Health & Environment
An effective and efficient aproach to
tackle the health and environment related issues requires a systems
methodology, for example when scaling-up from intra-cellular phenomena to
interactions between the cells at the organ level. The Department prides itself
in being a leader in developing mathematical models to provide a quantitative
understanding and analysis of biological systems and to also provide control
and design solutions to meet the healthcare objectives.
We collaborate with
experts from other disciplines including life scientists, clinicians and
computer scientists so as to cover the depth and the breadth of the system
under study.
Currently we are working on:
- Systems Biology (models for the liver, epithlial cells, cystic fibrosis)
- Synthetic Biology (design of gene oscillators)
- Delivery of Therapeutic Agents (drug delivery, gene delivery)
- Clean Water (Desalination using thermal, membrane and solvent extraction processes)
- Supply Chain Modelling and Optimisation
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