Glasgow PhD students set to take their research to Parliament

Three PhD students from the University of Glasgow have been selected to present their research at the STEM for Britain competition on Monday 6th March. Langxin Xi and Mandal Parna, from the School of Mathematics & Statistics, and Thomas Gregory, from the School of Physics & Astronomy, will attend parliament to present posters outlining their research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges at the event. (l-r) Langxin Li, Thomas Gregory and Parna Mandal, participants in the STEM for Britain competition They were shortlisted from hundreds of applicants to appear in Parliament. Their posters will be judged will be judged against dozens of other scientists' research, which will end in a gold, silver and bronze prize-giving ceremony. Lanxin, 25, is from China. Her poster focuses on the development of a new Bayesian statistical tool for the accurate detection of genetic variation associated with heart disease. She said: "It is a great honour to be offered this opportunity to show the public how statistical models can help to solve important and complex real-world problems.