Biography:

Bailey Kessing received his M.S. degree from the Department of Zoology of the University of Hawaii at Manoa working in the fields of molecular evolution and phylogeography in 1991. He then joined the Smithsonian Institute's Tropical Research Institute located in the Republic of Panama continuing to work on phylogeography with Dr. Harilaos Lessios ' research laboratory. While running the laboratory and research program, Bailey Kessing developed databases to support laboratory research and administration. Starting in 2001, Bailey Kessing has been working as a contractor for SAIC-Frederick at the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick Maryland supervising the LGD Core laboratories and building databases to support operations for the LGD work.

Research:

1. LIMS Database System-The LGD’s data storage and retrieval needs require flexible Laboratory Information Management System that is constantly modified for individual and changing needs. A great deal of my time is dedicated to address these ever changing needs for individuals and labs. I am most interested is streamlining workflow from sample collection to data collection. With this in mind I have been working integrating our laboratory protocols with the various instruments needed for our research.
2. Database Interfaces-Data access and integration is incredibly important to research advances in our group. I am currently experimenting with new interfaces for access and retrieving data from our LIMS. These will hopefully bare fruit in the near future with fuller data access and reports on data for researchers.

Publications:

Guo, X.-C., Scott, K., Liu. Y., Dean, M., David, V., Nelson, G. W., Johnson, R. C., Dilks, H. H., Lautenburger, J., Kessing, B., Martenson, J., Guan L,  Sun, S., Deng, H., Zheng, Y., de The, G.,Liao, J.,   Zeng, Y., O'Brien, S. J.,  and C. A. Winkler. 2006. General Factors Leading to Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus Infection and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in South East China : Study Design, Methods and Feasibility. Human Genomics, 2:365-375 Smith, MW, Patterson N, Lautenberger JA, Truelove AL, McDonald GJ, Waliszewska A, Kessing BD, Malasky MJ, Scafe C, Le E, De Jager PL, Mignault AA, Zeng Yi, de Thé G, Essex M, Sankalé JL, Moore JH, Poku K, Phair JP, Goedert JJ, Vlahov D, Williams SM, Tishkoff SA, Winkler CA, De La Vega FM, Woodage T, Sninsky JJ, Hafler DA, Altshuler D, Gilbert DA, O'Brien, SJ Reich D. 2004. A High-Density Admixture Map for Disease Gene Discovery in African Americans. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 74:1001–1013 [ PDF ] Biermann C. Kessing BD, Palumbi SR. 2003. Phylogeny and development of marine model species: strongylocentrotid sea urchins. Evolution and Development 5:4, 360-371 [ PDF ] Lessios HA, Kessing BD, Pearse JS . 2001. Population structure and speciation in tropical seas: Global Phylogeography of the sea urchin Diadema . Evolution 55(5) 955-975. Lessios HA, Kessing BD, Robertson DR , Paulay G. 1999. Phylogeography of the pantropical sea urchin Eucidaris in relation to land barriers and ocean currents. Evolution 53:806-817. Lessios HA, Kessing BD, Robertson DR. 1998. Massive gene flow across the world's most potent marine biogeographic barrier. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. B. 265:583-588 Lessios HA, Kessing BD, Wellington GM, Graybeal A. 1996. Indo-Pacific echinoids in the tropical eastern pacific. Coral Reefs 15:133-142 Zanotto, PM, Kessing, BD, Maruniak, JE. 1993. Phylogenetic interrelationships among baculoviruses: Evolutionary rates and host associations. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 62:147-164 Palumbi SR, Kessing BD. 1991. Population biology of the trans-Arctic exchange: Mitochondrial DNA sequence similarity between Pacific an Atlantic sea urchins. Evolution 45:1790-1805 Martin AP, Kessing BD, Palumbi SR. 1990. The accuracy of estimating genetic distance between species from short sequences of mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Biology and Evolution 7:485-488