We are seeking a PhD candidate to join a research programme, led by Prof Yulia Timofeeva in collaboration with Prof Kirill Volynski (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London), that aims to develop and implement a computational modelling framework for studying regulation of synaptic transmitter release in health and disease. The programme runs in collaboration with a number of world-leading experimental laboratories working in the field of synaptic transmission and information processing in the brain.

The successful candidate should have background in applied mathematics/theoretical physics/computer science or related discipline and should have solid computational skills.

Relevant references: Ermolyuk et al., Nature Neuroscience, 16, 2013; Timofeeva and Volynski, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 9:239, 2015; Chamberland et al., PNAS, 115 (28), 2018.

Scholarship eligibility: Home/EU

Deadline: 31 January 2021

For further details please contact Prof Yulia Timofeeva (y.timofeeva@warwick.ac.uk)

Centre for Doctoral Training and Research in Computer Science: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dcs/research/doctoralstudies/cdtcs/

Apply via Postgraduate Admissions website mentioning this project in your application: https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply/research

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Professor Yulia Timofeeva

Department of Computer Science
and Centre for Complexity Science
Warwick, UK

Honorary Associate Professor
UCL, Institute of Neurology
London, UK

Tel: 024 765 73786
http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~yulia/

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