Ivo G. Gut is Director of the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG) based in Barcelona, one of the largest genome sequencing centres in Europe. He is principal investigator of the ongoing EU-funded projects LUCIA, Beyond 1 Million Genomes, 3TR, BCLL@las, SCREEN4CARE, IMMUcan, and participates in large international projects and consortia such as the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC), the International Human Epigenome Consortium (IHEC), the International Rare Disease Research Consortium (IRDiRC) and the Human Cell Atlas (HCA).He is author of more than 520 research papers (H-index >125), 11 reviews and 12 book chapters, cited over 75 000 times, inventor of 26 patents or patent applications, founder of 4 biotech start-ups, and serves on numerous international advisory boards.