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
- April 2012: The lab has moved to a new space — room 138, first floor of the Biological Sciences building.
- March 2012: Zach Aandahl has submitted his PhD thesis! Congratulations, Zach.
- February 2012: Theoretical biologist Roland Regoes from ETH, Zurich visits 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.
Contact
Mark Tanaka
QEII Fellow
(Australian Research Council)
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
University of New South Wales
NSW 2052
Australia
Phone: +61-2-9385-2038
Email:
QEII Fellow
(Australian Research Council)
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
University of New South Wales
NSW 2052
Australia
Phone: +61-2-9385-2038
Email:
