Mark A. Miller

Mark A. Miller

Principal Investigator, Biology

San Diego Supercomputer Center

La Jolla, CA 92093-0505

Tel: 858-822-0866

Fax: 858-822-0866

Email: mmiller@sdsc.edu

Research Program:
My research effort is called Next Generation Tools for Biology. Its focus is on creating enabling software tools and infrastructure for Biology and Biomedical Applications. I have crafted a program to take advantage of the unique character of the San Diego Supercomputer Center, by initiating projects that combine emerging techniques from computer science and biology research communities with best practices in software development. The goal is to create end-to-end solutions that link educators and scientists to high end data and computational resources without requiring them to know PERL or SQL.

Bibliographic Information:
I received my BS in Biology from Eckerd College in 1976, and my PhD in Biochemistry under Claudia Kent from Purdue in 1984. I came to UCSD for a postdoctoral stint with Joe Kraut, followed by brief visit to the private side at Monsanto/Kelco. I was inspired by the use of technology and robotics proposed for the Joint Center for Structural Genomics, and came to SDSC in 2000 to help with the launch of that venture. I have continued to work with goal of using Information Technologies and software in support of Biological/BioMedical research. Before arriving at SDSC, I sampled from many areas of research, including phospholipid and steroid metabolism, eukayotic cell biology, heme enzyme structure:function relationships, and metabolic engineering. My current goal is to see how easy and flexible we can make access to computational resources, and how Web 2.0 tools can be used to provide that access in the context of a vibrant intellectual community.

Publications:
My publications are listed here.