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Student Contributions
Several students contributed to research for the Computational Cell Biology text book. Their contributions are listed here:
Mona Aoude: Mona worked on the Sequence Alignment and Databases and Cell Cycle Dynamics chapters.

Alisa Chalmer: Alisa worked on the Sequence Alignment and Database and Cell Cycle Dynamics chapters. Alisa's major is Biological Anthropology and she is expected to graduate in May of 2005. Her interests include human evolution, Japanese language and music. Alisa's research focused on sequence comparisons using the BLAST program.

" My overall experience with Dr. Holmes was excellent. Since the
research was a lot of the time unguided and because Dr. Holmes was at the same
time learning the material, there was a lot of room for discussion rather than
a one-way flow of information. Coupled with independant research, I was able
to develop my own research methods and come to my own conclusions before
discussion. This experience really helped to refine my personal research
skills and as a result, I was better able to communicate my findings to
others. Also, since none of us were experts on the topics to begin with, our
understanding of the material was really built upon understanding eachother's
work."
James Diamond: James worked on the Glycolysis Models chapter.
Amy Hymes: Amy worked on the Glycolysis Models chapter.
Jina Kim: Jina worked on the Calcium Dynamics chapter. Specifically, Jina focused on calcium waves in cells.
Andrea Matthews: Andrea worked on the Calcium Dynamics chapter. She is a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and graduated in May of 2004. Andrea's scientific interests include knowledge representation and drug development. She describes her experience working on the book as an "excellent opportunity to find out how biochemical pathways can be represented with different computer-based modeling tools as well as the complex problem of representing states, concentrations and flux
in cells."
Andrew Nocon: Andrew worked on the Calcium Dynamics chapter.
Maryam Quereshi: Maryam worked on the Glycolysis Models, Sequence Alignments and Databases, and Cell Cycle Dynamics chapters.
Aya Takaku: Aya worked on the Glycolysis Models chapter.
Geetu Tuteja: Geetu worked on the Glycolysis Models chapter.