Topic: statistical models

Develop computational and mathematical methods for soil microbiomes in the Quince Group. The work combines long- and short-read metagenomics with metatranscriptomics, resolves strain diversity using statistical models, and supports predictive models of natural soils and synthetic microbial communities. The full-time appointment lasts three years, with extension dependent on funding and performance. Salary is £39,000–£42,150 at postdoctoral level or £47,450–£52,560 at senior level; senior appointment requires substantial metagenomics and research-leadership experience.

The ability to record large neural populations—hundreds to thousands of cells simultaneously—is a defining feature of modern systems neuroscience. Aside from improved experimental efficiency, what do these technologies fundamentally buy us? I'll argue that they provide an exciting opportunity to move beyond studying the "average" neural response. That is, by providing dense neural circuit measurements in individual subjects and moments in time, these recordings enable us to track changes across repeated behavioral trials and across experimental subjects. These two forms of variability are stil