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PhD Studentship: Untaxed bursary of £15,200 per annum plus UK/EU fees. UK nationals are eligible. EU nationals are only eligible for the bursary if they meet the EPSRC requirement of having been in the UK for three years immediately prior to starting the PhD. Details can be found at http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/PostgraduateTraining/StudentEligibility.htm
Fixed Term for 3 years, starting October 2010.
Imperial College is ranked in the top five universities of the world, according to the 2009 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It has particular strength in Engineering, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences and Biomedicine, and was ranked the 6th in the world in technology, the 10th in the world in natural sciences, and 17th in the world in life sciences and biomedicine in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, October 2009. The Department of Computing is one of the largest computing departments in the UK and is a world leader in academic research in computer science. The department has been awarded the top rating (5*) in each of the Research Assessment Exercises undertaken by the Higher Education funding Council for England (HEFCE). There are over sixty academic staff actively involved in research, creating a lively and stimulating atmosphere. The department also enjoys strong links with UK industry, which helps to ensure that its research and teaching is well informed and relevant to the needs of society. Imperial College London has invested heavily into systems biology and related scientific disciplines. Since year 2000, over 60 academic appointments were made at the interface between the life and physical sciences. Over the past three years the College has also developed substantial high performance computing resources, including a 1500 Processor Linux Cluster and a large shared memory ALTIX® system.
We have a PhD studentship starting in October 2010 to work on topics at the intersection of computing, graph algorithms and systems biology. The position is for three years, and covers fees and a tax-free bursary with London weighting. Only UK and European Union nationals are eligible. An ideal candidate will have research interests in the following areas:
• Large-scale data analysis and modeling
• Systems biology
• Network analysis and modeling
• Graph algorithms
• Parallel computing
The PhD studentship, under the supervision of Dr. Natasa Przulj, involves the development of new computational graph theoretic and modelling approaches applied to large-scale problems in systems and synthetic biology, proteomics, cancer informatics, and chemoinformatics. Analysis and modelling of large networked systems, such as protein-protein interaction and transcriptional regulation networks, will be performed, focusing on developing new methods for network alignment, network integration, as well as other techniques for deciphering large-scale systems biology data sets to improve biological understanding, get insights into disease and improve therapeutics. For more information about the project, see http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~natasha/.
The project will interface with related programs and institutes at Imperial College, including the Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology, the Centre for Bioinformatics, and the Centre for Integrative Systems Biology (CISBIC). Informal inquiries can be directed to: Dr. Natasa Przulj (natasha@imperial.ac.uk). Applicants should have at least a distinction or first in a Masters level degree in Computer Science. Equivalent degrees in mathematics, physics, engineering, bioinformatics, or a related discipline will also be considered. A good background in graph theory, mathematics, computing (knowledge of algorithms, C, C++, Linux, and a s cripting language) would be advantageous. Some knowledge of biology and bioinformatics are desirable. Only UK/EU students are eligible for the studentship (as stated above, EU nationals are eligible only if they have been in the UK for 3 years prior to starting the PhD). Applicants must be fluent in spoken and written English. For further information on the PhD degree, see http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/computing/research/degrees.
Applications must include the following:
• A College application form, which can be obtained from http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/pgprospectus/applicationforms.
• A 2-3 page research statement that describes what you see as interesting research issues relating to this studentship and what relevant experience you have.
• A detailed CV.
• Transcripts of all degree results.
• 2 recent letters of reference.
To submit your application for this PhD studentship, please follow the instructions at http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/pgprospectus/applicationforms and also send an email with your CV to natasha@imperial.ac.uk with the subject of the e-mail “PhD Application in Systems Biology.”
Closing Date: April 30, 2010
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
PhD Studentship: Untaxed bursary of £15,200 per annum plus UK/EU fees. UK nationals are eligible. EU nationals are only eligible for the bursary if they meet the EPSRC requirement of having been in the UK for three years immediately prior to starting the PhD. Details can be found at http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/PostgraduateTraining/StudentEligibility.htm
Fixed Term for 3 years, starting October 2010.
Imperial College is ranked in the top five universities of the world, according to the 2009 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It has particular strength in Engineering, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences and Biomedicine, and was ranked the 6th in the world in technology, the 10th in the world in natural sciences, and 17th in the world in life sciences and biomedicine in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, October 2009. The Department of Computing is one of the largest computing departments in the UK and is a world leader in academic research in computer science. The department has been awarded the top rating (5*) in each of the Research Assessment Exercises undertaken by the Higher Education funding Council for England (HEFCE). There are over sixty academic staff actively involved in research, creating a lively and stimulating atmosphere. The department also enjoys strong links with UK industry, which helps to ensure that its research and teaching is well informed and relevant to the needs of society. Imperial College London has invested heavily into systems biology and related scientific disciplines. Since year 2000, over 60 academic appointments were made at the interface between the life and physical sciences. Over the past three years the College has also developed substantial high performance computing resources, including a 1500 Processor Linux Cluster and a large shared memory ALTIX® system.
We have a PhD studentship starting in October 2010 to work on topics at the intersection of computing, graph algorithms and systems biology. The position is for three years, and covers fees and a tax-free bursary with London weighting. Only UK and European Union nationals are eligible. An ideal candidate will have research interests in the following areas:
• Large-scale data analysis and modeling
• Systems biology
• Network analysis and modeling
• Graph algorithms
• Parallel computing
The PhD studentship, under the supervision of Dr. Natasa Przulj, involves the development of new computational graph theoretic and modelling approaches applied to large-scale problems in systems and synthetic biology, proteomics, cancer informatics, and chemoinformatics. Analysis and modelling of large networked systems, such as protein-protein interaction and transcriptional regulation networks, will be performed, focusing on developing new methods for network alignment, network integration, as well as other techniques for deciphering large-scale systems biology data sets to improve biological understanding, get insights into disease and improve therapeutics. For more information about the project, see http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~natasha/.
The project will interface with related programs and institutes at Imperial College, including the Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology, the Centre for Bioinformatics, and the Centre for Integrative Systems Biology (CISBIC). Informal inquiries can be directed to: Dr. Natasa Przulj (natasha@imperial.ac.uk). Applicants should have at least a distinction or first in a Masters level degree in Computer Science. Equivalent degrees in mathematics, physics, engineering, bioinformatics, or a related discipline will also be considered. A good background in graph theory, mathematics, computing (knowledge of algorithms, C, C++, Linux, and a s cripting language) would be advantageous. Some knowledge of biology and bioinformatics are desirable. Only UK/EU students are eligible for the studentship (as stated above, EU nationals are eligible only if they have been in the UK for 3 years prior to starting the PhD). Applicants must be fluent in spoken and written English. For further information on the PhD degree, see http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/computing/research/degrees.
Applications must include the following:
• A College application form, which can be obtained from http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/pgprospectus/applicationforms.
• A 2-3 page research statement that describes what you see as interesting research issues relating to this studentship and what relevant experience you have.
• A detailed CV.
• Transcripts of all degree results.
• 2 recent letters of reference.
To submit your application for this PhD studentship, please follow the instructions at http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/pgprospectus/applicationforms and also send an email with your CV to natasha@imperial.ac.uk with the subject of the e-mail “PhD Application in Systems Biology.”
Closing Date: April 30, 2010
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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