John Parkinson, Dalhousie University

Research

Bioinformatics Cancer Deep Learning Inflamatory Bowel Disease Long Read Sequencing Machine Learning Metagenomics Microbiome

Latest funding

Novel and robust systems based approaches for the identification and translation of microbiome derived diagnostic and therapeutics
CIHR · 2018 · Principal investigator
$25,000

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Novel and robust systems based approaches for the identification and translation of microbiome derived diagnostic and therapeutics

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams - LOI

Principal investigators: Langille, Morgan G; Beiko, Robert G; Bielawski, Joseph P; Declercq, Vanessa C; Gloor, Gregory B; Parkinson, John; Van Limbergen, Johan E

Keywords: Bioinformatics; Cancer; Deep Learning; Inflamatory Bowel Disease; Long Read Sequencing; Machine Learning; Metagenomics; Microbiome; Sex And Gender; Statistics

$25,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Bioinformatics Dear Professor Parkinson, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on bioinformatics connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]