Bioinformatics Group at the Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research
University of Oxford
DPhil studentship in modelling evolution in bacterial populations
A 3-year BBSRC funded studentship is available for doctoral research,
starting 1st October 2002, to work on the modelling of pathogenic bacterial
population structure, supervised by Dr Gilean McVean and Dr Martin Maiden.
The research will combine population genetics and epidemiological theory to
model patterns of genetic diversity in bacterial pathogens of humans. A
major aspect of the collaboration will be the analysis of genome-wide
sequence information from Neisseria meningitidis, the agent of meningitis,
with emphasis on the development of methods and software for statistical
inference. Applications are welcome from either the biological or
mathematical sciences. Some knowledge of population genetics, statistical
inference or programming would be useful, but not essential.
In addition to providing for University and College fees, the grant includes
a yearly stipend (currently £8,500 for the first year). Applications are
invited from UK and European Union residents. For EU residents outside the
UK, the grant
would pay fees, but not the stipend.
The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research is a leading centre for
research in the bioinformatics and biomedical sciences. The student will
also be
part of the Mathematical Genetics Group at the Department of Statistics,
which has strong research interests in statistical inference in population
genetics.
To find out more about the groups involved and the field of research covered
by the
studentship, visit www.medawar.ox.ac.uk or contact G. McVean on
+44 1865 281881 ([log in to unmask]).
To apply, please send a CV and details of two referees (name, address, fax,
and email) to Dr Gilean McVean, Department of Statistics, 1 South Parks
Road, Oxford OX1 3TG, UK.
The closing date for applications is the 31st May 2002.
web: www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~mcvean
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