Mathematical Biology and Ecology

This series covers a wide range of topics in computational and mathematical biology.
Type: Seminar Series
Timing: Fridays at 2 during term time
Web Address: http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/
Organising department: Mathematical Institute

Talks:

Friday 14 October 2022 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Stochastic dynamics of cell fate decisions and the gene regulatory networks that underlie them
Date: 14 October 2022, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Prof Adam MacLean (USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences University of Southern California)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L3
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Ruth Baker (University of Oxford)

Friday 21 October 2022 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Systematic elucidation of genetic mechanisms underlying cholesterol uptake
Date: 21 October 2022, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Prof Richard Sherwood (Harvard Medical School)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L3
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Peter Minary (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 October 2022 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Emergent digital biocomputation through spatial diffusion and engineered bacteria
Date: 28 October 2022, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Prof Chris Barnes (UCL)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L3
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Ruth Baker (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 November 2022 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

A multiscale model of complex endothelial cell dynamics in early angiogenesis
Date: 4 November 2022, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Prof Tomas Alarcon (Centre de Recerca Matematica (Centre for Mathematical Research, Barcelona)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L3
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Peter Minary (University of Oxford)

Friday 11 November 2022 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Identifying cell-to-cell variability using mathematical and statistical modelling
Date: 11 November 2022, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Dr Alex Browning (Dept of Mathematics, University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L3
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Ruth Baker (University of Oxford)

Friday 18 November 2022 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Beyond DNA damage
Date: 18 November 2022, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Prof Hooshang Nikjoo (Department of Physiology Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L3
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Peter Minary (University of Oxford)

Friday 25 November 2022 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The inevitable emergence of density-dependent diffusion in expanding phage populations
Date: 25 November 2022, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Dr Diana Fusco (Dept of Physics, University of Cambridge)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L3
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Ruth Baker (University of Oxford)

Friday 2 December 2022 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

To be announced
Date: 2 December 2022, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Prof Katie Bentley (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L3
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Peter Minary (University of Oxford)

Editor: Sara Jolliffe