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Yang Li

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We've asked Yang Li from Canada why he decided to do a DPhil project in the Nuffield Department of Medicine. He also talks about his research and his experience living in Oxford.

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Yang Li, from China, joined Oxford in October 2010 after completing an undergraduate degree in Maths and Computer Science at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
Yang completed a DPhil titled Understanding lineage-specific biology through comparative genomics in 2014, under the supervision of Dr Richard Copley and Professor Chris Ponting. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Genetics at Stanford, with Professor Jonathan Pritchard.

NDM Prize Studentship

Every year, about 60 DPhil students start a life changing experience in the Nuffield Department of Medicine in Oxford.

NDM Prize Studentships are advertised from October in Nature and online, and have a closing deadline of early January each year, with interviews taking place towards the end of January. The candidates are judged on the basis of their academic and research potential. The Prize Studentships are open to graduate students from all countries. Candidates should submit an online application by the deadline. Please read our guidance on how to apply.