Postdoc Appreciation Week
Thank you to all of our postdoctoral researchers for their hard work and research.
For this year's Postdoc Appreciation Week, we have highlighted six of our postdocs in our news item as well as across our social media channels. The postdocs are:
- Dr. Sarah Hayes
- Dr. Klara Kaleb
- Dr. Rebecca Lewis
- Dr. Matthew Raybould
- Dr. Saif Syed
- Dr. Anthony J. Webster
A coffee break with cake to thank the postdocs will be held at 11am on Thursday 10th October, Week 0 of Michaelmas Term 2024.
Department
Bike Parking Etiquette
Recently, we have noticed that several bikes, both in the bike shed and at the other departmental bike stands, are taking up space and not being used regularly. This creates challenges for those in our department who rely on biking for their regular commute.
If you have a bike that you don’t use often, please store it elsewhere to free up space for others. This will help ensure everyone has access to secure and convenient bike parking when they need it.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Parking Permits: Central Area
Deadline: 12pm, Wednesday 25th September 2024
A reminder that midday this coming Wednesday is the deadline to submit your application for a parking permit within the Central Area. Applications and information is available through the Travel Administration page.
Awards
COPA 2024: Alexey Chervonenkis Award
Congratulations to Jason Clarkson, Wenkai Xu, Mihai Cucuringu and Gesine Reinert for winning the Alexey Chervonenkis award for Best Paper at COPA 2024!
COPA 2024 is the 13th Symposium for Conformal and Probabilistic Predictions. It took place in Milan on the 9th-11th September.
RSC's 7th "AI in Chemistry": People's Poster Prize
Congratulations to 2nd Year DPhil in Statistics student Ísak Valsson on winning the People’s Poster Prize at the RSC’s 7th "AI in Chemistry". The symposium was held at Churchill College, Cambridge 16th-18th September, 2024.
For Researchers
Science Together: Where research meets local communities
Join the 2024/25 programme connecting Oxford researchers with local organisations. Tackle real-world challenges, gain new perspectives, and make a lasting impact in Oxfordshire. They are looking for researchers and facilitators – open to researchers from all disciplines and career stages, faculty and professional services staff. Training and support are provided – just bring enthusiasm and a curious mind.
What is Science Together?
Launched in 2021, the community-first initiative fosters collaborations between university-based researchers and local organisations. Together, you'll tackle real challenges and create a meaningful impact for people living and working in Oxfordshire.
Who can participate?
We welcome applications from:
- Researchers at any career stage and from any discipline
- Public engagement professionals
- Anyone passionate about community collaboration
Submit your Expression of Interest by 7 October and find out more.
MPLS PCER Fellows Scheme
Deadline: Friday 4th October 2024
Do you want to lead the way in making public and community engagement with research (PCER) an integral part of your department’s culture? The MPLS PCER Fellowships offer funding (up to £4,000) and support for individuals and teams to develop impactful public engagement initiatives that strengthen support and culture for PCER within MPLS Division departments.
More information: https://www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/public-engagement/pcer-fellows-scheme-deadline-4-october
College Opportunities
For information on the Non-Stipendiary opportunities available at the colleges, please visit Non-Stipendiary College Associations for Research Staff.
For Professional Services
For Teaching Staff
Invitation to workshop: Empowering Oxford Educators
Date & Time: Monday 7th October, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Centre for Teaching and Learning, Seminar Room, Level 2, Littlegate House
Colleagues are invited to an in-person workshop on the 7th October to explore how digital teaching resources at Oxford can enhance and support student learning. Specialists from the Centre for Teaching and Learning will showcase innovative practices and strategies for seamlessly integrating in-person teaching with the University’s digital education tools. You’ll also have the chance to design and prepare your teaching approach for Weeks 0 to 8 of each term.
Find out more and register for the workshop
Events
Wellbeing in the libraries: Come Collect!
Date & Time: Thursday 26th September, 6:00pm–8:00pm
Location: Blackwell Hall, Weston Library
How do we relax? A lot of us like collecting things and enjoying our collections. They might be books, they might be records, they might be photographs… they can be anything!
As a library, the Bodleian has enjoyed collecting for over 400 years and we want to foster that joy in others. Join us 6–8pm on Thursday 26th September in Blackwell Hall at the Weston Library to have a drink and celebrate collecting.
