R.A. Fisher Centre for Computational Biology
The R.A. Fisher Centre for Computational Biology is an
interdisciplinary centre of excellence for mathematical and
computational analysis of the fast-growing data in genetics and
biology. It was established to commemorate the extraordinary
contributions to both statistics and genetics by R.A. Fisher. The
Centre is directed by Professor Ziheng Yang FRS,
and comprises staff from GEE as well as other departments within the
Faculty of Life Sciences who work at the interface between
mathematics/statistics/computer science and biology.
R.A. Fisher was the Galton Professor in UCL from 1933 to 1943. He has
been described as "a genius who almost single-handedly created the
foundations for modern statistical science" (Hald, A. 1998 A History
of Mathematical Statistics). He was also one of the three founding
fathers of theoretical population genetics (the other two being JBS
Haldane, who was also in UCL, and Sewall Wright), a subject
fundamental to the interpretation of genomic data. See departmental
history, A
Guide to R.A. Fisher and R.A. Fisher
Digital Archive for more details about Fisher's science and life.
Current members of the Centre and their research interests are as follows
- David Balding: statistical genetics, computational statistics
- Julia Day: molecular phylogenetics
- David Jones: structural genomics, bioinformatics
- Nikolas Maniatis: Human genetics, genetic epidemiology and bioinformatics
- Andrew Martin: bioinformatics
- David Murrell: computational ecology
- Christine Orengo: structural and comparative genomics, bioinformatics
- Vincent Plagnol: human and medical genetics
- Andrew Pomiankowski: evolution of gene networks, systems biology
- Max Reuter: evolutionary genetics, population genetics and genomics
- Max Telford: molecular phylogenomics, development
- Mark Thomas: human population genetics, bioinformatics
- Ziheng Yang: molecular phylogenetics, population genetics, comparative genomics & computational statistics
Links
Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment
CEE: Centre for Ecology and Evolution
CoMPLEX: Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology
UGI: UCL Genetics Institute
University College London
Contact
For information about the Fisher Centre for Computational Biology, please contact Professor Ziheng Yang at z . yang@ucl.ac.uk.
Last modified, 16 Januarry 2012