Dr Charlie Spillane,

Genetics and Biotechnology,

Department of Biochemistry,

Lee Maltings 2.10,

University College Cork (UCC),

Cork, Ireland

Dr Elinor Velasquez,

Department of Computer Science,

San Francisco State University,

San Francisco,

CA, USA

Dr James O. McInerney,

Bioinformatics and Pharmacogenomics Lab,

Department of Biology,

National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Co. Kildare, Ireland

Dr Karl Schmid,

Quantitative Evolutionary Genetics,

Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research,

IPK Gatersleben,

Germany.

Ruth McCole,

Medical and Molecular Genetics

8th Floor Guy's Tower

Guy's Hospital

London Bridge

London

SE1 9RT

Dr Christine Loscher,

Immunomodulation Group,

School of Biotechnology,

Dublin City University,

Glasnevin,

Dublin 9.

Dr Ciaran Fagan,

Biochemistry and Enzymology Lab,

School of Biotechnology,

Dublin City University,

Glasnevin,

Dublin 9.

Dr Brendan O'Connor,

Neurochemistry Lab,

School of Biotechnology,

Dublin City University,

Glasnevin,

Dublin 9.