As Bioinformatics Specialist at the Institute I create databases of plant genetic data and create interactive websites to deliver that data to a world-wide audience. Much of my research involves the design and implementation of new methods of visualizing data. The online databases use custom designed mySQL databases and Perl/CGI scripts for the back-end programming and generation of images, and use a combination of CSS and JavaScript for the website design. I also develop strategies for comparing large datasets of sequences (both within and between species), and write software for automating and streamlining the processing of large quantities of sequence data.