The missions of the Scientific Advisory Board are to:
- advise the Director and Executive Board on the scientific policy of the Institute and public relations;
- advise the Director and Executive Board on strategic aspects relating to the life cycle of research teams (creation, modification of research orientations, transition, etc.);
- assess the scientific projects conducted by each research team at the Institute.
Previously chaired by Prof. Mina J. Bissell, the Scientific Council is now co-chaired by Prof. Sabine Ehrt and Dr. Eric Solary.

Frederick W. Alt
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA

Mina J. Bissell
Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA, USA

Melanie Blokesch
EPFL
Lausanne, Switzerland

Patrick Couvreur
Institut Galien Paris-Sud
Chatenay-Malabry, France

Sabine Ehrt
Weill Cornell Medical College,
New York, NY, USA

Kathryn Lilley
Department of Biochemistry
University of Cambridge, UK

Rajan Sankaranarayanan
Centre for Cellular
and Molecular Biology
Hyderabad, India

Eric Solary
Institut Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, France

David G. Russell
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, USA