PhD scholarship in Computational Immunology / Bioinformatics
UNSW
Centre for Vascular Research
Computational Biology Group
Closing date: 2nd March 2012We seek a student to work on a PhD research project in the area of computational immunology / bioinformatics. An Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) scholarship supplement of $10,000 per annum is available. In exceptional circumstances, a full scholarship may be offered without an APA.
The health, social, and economic impact of infectious diseases on the Australian and global populations is enormous. A major obstacle to the development of treatments for and vaccines against some infections is that we have a poor understanding of how the immune system responds to these infections. The successful applicant will join a team of researchers in the Computational Biology Group that use bioinformatics, computational, mathematical, and statistical approaches to study various aspects of the immune system and immune responses to a variety of infections. This research is in collaboration with experimental research groups both in Australia and overseas.
The successful applicant will have an honours or masters degree in a quantitative science discipline such as bioinformatics, computing science, mathematics, statistics, or physics.
Closing date for applications is 2nd March 2012 for commencement in Semester 2 of 2012.
Interested applicants should contact Dr Vanessa Venturi, v.venturi@unsw.edu.au (02 9385 8234).
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