Bits of code!
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Introduction to R
Below is a link to a webpage written by David Schoeman at USC which gives a brief into into R.
Click the link here
PhD scholarships on offer now
Understanding Evolution in Natural Systems Using Models: The PhD project will contribute to research that investigates the neuromuscular and biomechanical mechanisms associated with changes in body size using varanid lizards as a model. We have collected an extensive morphological dataset for this group including the muscle architecture of varanid lizards ranging from the smallest (7.6 g Varanus brevicauda) to the largest extant species (40 kg Varanus komodoensis), as well as their maximum speeds. We will use musculoskeletal models of varanid lizards in OpenSim to predict higher level biological parameters (e.g. running speed) in both living and extinct species. We will be able to scale our model up or down, exploring size, or change its shape (e.g. limb length). This will allow us to understand what the limitations to size are, in biological systems, and at what size certain structures no longer work. This research will have direct implications for understanding evolution as a process of optimisation. Click here to apply
List of Honours and undergraduate projects available at the University of the Sunshine Coast
Honours
- Insect jumping
- Insect Clinging
- Bipedal lizards
- Climbing lizards
- Come up with your own project?
SRP / Undergraduate
- Jumping Sea Slaters Clinging
- Bipedal lizards
- Foot pad morphology among insects
- Come up with your own project?