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Adventures in Mathematical Biology
In this talk I will give a number of short vignettes of work that has been undertaken in my group over the last 15 years. Mathematically, the theme that underlies our work is the importance of randomness to biological systems. I will explore a number of systems for which randomness plays a critical role. Models of these systems which ignore this important feature do a poor job of replicating the known biology, which in turn limits their predictive power. The underlying biological theme of the majority our work is development, but the tools and techniques we have built can be applied to multiple biological systems and indeed further afield. Topics will be drawn from, locust migration, zebrafish pigment pattern formation, mammalian cell migratory defects, appropriate cell cycle modelling and more. I won’t delve to deeply into anyone area, but am happy to take question or to expand upon of the areas I touch on.
Date:
31 January 2025, 11:00
Venue:
Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details:
L4
Speaker:
Dr Kit Yates (Bath University)
Organising department:
Mathematical Institute
Organiser contact email address:
jolliffe@maths.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Dr Ruth Baker (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Mathematical Biology and Ecology
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Sara Jolliffe