***** CALL FOR RESEARCH STUDENT APPLICATIONS ******
The 3-day workshop on the "Statistical Analysis of Gene
expression data"
11-14 July 2003, Wye College Conference Center, Kent, UK
Organised by Sylvia Richardson (Imperial College) and Phil Brown
(University
of Kent)
This workshop, sponsored by EPSRC and the Royal Statistical Society (RSS),
has a limited number of places to support research students, funded by
the RSS. The workshop aims to foster statistical research at the
interface
between new methodological developments and the biological and
experimental
context.
Some of the topics to be covered are:
-- Data transformation and normalisation, -- Differential gene expression,
-- Profile clustering and pattern recognition, -- Discrimination and
clinical profiling, -- Experimental design, Implementation and algorithmic
issues.
Around fifteen leading international researchers have already agreed to
participate and we expect to invite around 35-40 participants in total,
plus around 5 PhD students.
Applications from research students are now invited for these places.
If you are interested in participating in such a workshop, could you send
a
one-page application by email stating:
* your research interests and experience;
* whether you would be willing to present a poster and on what
topic,
and in addition
* a separate emailed reference is requested from your supervisor
justifying your attendance
to Phil Brown ([log in to unmask]), cc Sylvia Richardson
([log in to unmask]),
as soon as possible and in any case before the 15-12-02.
We will finalise the invitation list during January 2003. If your
application is successful, your accommodation and meal costs will be fully
covered for the duration of the workshop. If travel costs are an
insuperable deterrent to your attendance please also highlight this in
your application
and we will see if other funds can be found.
The workshop will be held at the conference center of Imperial College
situated in Wye (between Ashford and Canterbury, Kent), with easy access
from London and on the Eurostar high speed rail route to Belgium from
nearby
Ashford. The workshop will stop at lunchtime on the 14th July so that
participants of the RSS conference on "Statistical genetics and
Bioinformatics" in Limburgs can easily travel there.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need more information.
Information on the workshop can be found at
http://www.med.ic.ac.uk/divisions/60/BGX/bgx/july2003workshop.html
Philip.J.Brown and Sylvia Richardson
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