Hello everyone,

We are looking for a PhD student to help develop a wildlife health intelligence system! This machine learning project but will include regular interactions with Tasmanian devils in captivity and some fieldwork. Contact me at andy.flies@utas.edu.aumailto:andy.flies@utas.edu.au for more info. Please share this message with any people or lists that might be interested

https://www.utas.edu.au/research/degrees/available-projects/projects/menzies...

Selection criteria

Basic to advanced computer programming skills

Prior experience in machine learning algorithms

Ability to work with a diverse academic and industry team

Interested people can see a bit more about our research program on this recent ABC 7:30 program video.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-16/hopes-for-new-vaccine-for-tasmanian-d...

Kind regards, Andy

-- Andrew S. Flies, PhD Senior Research Fellow Chair - UTAS Institutional Biosafety Committee Menzies Institute for Medical Research University of Tasmania t: +61 3 6226 4614 | e: Andy.Flies@utas.edu.aumailto:Andy.Flies@utas.edu.au Website: WildImmunity.comhttps://wildimmunity.com/ | Facebook: WildImmunityhttps://www.facebook.com/WildImmunity/ Twitter: @WildImmunityhttps://twitter.com/WildImmunity | Youtube: @WildImmunityhttps://www.youtube.com/@WildImmunity | Instagram: WildImmunityhttps://www.instagram.com/wildimmunity/ Wild and Comparative Immunology Consortiumhttps://www.wacimmuno.com/

Recent publication: Class II transactivator induces expression of MHC-I and MHC-II in transmissible Tasmanian devil facial tumourshttps://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.220208 (Open Biology) Recent publication: A human adenovirus encoding IFN-γ can transduce Tasmanian devil facial tumour cells and upregulate MHC-Ihttps://doi.org/JGV-D-22-00136 (Journal of General Virology) Recent publication: Fluorescent Adaptable Simple Theranostic (FAST) proteins for single-step testing of recombinant proteinshttps://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba5031 (Science Advances)

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