrine and Diabetes Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Professor Per-Olof Berggren had his basic training in medicine at the University of Umea and Uppsala in Sweden. During 1974-1982 he was a research fellow at the Department of Medical Cell Biology, University of Uppsala. During 1979-1982 he had a doctoral fellowship from the Medical Faculty of Uppsala University. He received his Ph.D. in Medical Cell Biology in 1982 at the University of Uppsala. During 1983-1986 he had a post-doctoral fellowship from the Swedish Medical Research Council. He became Associate Professor in Medical Cell Biology in 1985. During 1986-1990 he was a research assistant in Medical Cell Biology at the University of Uppsala. During 1990-1996 he was a researcher in Clinical Diabetology, the Swedish Medical Research Council and during 1997-01-01 - 06-30 Professor in Cell Physiology, speciality Experimental Diabetes Research, Lund University. From 1997-0701 Professor in Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.