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Noise in cellular power stations

Institution:

Imperial College London

Dept/School/Faculty:

Department of Mathematics

PhD Supervisor:

Dr N Jones

Application Deadline:

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Availability:

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Project

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For a possible start in Oct. 2013 or before
PhD Project: Imperial College Mathematics
Student Background: Theoretical Physics, Mathematics/Statistics, Electrical Engineering

We have been investigating variation in cellular power stations (mitochondria) using a mix of ideas from stochastic processes, inference and control theory. You can read more about our recent work in our blog: http://systems-signals.blogspot.co.uk/ We believe this is a particularly exciting area to study for two reasons. Not only does 1) mitochondrial (dys)function have deep connections to conditions like Parkinsons, Diabetes, ageing and Cancer, it is 2) a topic that, though poorly understood, might be susceptible to the very basic (though mathematically nuanced) models that one constructs in theoretical and mathematical physics. The student will investigate the construction of such basic models and make connections with existing data and the work of our national and international collaborators (though the project has experimental collaborators the project will likely not involve experiments by the student). We are looking for enthusiasm, theoretical confidence and scientific intuition.

Further enquiries - contact with a CV detailing academic performance (i.e. including grades/marks or equivalent):
Nick Jones
Iain Johnston
http://www2.imperial.ac.uk/~nsjones/people.htm