The topic offered is in modelling and analysing Biochemical Pathways, with a focus on signal transduction. The student will be sponsored by Definiens Ltd and the research will run in tandem with a large interdisciplinary research project funded by the Department of Trade and Industry.
Candidates should have, or be about to receive, a good honours degree in a relevant subject. The studentship will be for 3 years, subject to standard BBSRC terms and conditions which can be found on the BBSRC website. Specifically, applicants must ensure that they conform to the BBSRC eligibility criteria which can be found at www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/training/eligibility.pdf, i.e.:
(1) they must be settled in the
United Kingdom and have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands for a
period of three years at the time of nomination (residence criteria); and
(2) they must hold a first or upper second class UK honours degree, or equivalent,
in an appropriate area of science and technology (qualifications criteria).
The commencement date is October 2002.
If you are interested, please contact
David Gilbert, Professor of
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics Research Centre
17 Lilybank Gardens
Department of Computing Science
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Phone (Bioinformatics Research Centre) +44 (0)141 330 2563,
Phone (Department of Computing) +44 (0)141 330 4256,
Fax +44 (0)870 125 5946
drg@brc.dcs.gla.ac.uk,
www.brc.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~drg