Mathematical and Computational Biology


We are a research group at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), in Sydney, Australia. We use mathematical, computational and statistical methods to understand biological systems — in particular, evolutionary processes. Some topics we have been interested in recently include 1) Evolutionary dynamics of viruses and bacteria. 2) Using approximate Bayesian computation and other methods to analyse molecular data collected from epidemiological studies. We have developed spolTools , a website for analysing and visualising Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotypes. 3) Cultural transmission of behavioural traits that influence health and disease. Our research is supported by Discovery Grants from the Australian Research Council.

News
February 2012: Theoretical biologist Roland Regoes from ETH, Zurich is visiting our group.
Steven Hamblin is a new postdoc in the lab. He was previously at the University of Quebec at Montreal where he completed his doctoral work.
Yue Wu has joined the lab as a PhD student. She was previously at Oxford University UK where she did her Bachelor and Masters degrees.
Clare Saddler is a visiting scientist in our group. She previously worked in industry after finishing her PhD in mathematics at the University of Adelaide.
 
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