(Full details at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI1278)
Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship to be held jointly at the School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham and The Diamond Light Source, the UK's national synchrotron facility at Harwell, Oxfordshire. Diamond generates brilliant beams of light from infra-red to X-rays which are used to acquire images at extremely high resolutions: imaging of sub-cellular components of biological objects is a key application of the Diamond facility. Analysis of such images requires cell components to be identified and accurate, quantitative descriptions of their properties (shape, size, position, etc) recovered from the image. The very high spatial and grey-level resolution of synchrotron images means that very fine details (of e.g. mitochondria) are visible - organelles do not appear as simple, evenly coloured regions but as highly variable, textured areas. This PhD project seeks to develop automatic image analysis methods and software tools that can extract quantitative measurements of sub-cellular objects from Diamond Light images. The successful student will work closely with research staff and potential users at both Nottingham and Diamond. Students should have a good first degree (preferably at the level of a first-class degree in the UK context) in Computer Science or a related discipline. Previous experience of image analysis, computer vision or biological science are an advantage, but not essential. Informal enquiries may be addressed to: Dr Andrew French: andrew.p.french @ nottingham.ac.uk Dr Mark Basham: Mark.Basham @ diamond.ac.uk Dr Tony Pridmore: tony.pridmore @ nottingham.ac.uk Details on how to apply are on the website. Alun Ashton ___________________________________________________________ Alun Ashton, alun.ash...@diamond.ac.uk Tel: +44 1235 778404 Group Leader - Data Analysis Software, www.diamond.ac.uk Diamond Light Source, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0DE, U.K. -- This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or privileged material, and are for the use of the intended addressee only. If you are not the intended addressee or an authorised recipient of the addressee please notify us of receipt by returning the e-mail and do not use, copy, retain, distribute or disclose the information in or attached to the e-mail. Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the individual and not necessarily of Diamond Light Source Ltd. Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail or any attachments are free from viruses and we cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses which may be transmitted in or with the message. Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). Registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
