Hometown: Cupertino, CA (USA)
Something you're inspired by: Advancements in chronic disease treatments
Favorite Band: Miles Davis Quintet
Favorite Scientist: Peter Attia
A paper that amazes you:  Role of smooth muscle cells in vascular calcification: implications in atherosclerosis and arterial stiffness.
Fantasy benchmate: Lou Bloom
Favorite movie: The Shining
Fun is: Going Outside

Hometown: Sydney, Australia (NSW)
Something you're inspired by: Bill and Melinda Gates (I love their dedication to important humanitarian and scientific endeavors, even though they haven’t started out as trained scientists) 
Favorite band: Equal tie goes to AFI and Alkaline Trio
Favorite scientist: Hans Clevers
A paper that amazes you: "Macrophage-derived Wnt opposes Notch signaling to specify hepatic progenitor cell fate in chronic liver disease"
Fantasy bench mate: Walter White
Favorite movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fun is: Going to see bands play

Hometown: Seattle, WA (USA)
Something you're inspired by: Dedication + Authenticity
Favorite band: Taylor Swift
Favorite scientist: Marie Curie
A paper that amazes you: “MicroRNA-Detargeted Mengovirus for Oncolytic Virotherapy"
Fantasy benchmate: Meredith Grey
Favorite movie: Harry Potter
Fun is: Spending time with family & friends, good coffee or food, traveling & exploring, listening to live music

Hometown: Tampa, FL (USA)
Something you're inspired by: Hard work
Favorite band: Rod Wave
Favorite scientist: Elizabeth Blackwell
A paper that amazes you: “Mental Illness and Compulsory Treatment” by John R. McMillan
Fantasy benchmate: Barack Obama
Favorite movie: Iron Man (2008)
Fun is: Laughing with friends

Hometown: Fujian (China)
Something you're inspired by: Perseverance, risk-taking, and teamwork
Favorite band: Westlife
Favorite scientist: Tu Youyou
A paper that amazes you: Targeting the perivascular niche sensitizes disseminated tumour cells to chemotherapy.
Fantasy benchmate: Kobe Bryant
Favorite movie: The Pursuit of Happyness
Fun is: Playing basketball, hiking, running, hurdling and cooking Chinese Food. 

Hometown: Woodinville, WA (USA)
Something you're inspired by: Integrity
Favorite band: The Black Keys or Arctic Monkeys
Favorite scientist: Tyler Jacks
A paper that amazes you:  Neutrophil swarms require LTB4 and integrins at sites of cell death in vivo
Fantasy benchmate: Pete Carroll    
Favorite movie: Fargo
Fun is: Hiking, camping, and backpacking with my family

Hometown: Woodinville, WA (USA)
Something you're inspired by: Teachers
Favorite band: Muse or Foo Fighters
Favorite scientist: Ralph Steinman
A paper that amazes you: "IFNγ and lymphocytes prevent primary tumour development and shape tumour immunogenicity."
Fantasy benchmate: John Muir
Favorite movie: The Grand Budapest Hotel 
Fun is: Backpacking trips with my wife and brother

Hometown: Austin, MN (USA)
Something you're inspired by: Passion + Hardwork
Favorite band: Vampire Weekend
Favorite scientist: Jennifer Doudna
A paper that amazes you: "Recovery From Repeat Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Adolescent Rats Is Dependent on Pre-injury Activity State"
Fantasy benchmate: Cristina Yang
Favorite movie: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles
Fun is: Running, climbing, snowboarding, (basically any adventuring), good coffee, & spending time with friends and family

Hometown: Limeira (Brazil)
Something you're inspired by: Resilience
Favorite band: Coldplay
Favorite scientist: Marie Curie
A paper that amazes you: "Non-cell-autonomous driving of tumour growth supports sub-clonal heterogeneity"
Fantasy benchmate: Siddhartha Mukherjee
Favorite movie: The Silence of the Lambs
Fun is: Friends & family, traveling, good food, doing something you've never done before

Hometown: Nagoya / Kyoto (Japan)
Something you're inspired by: Curiosity 
Favorite band: Ed Sheeran
Favorite scientist: Hiroaki Wake
A paper that amazes you: Brain tumour cells interconnect to a functional and resistant network. 
Fantasy benchmate: Daisuke Kato
Favorite movie: Spiderman
Fun is: Running, Playing Minecraft with my children

Hometown: Grottaglie, TA (Italy)
Something you're inspired by: good mentors, kindness, empathy, self-growth 
Favorite band: The Script and Negramaro (tied)
Favorite scientist: Gregor Mendel
A paper that amazes you: Maternal-fetal disparity in HLA Class II alloantigens and the pregnancy-induced amelioration of rheumatoid arthritis
Fantasy benchmate: J.D. & Chris Turk (from Scrubs)
Favorite movie: Back to the Future
Fun is: long meals with family and friends, playing tennis, climbing, decorating cakes, travelling