UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Grade 7: Salary £28,839 -£35,469 p.a.
The project: Trajectories of senescence through Markov models.
A fixed-term research position of two years' duration, funded by the multidisciplinary New Dynamics of Ageing research programme, is available to work with Dr David Steinsaltz on statistical issues and mathematical models of trajectories of ageing, specifically as regards the analysis of high-frequency behavioural measures of ageing in model organisms. The ideal starting date would be 1 January 2010, but other starting dates may be arranged.
The core of this project is data being generated by the laboratory of Professor Jim Carey of the Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis. Flies are continuously (automatically) observed throughout their lifetimes, producing a stream of behavioural data. This project aims to refine modelling techniques that are being used to understand the ageing of flies in terms of these data, both to improve the analysis and to better link the experiments to mathematical models of ageing. There will be considerable scope for developing innovative methodologies on this particular project, as well as for branching out into a range of mathematical and statistical modelling questions connected to the theory of ageing.
Informal enquiries should be directed to email: [log in to unmask] Further particulars, and how to apply, are available from the web at http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/ or from the Personnel Administration, Department of Statistics, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3TG (tel: 01865 272860, fax 01865 272595, email: [log in to unmask]).
Please quote reference: AM-09-006.
The closing date for applications 12 noon on Friday 25 September 2009.
Christine Stone
Christine Stone
P/A to Head of Department & Professorial Secretary
Department of Statistics, University of Oxford
1 South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3TG
Tel: +44 (0)1865 272866/60 Fax: +44 (0)1865 272595
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