By all means just hang out with fellow collectors, but we encourage you to:
- bring a treasured book, document, or vinyl record for an expert opinion
- bring an old camera, or a photo or slide we may be able to scan
- bring ephemera we might add to our collection (posters, flyers, event tickets… especially if they're homemade).
Sign up here: https://forms.office.com/e/n63FFwAZCD – we look forward to seeing you soon!
Registrations open for Oxford's Michaelmas Term careers fairs
The Oxford University Careers Service have opened registrations for their six in-person careers fairs in Michaelmas term. At the fairs, you will have the chance to meet representatives from a variety of recruiting organisations, explore the jobs and internships available, chat to careers advisers, and find out more about different career options.
Sign up now for all or some of the upcoming fairs.
Workshops and Training
BDI Workshops and Seminars
BDI/CHG Genomics seminar
Date & Time: Tuesday 1st October, 9:30am - 10:30am
Location: BDI/OxPop seminar room 1 | Teams
- 9:30 - 9:45 -Yuyang Chen, DPhil Student, Computational Rare Disease Group, BDI
- 9:45 - 10:00 - Dr Ping Zhang, Senior postdoctoral scientist in statistical functional genomics, Centre for Human Genetics
- 10:00 – 10:15 - Jennifer Astley, DPhil, Statistical Genomics and Computational Immunology, NDORMS
Followed by refreshments in the atrium
A Gentle Introduction to Python (Session 1)
Date & Time: Tuesday 15th October, 9:00am – 11:00am
Location: BDI/OxPop Seminar room 1 | In-person only
Matthieu J. Miossec, Head of Computational Genomics group, Centre for Human Genetics
Python is one of the most popular programming languages for data science, both in academia and industry. This gentle introduction to Python is aimed at all students or staff around campus with little to no prior experience with Python or programming wanting to take that first step. The course will cover all the basics needed to get future coders started on their journey. By the end of the session, you will have written your first bits of code and be ready to explore what Python can do for your own data or personal projects.
Medical Statistics Drop In Session
Date & Time: Wednesday 16th October, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Location: BDI Conference Room (Lower Ground Floor, near the café | In-person only
Dr Lei Clifton, Lead Statistician, Translational Epidemiology Unit (TEU), Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
Do you have a burning medical statistics-related question that you would like to discuss with the wider Oxford Biomedical community? Submit your question in advance and come along to the drop in session, where your questions will get answered by Dr Lei Clifton.
A Gentle Introduction to Python (Session 2)
Date & Time: Thursday 17th October, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Location: BDI/OxPop Seminar room 1 | In-person only
The follow up session to 'A Gentle Introduction to Python (Session 1).
Library News
Radcliffe Science Library
Quiet Reading Rooms
The Quiet Reading Rooms will re-open this weekend, following building works to make desk sockets more accessible.
Accessible lift out of order
The accessible lift in the Radcliffe Science Library is currently out of order. We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause and are doing all we can to resolve this issue.
Wheelchair users and readers with mobility impairments are encouraged to contact the RSL Disability Liaison marija.babic@bodleian.ox.ac.uk or email enquiries.rsl@bodleian.ox.ac.uk to discuss alternative arrangements for accessing library spaces and collections.
Vacancies
Research Software Engineer
This exciting position is an opportunity to join the Oxford Protein Informatics Group (OPIG) on a permanent basis, developing and supporting the group’s world-leading open source computational tools, which are in use across academia and industry.
Location: Department of Statistics
Salary: Grade 8 - £47,085 to £55,895 with a discretionary range to £60,921 pa
Closing Date: Friday 1st November 2024, 12:00pm
Vacancy Reference: 174960
University Jobs Portal: Click here to view further details and to apply.
IT
Potential Network Disruption
When: Monday 23rd September 2024 between around 09:00-11:00 hrs
What: Statistics network possible connectivity disruption
On Monday the IT team will be moving some of our networking equipment connections and testing network fail-over between the buildings to be certain everything installed over the summer is working as expected.
This could result in some network disruption. Our installer will be providing assistance and guidance throughout.
As always, if you have any concerns or queries about this or any other IT matter, please get in touch with Statistics IT by email at ithelp@stats.ox.ac.uk