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Research Students

Current Students

• Joshy George, PhD (Biochemistry) Submitted 15 March 2013!
  Supervisors: David Bowtell and Gordon Smyth
  Integrated analysis of distinct molecular profiles of tumour data
• Charity Law, PhD (Medical Biology) Submitted 15 January 2013!
  Supervisors: Gordon Smyth and Terry Speed
  Precision weights for gene expression analysis
• Belinda Phipson, PhD (Mathematics and Statistics) Submitted 5 March 2013!
  Supervisors: Gordon Smyth and Peter Hall
  Empirical Bayes modelling of expression profiles and their associations
• Yunshun (Andy) Chen, PhD (Medical Biology)
  Supervisors: Gordon Smyth and Terry Speed
  Differential expression analysis of complex RNA-seq experiments
• Eugene Kapp, PhD (Medical Biology) Submitted 9 May 2013!
  Supervisors: Terry Speed and Gordon Smyth
  Improved bioinformatics tools for the analysis of mass spectrometry and proteomics data
• Aaron Lun, PhD (Medical Biology)
  Supervisors: Gordon Smyth and Stephen Nutt
  Analysis of ChIP-seq data

Completed students

PhD

1. William Dixon, PhD (Chemistry), University of Queensland 1997.
   Supervisors: Barry Chiswell and Gordon Smyth.
   The spatial optimization of water quality monitoring programs by simulated annealing
2. Heather Podlich, PhD (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1999.
   Supervisors: Gordon Smyth and Malcolm Faddy
   Extended Poisson process models for count data
3. Peter Dunn, PhD (Mathematics), University of Queensland, December 2001
   Supervisors: Gordon Smyth
   Likelihood-based inference for Tweedie generalized linear models
4. Natalie Thorne, PhD (Mathematics and Statistics), University of Melbourne, May 2004.
   Supervisors: Terry Speed, Gordon Smyth, Simon Foote and Ian Gordon
   Single-channel normalisation and analysis of two-colour cDNA microarray data
5. Matthew Ritchie, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne, May 2005
   Supervisors: Gordon Smyth and Terry Speed
   Quantitative quality control and background correction for two-colour microarray data
6. Catherine Carmichael, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne, February 2008.
   Supervisors: Hamish Scott and Gordon Smyth
   Investigation into genetic predispositions to haematopoietic malignancies
7. Penelope Bryant, PhD (Paediatrics), University of Melbourne, May 2008.
   Supervisors: Nigel Curtis, Roy Robins-Browne and Gordon Smyth
   The use of global gene expression analysis and the investigation of the pathogenesis of rheumatic fever
8. Mark Robinson, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne, October 2008
   Supervisors: Terry Speed, Gordon Smyth and Tom Brodnicki
   Methods for the analysis of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry data
9. Tobias J Sargeant, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne, October 2008
   Supervisors: Terry Speed and Gordon Smyth
   Studying the evolution of apicomplexa. New methods for species tree inference using protein domains.
10. Carolyn de Graaf, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne, October 2010
    Supervisors: Doug Hilton, Gordon Smyth and Li Wu
    Genetic regulation of hematopoiesis
11. Di Wu, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne, June 2011
    Supervisors: Gordon Smyth and Terry Speed
    Finding hidden relationships between expression profiles with application to breast cancer biology

Honours/MA

1. Sumit Roy, Master of Arts (Statistics & Applied Probability), University of California, Santa Barbara 1988.
   Supervisors: SR Jammalamadaka, RC Tiwari and Gordon Smyth
   Algorithms for computation of the likelihood function
2. Joanne White, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1989.
   Nonlinear estimation, with application to the rate-reducing resistance of Stylosanthes scabra
3. Robert G Clark, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1990.
   Non-standard generalized linear models and algorithms
4. Sharon Raiteri, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1991.
   Methods of analysing Taguchi experiments
5. Joseph Ting, Bachelor of Medicine (Child Health), University of Queensland 1992
   Supervisors: John Vance and Gordon Smyth
   The relationship between gastro-oesophageal reflux and sleeping position in infants (implication to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
6. Jeremy O'Reilly, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1994.
   Point processes and the analysis of environmental data
7. Geoff Mallon, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1994.
   Mixed linear models and applications
8. Michael Larner, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1997.
   Using modified time series methods to model sales and labour data at Pizza Hut
9. Murray Keir, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1997.
   An empirical Bayes approach to random effects models
10. Leighton Ayre, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1997.
    Regression graphics and applications
11. Douglas Lincoln, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1998.
    Smoothing splines in statistical Analysis: application to malaria vaccine trials
12. Michael Lazzarini, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1998.
    Keeping indigenous people out of custody: generalized linear modelling of arrests data from the NATSIS
13. Ella Wilkins, Honours (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne 2005
    Supervisors: Hamish Scott and Gordon Smyth
    Identification of genes involved in differentiation, proliferation and developmental networks
14. Davis McCarthy, Honours (Mathematics and Statistics), University of Melbourne 2009
    Supervisors: Gordon Smyth
    Accounting for biological variation in digital gene expression experiments
15. Stephanie Ana Conos, Honours (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne 2012
    Supervisors: Paul Ekert and Gordon Smyth
    miR-150 antagonises Hoxb8 dependent immortalisation of myeloid cells