We are also actively recruiting junior faculty in the areas of developmental genetics and proteomics. Mei Zhen, a C. elegans scientist, will be joining us early next year, and we are just completing a search in the proteomics area. Stay tuned, and enjoy the rest of summer. Eventually, we will be able to draw a picture of any molecule and how it interacts with other molecules at the molecular level. The assembly of a unique 'supercomputer' on the 10 th floor has resulted in the largest bioinformatics computer in Canada.
Biomolecular interactions are at the heart of every cellular process.
For example, most drugs combat disease through interactions with an 'active site' of a protein. No one today would consider developing new drugs without a sequence database for the human genome. With the onslaught of proteomics data, in the very near future, BIND will become just as indispensable. An Officer of the Order of Canada Tony Pawson was named an Officer of the Order of Canada on July 13, 2000. The Order of Canada recognizes people who have made a difference to our country.