KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER: Postgraduate Research & Training
Students participate with staff in a dynamic programme of research meetings,
reading groups and computing workshops, which give many opportunities for
interaction. Also, students are provided with excellent computing facilities, including
access to cluster processors.
Each PhD project combines development of new methodology with its application
in the biological, environmental or social sciences. Our extensive contacts
with research organisations and universities provide students with excellent
opportunities to interact with scientists working in diverse areas of application. Available projects .
Student Profiles
We are currently supervising seven students, registered at the Universities of Dundee, Edinburgh and
York. Two of these students write of their experiences below.
Adriano Werhli Alexander Mantzaris
Recent Projects
Tom Adams Reconstructing Scotland's pine forests
Glenn Marion with G J Ackland,
University of Edinburgh and C Edwards, Forest
Research
Mark Bilton The influence of intraspecific genotype
diversity on spatial vegetation dynamics
Glenn Marion with R Pakeman, Macaulay
Institute and P Grime, University of
Sheffield
Ayona Chatterjee Probabilistic risk assessment of dietary
data Graham Horgan and Chris Theobald,
University of Edinburgh . PhD awarded 2005
Alex Cook Inference and prediction in plant
communities using data augmentation
within a Bayesian framework Glenn Marion
with G Gibson, Heriot-Watt University.
PhD awarded February 2006
Frank Dondelinger
Inferring ecological networks from species abundance data:
evaluation on simulated data
Dirk Husmeier. MSc dissertation 2008
Muhammad Ali Faisal
Inferring ecological networks from species abundance data:
application to the European bird atlas data
Dirk Husmeier. MSc dissertation 2008
Thorsten Forster Statistical and algorithmic modelling
for amalgamation of cross-domain
data sources within an immumology
framework Chris Glasbey with P
Ghazal, University of Edinburgh
John Gustafsson Unwarping and analysing electrophoresis
gels Chris Glasbey with M Rudemo,
Chalmers University, Sweden . PhD awarded 2006
Lena Hansson Detecting RIDGES: regions of increased
density of gene expression Dirk Husmeier
with J D Armstrong and P Ghazal,
University of Edinburgh
Mizanur Khondoker Statistical methods for preprocessing
microarray gene expression data Chris
Glasbey with B J Worton, University of
Edinburgh . PhD awarded 2007
Isthri Krishnarajah Novel moment closure approximations to
nonlinear stochastic models Glenn Marion
with G Gibson, Heriot-Watt University.
PhD awarded October 2005
Wolfgang Lehrach
Bayesian machine learning methods for
predicting protein-peptide interactions and detecting mosaic
structures in DNA sequence alignments
Dirk Husmeier with C Williams,
University of Edinburgh. PhD awarded 2007
(Further information)
Sandy MacDonald Regulatory pathways involving iron
acquisition in Pasteurella multocida A:3,
their role in pathogenesis and relevance to
disease mechanisms in Erwinia carotovora
subspecies atroseptica Frank Wright with J
C Hodgson, MRI, J Liu, Durham University, and
I R Poxton, University of Edinburgh
Alex Mantzaris Statistical methods for analysing DNA
sequence alignments in a phylogenetic
context Dirk Husmeier with J D Armstrong,
University of Edinburgh
Alastair Pout Modelling the movements of the Eurasian
sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus from radiotracking
data Mark Brewer with J Ollason,
University of Aberdeen and J Yearsley, Macaulay
Institute . PhD awarded 2005
Christelle Robert Elucidation of regulatory and signalling
networks that control bacterial disease
development Frank Wright with L Pritchard,
SCRI and G Barton, University of Dundee
Michelle Sims Applications of linear mixed models in
ecology David Elston with I Wilson and
X Lambin, University of Aberdeen . PhD
awarded 2005
Lesley Smith The effect of farming systems on disease
risk to grazing animals Glenn Marion with
M Hutchings, SAC, and P White, University of
York
Adriano Werhli
Reconstruction of gene regulatory
networks from postgenomic data Dirk
Husmeier with J D Armstrong, University of
Edinburgh. PhD awarded 2007
(Further information)
What are recent BioSS students doing now?
Wolfgang Lehrach Adriano Werhli Ayona Chatterjee Mizanur Khondoker Alex Cook Isthri Krishnarajah Stijn Bierman Michelle Sims
Available Projects
Funding
BioSS studentships are sometimes available to cover university
fees and full or partial maintenance, up to a maximum of £15,000
per year.
For further details, please specify your area of interest, and
send a C.V. to: Chris
Glasbey
chris
We seek to recruit students with strong mathematical, statistical, or computing backgrounds, good
communication skills and enthusiasm for applying theoretical results. Our students all learn state-of-the-art
methodological skills and gain valuable experience of collaborative interaction with scientists outside their
own discipline. This contact with scientific experts ensures that new theory is brought to bear on problems of
genuine importance.