Here's an advert I'm forwarding on behalf of the Statistics
and Biosciences groups at the UNiversity of Kent.
Eryl Bassett
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PhD Studentship working at the interface between Mathematical
Statistics and Biology
An ESPRC funded PhD studentship is available at the University
of Kent, to be held jointly between the Institute of
Mathematics & Statistics (IMS) and the Research School of
Biosciences (RSB). The following four projects are available,
each with a different balance between data analysis/modelling
and data collection.
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Project 1: An analysis of the available mathematical and
statistical tools for the computational analysis of digital
images of a complex biological system.
This project will involve the use and comparison of different
methods of digital image analysis on data obtained from live
cells expressing fluorescently tagged growth factors and
receptors known to be important in human cancer.
Prof. Bill Gullick (RSB) & Prof. Phil Brown (IMS)
Project 2: Statistical modelling linking DNA/RNA microarray and
proteomic data.
The project aims to develop appropriate modern statistical tools
to investigate the extent to which expressed genes as measured
by microarrays lead to the production of corresponding proteins
as measured by proteomic analysis. The biological context and
data will be provided by Dr Mark Smales & Dr Fritz Muhlschlegel
(RBS); the statistical modelling will be with Prof. Phil Brown
and Dr Jian Zhang (IMS).
Project 3: Modelling the transmission of yeast prions.
Experimental data generated in the laboratory of Prof. Mick
Tuite (RSB) will be used to develop stochastic models (in
collaboration with Prof. Byron Morgan and Dr Martin Ridout, IMS)
for the replication and transmission of the yeast prions.
Project 4: Modelling spatial arrangements and community dynamics
within microbial biofilms.
Data on microbial communities degrading xenobiotics at surfaces
will be generated using various molecular techniques and
confocal and atomic force microscopy. This information will be
used to develop descriptions of biofilm structure based on
statistical models and fractal geometry. The research will be
supervised jointly by Prof. Richard Burns (RSB) and Prof. Byron
Morgan (IMS).
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The deadline for applications is 7th August 2002. Application
information can be found at
www.ukc.ac.uk/studying/postgrad/gradapply.html
Further information can be obtained from any of the above
academic staff via the web addresses below.
(IMS) http://www.ukc.ac.uk/IMS
Telephone: 01227 823013
(RSB) http://www.ukc.ac.uk/bio/staff/default.htm
Telephone: 01227 827580/823743
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