Melody Jin, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne
Supervisors: Belinda Phipson, Gordon Smyth New statistical methods for analysing spatially resolved genomics data
Junli Nie, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne
Supervisors: Stephen Nutt, Julie Tellier, Gordon Smyth Gene regulatory changes during B cell development and differentiation
Mengbo Li, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne
Supervisors: Gordon Smyth and Andrew Webb Analysis of sparse data in omics technologies
Jinming Cheng, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne
Supervisors: Gordon Smyth and Yunshun Chen Analysis of single-cell RNA-seq with application to breast cancer
Yue You, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne
Supervisors: Matt Ritchie, Peter Hickey, Charity Law and Gordon Smyth Benchmarking and methods development for single cell analysis
Xueyi Dong, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne (submitted December 2022)
Supervisors: Matt Ritchie, Charity Law and Gordon Smyth Analysis of long-read transcriptomic data
Ilariya Tarasova, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne (submitted December 2022)
Supervisors: Gordon Smyth and Phil Hodgkin Reconstructing the immune response: from molecules to cells to systems
Carolyn de Graaf,
PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne, October 2010
Supervisors: Doug Hilton, Gordon Smyth and Li Wu Genetic regulation of hematopoiesis
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.
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
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
Catherine Carmichael, PhD (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne, February 2008. Supervisors: Hamish Scott and Gordon Smyth Investigation into genetic predispositions to haematopoietic malignancies
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
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
Peter Dunn,
PhD (Mathematics), University of Queensland, December 2001
Supervisors: Gordon Smyth Likelihood-based inference for Tweedie generalized linear models
Heather Podlich, PhD (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1999. Supervisors: Gordon Smyth and Malcolm Faddy Extended Poisson process models for count data
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
Honours and Masters
Soroor Hediyeh Zadeh, MSc (Mathematics and Statistics), University of Melbourne, May 2019 (awarded July 2019)
Supervisors: Gordon Smyth, Melissa Davis and Yunshun Chen Statistical methods for transcript differential expression analysis from RNA-seq data
Jiaping Liu, MPhil (Paediatrics), University of Melbourne, February 2019 (awarded May 2019)
Supervisors: Ken Pang, Gordon Smyth, Lesley Cheng and John Christodoulou Identifying biomarkers in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Rett Syndrome
Chengzhong Ye, MRes (Medical Biology), University of Melbourne, July 2018 (awarded October 2018)
Supervisors: Terry Speed and Gordon Smyth Some statistical and analytical problems with single cell RNA-seq
Guido Pacini, Masters of Statistical Sciences (Project), University of Bologna, July 2015
Supervisors: Angela Montanari and Gordon Smyth Simulation analyses on ROMER, a rotation-based gene set testing method
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
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
Michael Lazzarini, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1998. Keeping indigenous people out of custody:
generalized linear modelling of arrests data from the NATSIS
Douglas Lincoln, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1998. Smoothing splines in statistical Analysis: application
to malaria vaccine trials
Leighton Ayre, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1997. Regression graphics and applications
Murray Keir, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1997. An empirical
Bayes approach to random effects models
Michael Larner, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1997. Using modified time series methods to model sales and
labour data at Pizza Hut
Geoff Mallon, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1994. Mixed linear models and applications
Jeremy O'Reilly, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1994. Point processes and the analysis of environmental
data
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)
Sharon Raiteri, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1991. Methods of analysing Taguchi experiments
Robert G Clark,
Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1990. Non-standard generalized linear models and algorithms
Joanne White, Honours (Mathematics), University of Queensland 1989. Nonlinear estimation, with application to the rate-reducing resistance of Stylosanthes scabra
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
Undergraduate Research Projects
Soroor Hediyeh Zadeh, Science Research Project, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, March-June 2015
Supervisors: Gordon Smyth Differential expression analysis of RNA-seq data