News
Dr Francis Marriott
It is with great sadness that the Department has learned of the recent death of Dr Francis Marriott. Dr Marriott was greatly involved with the Department of Statistics and in recent years with the Consultancy Service.
Chimpanzee populations are more distinct than continental human populations
Recently published research showing that chimpanzees living on either side of a river in Cameroon are more distinct genetically than humans living on different continents has been covered by national media including the Daily Mail online and the Daily Mirror. The study, conducted by Rory Bowden and Peter Donnelly with Simon Myers and Garrett Hellenthal in conjunction with scientists from Cameroon, the Netherlands and the University of Cambridge was published on 1 March in PLoS Genetics. It used high-throughput genotyping and novel statistical methodology to measure the relationships between 54 individuals drawn from three of the four chimpanzee populations, and has relevance for conservation as well as our understanding of the evolution and ecology of chimpanzees. More information is available here. (March 2012)
Probability Lecture for Sixth Formers
On 3 February the Department held a lecture for sixth form students and first year undergraduates. David Aldous of the University of California, Berkeley spoke about the Top Ten Things that Probability says about the Real World.
DNA study reveals how bacteria evaded childhood vaccine
A recent paper in Nature Genetics 'Pneumococcal genome sequencing tracks a vaccine escape variant formed through a multi-fragment recombination event' was co-authored by several members of the Department, including Professor Peter Donnelly and Dr Rory Bowden. The study was featured in the health section of the BBC website. (January 2012)
Tom Snijders awarded Docteur Honoris Causa diploma
Professor Tom Snijders was conferred with the Docteur Honoris Causa diploma by the Université Paris Dauphine at a ceremony on 16 December 2011 in Paris.
New Professor
Congratulations to Charlotte Deane who has been awarded the title of Professor of Structural Bioinformatics.
Steffen Lauritzen to give Wald lectures 2012
Professor Steffen Lauritzen has been chosen to give the Wald Lectures at the Annual Meeting of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, to be held together with the World Bernoulli Society Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, July 2012.
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