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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
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Charity Law, PhD (Medical Biology) Submitted 15 January 2013!
Supervisors: Gordon Smyth and Terry Speed
Precision weights for gene expression analysis
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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
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Yunshun (Andy) Chen, PhD (Medical Biology)
Supervisors: Gordon Smyth and Terry Speed
Differential expression analysis of complex RNA-seq experiments
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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
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Aaron Lun, PhD (Medical Biology)
Supervisors: Gordon Smyth and Stephen Nutt
Analysis of ChIP-seq data
Completed students
PhD
- 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
- Heather Podlich, PhD (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1999.
Supervisors: Gordon Smyth and Malcolm Faddy
Extended Poisson process models for count data
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Peter Dunn,
PhD (Mathematics), University of Queensland, December 2001
Supervisors: Gordon Smyth
Likelihood-based inference for Tweedie generalized linear models
- 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
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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
- Catherine Carmichael, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne, February 2008.
Supervisors: Hamish Scott and Gordon Smyth
Investigation into
genetic predispositions to haematopoietic malignancies
- 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
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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
- 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.
- Carolyn de Graaf, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne,
October 2010
Supervisors: Doug Hilton, Gordon Smyth and Li Wu
Genetic regulation of hematopoiesis
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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
- 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
- Joanne White, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1989.
Nonlinear estimation, with application to the rate-reducing resistance of Stylosanthes scabra
- Robert G Clark,
Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1990.
Non-standard generalized linear models and algorithms
- Sharon Raiteri, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1991.
Methods of analysing Taguchi experiments
- 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)
- Jeremy O'Reilly, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1994.
Point processes and the analysis of environmental
data
- Geoff Mallon, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1994.
Mixed linear models and applications
- Michael Larner, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1997.
Using modified time series methods to model sales and
labour data at Pizza Hut
- Murray Keir, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1997.
An empirical
Bayes approach to random effects models
- Leighton Ayre, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1997.
Regression graphics and applications
- Douglas Lincoln, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1998.
Smoothing splines in statistical Analysis: application
to malaria vaccine trials
- Michael Lazzarini, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1998.
Keeping indigenous people out of custody:
generalized linear modelling of arrests data from the NATSIS
- 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
- Davis McCarthy,
Honours (Mathematics and Statistics), University of Melbourne 2009
Supervisors: Gordon Smyth
Accounting for biological variation in digital gene expression experiments
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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