Biographical sketches of authors

Igor Jurisica   Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Division of Cancer Informatics, 610 University Avenue, Room 8-413, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2M9, Canada (electronic mail: ij@uhnres.utoronto.ca). Dr. Jurisica is a scientist at the Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, Division of Cancer Informatics. He holds adjunct professor positions at the Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, and the Department of Computing and Information Science, Queen's University. He also holds a visiting scientist position at the Toronto Laboratory of the Centre for Advanced Studies, IBM Canada. Dr. Jurisica received a Ph.D. degree (1998) and an M.Sc. degree (1993) in computer science from the University of Toronto, and an M.Sc. degree (1991) in electrical engineering from the Slovak Technical University. His research interests include computational biology, case-based reasoning, machine learning, and knowledge discovery.

Patrick Rogers   Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2M9, Canada (electronic mail: progers@alumni.uwaterloo.ca). Mr. Rogers is a research assistant developing case-based reasoning tools for bioinformatics. He received his undergraduate degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of Waterloo in 1998. His interests include object-oriented operating system design, automated user interface design, and computer graphics.

Janice I. Glasgow   Department of Computing and Information Science, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3H2, Canada (electronic mail: janice@cs.queensu.ca). Dr. Glasgow is Professor and Head of the Department of Computing and Information Science. She received her Ph.D. degree in 1983 at the University of Waterloo. Her research interests include computational imagery, molecular scene analysis, computational biology, and case-based reasoning.

Suzanne Fortier   Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada (electronic mail: fortiers@post.queensu.ca). Dr. Fortier is a full professor in both the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Computing and Information Science at Queen's University. She is also vice principal (academic) at Queen's University and vice president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. She received a Ph.D. degree in crystallography in 1976 from McGill University. Her research interests include crystallographic data mining and the development of methodologies for determining protein structure.

Joseph R. Luft   Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI), 73 High Street, Buffalo, New York 14203-1196 (electronic mail: luft@hwi.buffalo.edu). Mr. Luft is a research scientist at HWI and a member of the HWI Scientific Governance Council. He has been at the laboratory since receiving his B.A. degree in chemistry from D'Youville College in 1985. His research interests include the study of basic principles of macromolecular crystallization, development of new crystallization methods, and the application of high throughput technologies, imaging, and computational analysis to this work.

Jennifer R. Wolfley   Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI), 73 High Street, Buffalo, New York 14203-1196 (electronic mail: wolfley@hwi.buffalo.edu). Mrs. Wolfley is a research associate at HWI. She received a B.A. degree in chemistry and a B.S. degree in forensic chemistry from Buffalo State College in 1995. She worked on topical pharmaceuticals and drug delivery as an assistant research scientist at Bristol-Meyers Squibb from 1996 until 1999. She is currently working on high throughput crystallization method development at HWI. Her research interests include method development for macromolecular crystallization and the application of high throughput robotics and imaging to this work.

Melissa A. Bianca   Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI), 73 High Street, Buffalo, New York 14203-1196. Ms. Bianca will graduate from Geneseo College in May of 2001 with a B.S. degree in biology. She has been working at the laboratory as a research apprentice during semester breaks since 1996. She contributed toward the development of high throughput crystallization robotics at the laboratory and has worked on protocol development for the measurement of ancillary data.

Daniel R. Weeks   Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI), 73 High Street, Buffalo, New York 14203-1196. Mr. Weeks graduated from Geneseo College in 2000 with a B.S. degree in biochemistry and is currently earning a doctorate in pharmacology at the University of Buffalo. He worked at the laboratory as a research apprentice during semester breaks from 1998 until 2000. He contributed toward the development of high throughput crystallization robotics at the laboratory with his work on precipitation cocktail solutions.

George T. DeTitta   Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI), 73 High Street, Buffalo, New York 14203-1196 (electronic mail: detitta@hwi.buffalo.edu). Dr. DeTitta currently serves as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Hauptman-Woodward Institute. He joined the staff of HWI in 1970 after earning a B.S. degree in chemistry at Villanova and a joint Ph.D. degree in biochemistry and crystallography from the University of Pittsburgh. During his 30-year tenure at HWI, the topics of Dr. DeTitta's research have included direct methods of structure determination, biotin and prostaglandin structures, crystallographic programming, structural crystallography, and the macromolecular crystallization problem. His current research interests include the study of macromolecular crystallization and the phase problem in X-ray crystallography.