The course will meet twice a week. Guest lecturers from The Jackson Laboratory, the University of Maine, and the University of Southern Maine will provide expertise in topic areas covered in the course.

Keith W. Hutchison:
University of Maine, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
Hitchner Hall, Rm. 275, keithh@maine.edu, 581-2827
Research Interests: gene expression under environmental stress, gene activation in development

Sharon Crook:
University of Maine, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Neville Hall, 323, crook@math.umaine.edu, 581-3919
Research Interests: mathematical biology, differential equations, dynamical systems

Carol Bult:
The Jackson Laboratory, Associate Staff Scientist
cjb@informatics.jax.org, 288-6324
Research Interests: information systems for the integration of large volumes of heterogeneous data, data mining, visualization of complex biological patterns

Sylvia Nittel:
University of Maine, Assistant Professor, Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering
Boardman Hall, Rm. 334, nittel@spatial.maine.edu, 581-3681
Research Interests: database systems, distributed systems, heterogeneous systems, and mobile, sensor-based computing

Joel Graber:
The Jackson Laboratory, Associate Staff Scientist
jhgraber@jax.org, 288-6782
Research Interests: bioinformatics, developmental biology, mRNA processing, gene regulation

Martin Ringwald:
The Jackson Laboratory, Associate Staff Scientist
ringwald@informatics.jax.org, 288-6436
Research Interests: bioinformatics, gene expression databases

Elizabeth Allman:
University of Southern Maine, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statisitcs
eallman@usm.maine.edu, 780-4930
Research Interests: phylogenetic tree construction, biomathematics, division algebras, Galois theory

Haptom Ressom:
University of Maine, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Barrows Hall, Rm. 206, ressom@eece.maine.edu, 288-2231
Research Interests: application of intelligent systems for classification, dynamic system modeling, virtual sensing, process control

Tim O'Brien:
The Jackson Laboratory, Associate Staff Scientist
tpo@jax.org, 288-6267
Research Interests: genetic control of development, mouse development

Ray Fort:
University of Maine, Professor, Department of Chemistry
rcfort@maine.edu, 581-1180
Research Interests: molecular modeling of organic and biological molecules; chemistry of lignin and cellulose

Bob Franzosa:
University of Maine, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Neville Hall, 417, franzosa@math.umaine.edu, 581-3916
Research Interests: dynamical systems, applied topology, mathematics education