Dr. Yount is a molecular biologist with more than 10 years experience investigating cancer. Dr. Yount earned his bachelor's degree from the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at The Pennsylvania State University. He earned his doctoral degree in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. His doctoral work described the regulation of neuropeptide gene expression induced by brain activity. Dr. Yount pursued advanced research training at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) where, working at UCSF's Brain Tumor Research Center, he was awarded two prestigious postdoctoral fellowships from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and from the Robert Steel Foundation for Pediatric Neuro-Oncology. Dr. Yount currently works as a Scientist at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute where he directs a molecular and cellular biology laboratory focused primarily on helping people with brain cancer. He conducts pioneering work funded by private and federal agencies including the NIH and the Department of Defense. Dr. Yount is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research and the Society for Neuroscience. He serves as an expert advisor to numerous medical research organizations including the NIH's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). He is an Affiliate Member of the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center and on the Core faculty of The Institute of Noetic Sciences. Integrating complementary and alternative medicines with conventional treatments for cancer is at the heart of Dr. Yount's laboratory. He has published more than ten scientific articles focused specifically on assessing experimental therapeutics for the deadliest of brain cancers, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Due to his expertise in the field, he serves as a scientific reviewer for a number of peer-reviewed medical journals including: Cancer Research, The International Journal of Radiation Biology, Cell Death and Differentiation, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, The Journal of Scientific Exploration, and The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. He has served in an advisory role for the Duke Clinical Research Institute MANTRA Study Project, the Samueli Institute for Information Biology, Sekai Kyusei Kyo in Japan, the Rosetta Stone Institute and the Counsel for Healing. Building on years of dialogue with a wide spectrum of experts ranging from leaders in oncology to practitioners of complementary medical therapies, Dr. Yount brings a uniquely open, yet critical, mind to the table. As such he has been an invited speaker to diverse professional groups including the Society for Neurosurgery, the Esalen Center for Theory and Research, the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness, the International Conference on Human Functioning, the World Congresses on Qigong, and the Native American Academy. Dr. Yount's longstanding advocacy for applying the most stringent scientific scrutiny to experimental anti-cancer agents is evidenced by his delivering speeches nationally on the topic and co-authoring papers describing research guidelines. Mr. Taft is a scientist with a background in genetics, biochemistry and computer science. He is currently engaged in brain and breast cancer research, and in unraveling the mystery of the possible function and evolutionary significance of so-called "junk" DNA sequences in the human genome (noncodingdna.com). Concerned with exploring the boundaries of scientific thought, he has made a determined effort to examine unsolved problems in unique ways. He has trained at the University of California, San Diego and at the University of California, Davis, where he received his bachelor's degree in Biochemistry. His work has been presented at the 19th International Congress of Genetics in Melbourne, Australia, and published in the prestigious journal Nature Reviews Genetics. As an Advisor to the SETH Group, Mr. Taft inspires a broad vision within the research projects and also anchors the projects to plausible genetic and information theories. Mr. Hall is a scientist, a gardener, and an artist. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a bachelor's degree in Neuroscience and a minor in Chemistry. He studied visual perception by characterizing waveform outputs and analyzing signal propagation data from retinal ganglion cells at the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics. Currently Mr. Hall conducts independent studies into psychoneuroimmunology and bioelectricity. He also works as a private gardener, specializing in hillside erosion prevention, waterfalls, permaculture, and plant well-being. His artwork is inspired by tonkas, and sandpainting from native spiritual communities throughout the world. Mr. Hall brings to the SETH Group a passion for understanding the bioelectric properties of the human body and their relationship to health and healing. Mr. Port is a white water kayaking instructor, teacher, and youth counselor currently based out of Bryson City, North Carolina. He earned is bachelor's degree from Rollins College, Florida where he studied biology with an emphasis on the study of hemoglobin gene expression regulation by harsh saline environments. He is naturalist with experiences including working as a wilderness ranger in Oregon patrolling the Three Sisters National Forest, serving on the Ski Patrol at Wolf Mountain in Park City, Utah, and leading adventure groups in Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica and Chile. Mr. Port has also worked as a counselor in a wilderness rehabilitation program for juvenile delinquents where he focused on the self-actualizing potential of a long exposure to nature. Mr. Port uses the natural river environment in his current job as a kayaking instructor to teach adults life skills which help them reconnect with nature and encourages them to release their fears. Mr. Port brings to the SETH Group the perspective of deep ecology. Mr. Basila is a playwright, scientist, and teacher based in Austin, Texas. He received a master of fine arts degree in playwriting at The University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor's degree with honors in ecology and evolutionary biology at Brown University. He has served in a research capacity at The University of California San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center in San Francisco and at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute. Mr. Basila's plays have been produced in New York City, Providence, Minnesota, Austin, and San Francisco by a wide variety of companies including HERE, Encore Theatre Company, The University of Texas, Production Workshop, Flying Leap Players, and 4 hard gulps. His work, both in and outside of the theatre, is focused on how internal, biological states affect our external lives, how our private needs display our public selves, and how elements of our bodies affect the bodies of others. He is currently occupied with positioning the human animal, in its many states of rapture and disgrace, in direct conflict with its contemporary sophistication. As an Advisor to the SETH Group, Mr. Basila provides perspective on the interconnectedness of seemingly disparate courses of scientific study and their relationship to social, political, and economic climates.