Dr. Melissa Cline is a senior scientist in the chip design research group at Affymetrix Inc., Santa Clara, California. Affymetrix is the market leader in the field of expression analysis platforms. Dr. Cline’s work involves assessing potential content for future chip designs. Her primary responsibilities relate to alternative splicing. Dr. Cline joined Affymetrix shortly after receiving her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 2000.