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The strong research portfolios within both the department of Mathematical Sciences (2001 RAE rating 5* Applied Mathematics; 5 Statistics) and the department of Biology and Biochemistry (2001 RAE rating 5) will provide an excellent environment in which to offer stimulating MSc projects addressing important research questions.

Each student will undertake a three month project and dissertation, supervised jointly between the departments of Mathematical Sciences and Biology and Biochemistry. Such cross-departmental supervision has a proven track record for PhD supervision through the Centre for Mathematical Biology.

The students will be expected to identify and design their approach to their project during the second semester and write a short summary of what they intend to do before they start. Each project will be a synthesis of both an analytical and a computational approach to solving a substantial biological problem. An oral presentation will be given by the student after one months work on the project and all members of the Centre for Mathematical Biology will be invited to attend this. Guidelines on the format of the dissertation will be provided to the students and they will be expected to produce a high quality document.

We anticipate that several projects will involve external collaboration. In recent years, collaboration on biological projects in the MSc in Modern Applications of Mathematics has included CEH Banchory, CEH Dorset, Rothamsted.

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