About the Authors...
J. Christopher Ellis is a postdoctoral associate at Duke University. Chris earned his Ph.D. in Microbiology at North Carolina State University. While at NC State Chris’s primary research focus was RNA biochemistry with research interests in snoRNAs, RNase P, small ribosomal subunits, and 6S RNA. Following graduate school Chris was awarded an IRTA postdoctoral fellowship at the NIEHS in Research Triangle Park, NC. Chris also has a strong computational biology background that he has used to develop novel scripts for microRNA binding sites, snoRNA database, microbial community research, metagenomic analysis, and molecular biology tools. During the day he spends his time at the bench studying the gut microbiome of infants and in the evenings he is currently developing a computational biology repository called Evolve At Home. If you wish to contact Chris please go to the contact page.
Jim Brown is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator of Microbiology at NC State University. His BS degree is in Biology, from Ball State University (Muncie, IN; Carl Warnes lab, on Beggiatoa), his MS is in Microbiology from Miami University (Oxford, OH; Ron Treick lab, cloning soybean cDNAs), and his PhD is in MCD Biology from The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH; John Reeve lab, mRNA and transcription in Archaea). Jim postdoced with Norm Pace (then at Indiana University; RNase P structure in Bacteria), and joined NCSU as an Assistant Professor in 1994. Research in the Brown lab is focused on RNase P in Archaea and RNA informatics. Dr. Brown teaches Microbial Diversity, a senior-level lecture/lab undergraduate course that views microbial diversity from the phylogenetic perspective. For additional information, see our web site at www.mbio.ncsu.edu/JWB/ or send an email to james_brown@ncsu.edu .
Dr. Daniel D. Brown is a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University in the lab of Dr. Veronica Hinman. He obtained his PhD in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Program for Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, and thereafter worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institute of Environmental Health Science in Research Triangle Park, NC. Primarily a developmental biologist, he has spent time studying the genetics of heart development, neurodevelopment, and is now studying the evolution of developmental gene regulatory networks. Much of his extracurricular time is spent in fossil hunting, digital graphics/animation, writing, and gaming. He is always interested in providing science related graphics or animations such as the snoRNA logo, so if you are in need of service, you may reach him at Daniel.Brown@yahoo.com