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BS Team

Our aims:

  • To provide IFR with core resources in applied statistics, mathematical programming and data handling.
  • To conduct research in key areas of data analysis relevant to the Institute's strategic science programme.
  • To collaborate with partners across academia and industry, in the UK and internationally.

Our publications reflect the team's wide-ranging interests and numerous collaborations with the IFR Science Programmes and beyond. Our research focuses on selected areas of applied data analysis. These include multivariate analysis, especially of spectral data - nmr, infrared, MS - with a focus on metabolomics and nutrition studies.

Just published: OPEN ACCESS BOOK CHAPTER Kemsley E. K., Defernez M. (2012) Relating surface electromyograms of the facial muscles during mastication to the mechanical and sensory properties of foodstuffs in Applications of EMG in Clinical and Sports Medicine Intech pp329 - 358 View & download at Intech

Are you an undergraduate at the University of Oxford? Read more about an upcoming opportunity for an internship within the BS team during the 2012 summer vacation, through a scheme facilitated by the Oxford Careers Service.

Just published Le Gall G., Noor S., Ridgway K., Scovell L., Crawford J., Johnson I. T., Colquhoun I. J., Kemsley E. K., Narbad A.(2011) Metabolomics of faecal extracts detects altered metabolic activity of gut microbiota in ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome Journal of Proteome Research E-print doi: 10.1021/pr2003598 View abstract at J Prot Res

Contact us

The Bioinformatics and Statistics Group are:
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(Head of Group) more
(Research Scientist)
(Research Scientist) more
(Senior Research Scientist)
(Institute Statistician) more
Eimear Jones (Visiting worker, to March 2012)

We welcome contact from outside IFR, especially with the aim of developing collaborative projects and studentships. For industry, we regularly carry out contract research and consultancies. Short-term and confidential work can be arranged through IFR Extra.