Over the past two decades the zebrafish (Danio rerio) has become an important human model in the fields of genetics, toxicology and developmental biology to study a range of human diseases.
Algae live in dynamic environment and have the capacity to regulate photosynthesis and photoregulation accordingly. Red algae are of particular interest because in addition to photosystems I and II they contain phycobilisomes.
Successful invasion by Chaoborus larvae (phantom midge) represents an ecological tipping point in eutrophic lakes where bioturbation of Chaoborus sustains internal nutrient loading, water deoxygenation and release of sediment methane.
The intertidal acoel flatworm Symsagittifera roscoffensis contains the symbiotic microalga Tetraselmis sp., which through photosynthesis can contribute as a significant (sole) energy supplier for the host.
Reptiles represent a large animal group with over 10,000 species and a wide diversity of biological traits, including examples of model systems for evolutionary radiation and convergence (anole lizards), body size (monitor lizards), body shape (limblessness), and a range of other biologically interesting attributes.
Animals vary greatly in the diversity of ecological resources (such as food) they exploit, from specialists feeding on a single prey species to generalists eating almost anything they can overpower and ingest.
Solving boolean systems of equations (the SAT problem) and combinatorics have deep connections, and a theory of SAT is emerging. This PhD will be about strengthening these connections, developing new synergies with mathematics, combinatorics, complexity theory and algorithmics.
This project aims at leveraging and further developing the state-of-the-art in computer vision and machine learning to assist and improve healthcare delivery.
This project aims at leveraging and further developing the state-of-the-art in computer vision and machine learning to assist in the analysis of the large quantity of observational data gathered in astrophysics research.
