- From: Sean Bechhofer <sean.bechhofer@manchester.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 08:48:46 +0100
- To: public-lod@w3.org, public-owl-dev@w3.org, semantic-web@w3.org, public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org
PhD Position available in Manchester. Please circulate to any potential interested parties. Sean http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/phd/funding/projectstudentships/ 06-25-19-semantic/ Application of semantic web technology for the automated integration of scientific data in the drug discovery process. Close date: 30.August.2010 Anticipated start date: 24.September.2010 About the project The School of Computer Science invites applications from suitably qualified students for a fully-funded Industrial CASE studentship. This 3.5 year PhD studentship is sponsored jointly by EPSRC and Pfizer, and will be supervised by Prof. Carole. A. Goble and Dr Robert Stevens (University of Manchester) and Dr. Lee Harland (Pfizer). There are numerous public and proprietary sources of information relating to compounds, targets, genes, pathways and diseases. However, the challenge now is how all this information can be harnessed by the pharmaceutical industry to discover the next generation of medicines for treating illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease and cancer. This studentship will investigate the realistic application of semantic web technologies for automating the integration of scientific data for use in the drug discovery process. The work will address challenges in combining drug discovery pipelines with ontological models that capture domain-specific relationships between heterogeneous data in the chemical and life sciences. The aim is to integrate large amounts of real-world public and proprietary information in the pharmaceutical industry to create linked data networks for answering scientific questions relating to diseases that are posed by scientists during the development of drug compounds. The results will be expected to be incorporated into the suite of tools for bioinformatics that have been developed at Manchester. The successful student will work in close collaboration with Pfizer and have the opportunity to work at their research facility in Sandwich, Kent. The student will benefit from the world-class research in semantic web technologies, scientific workflows and bioinformatics at the University of Manchester. Qualifications You should have, or expect to achieve, a first or upper second class Honours degree in computer science. Alternatively you may have an Honours degree in a chemical or biological science, and a Master's degree in bioinformatics, cheminformatics or computing. In addition, candidates should have a working knowledge of the Java programming language, whilst experience of semantic web technologies such as RDF will be an advantage. Amount of funding available Students must be a UK national to meet the requirements for an EPSRC award which will cover university fees and provide an annual tax-free maintenance stipend of £15,000. Details about EPSRC's eligibility requirements are available at www.epsrc.ac.uk How to Apply Applications with an up-to-date CV and covering letter including a summary as to why you wish to apply for this particular studentship and how your interests and experience relate to the project should be sent by email to Carole Goble: E-mail: carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk Contact for further information Informal enquires may be addressed to Dr. Peter Li: E-mail: peter.li@manchester.ac.uk Note: Interested applicants are encouraged to apply immediately as the position may be filled before the closing date. -- Sean Bechhofer School of Computer Science University of Manchester sean.bechhofer@manchester.ac.uk http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/people/bechhofer
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