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...patterns in gene expression are disrupted in cancer. The project will suit a graduate student from a computational background with exceptional programming ability and strength in mathematics and statistics. The main focus of our group is directed at understanding the role played by noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) in modulating the behaviour of cancer cells. These are RNA molecules that are transcribed, but never translated into protein sequences. Advances in sequencing technology have revealed large numbers of novel ncRNA loci in the genome, to the point where they are now known to outnumber protein-codin...