Professor David Argyle is a graduate of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery from the University of Glasgow. He gained his PhD in Immunology and Oncology from the same Faculty. He has served as a clinical academic for the Universities of Glasgow, Wisconsin-Madison and Edinburgh. He is an RCVS and European recognized specialist in veterinary oncology and his major interests are cancer biology and comparative oncology.
In 2011 he was appointed William Dick chair of Veterinary Clinical Studies and Dean of Veterinary Medicine at The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. In 2022 he was appointed to be Vice Principal and Head of College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts.

Alexandro Rodríguez Rojas, PhD, is a group leader at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in Austria, working within the Clinical Department for Small Animals and Horses. His research includes microbial evolution, antibiotic resistance, and microbiology-driven approaches to biomedical and veterinary questions, supported by close to one hundred peer-reviewed publications and around 3,000 citations. He completed his doctorate in Molecular Biology at the Complutense University of Madrid, where he received the Extraordinary Prize for the best PhD in his field. His early work investigated how stresses such as oxidative exposure, antibiotics, and antimicrobial peptides shape bacterial mutagenesis, persistence, and adaptive responses. He held postdoctoral positions at the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid (2010-2012) and at the Freie Universität Berlin (2013-2021), expanding his focus on evolutionary processes in pathogenic bacteria. In his current role in Vienna, he combines evolutionary microbiology, small-animal medicine, and modern experimental tools, including intestinal organoids and microfluidic platforms, to study disease mechanisms and support advances in companion animal health.