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Research Associate, Chubb Lab

h.ford@ucl.ac.uk

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Twitter @hughzford

Research synopsis

I’m a slime mould enthusiast that uses the amoeba Dictyostelium to study collective cell intelligence. For this, I pair mathematical and computational modelling with 3D microscopy and image analysis. I am currently interested in the 3D patterns of cell signalling and velocity that emerge in swarming and aggregating cells.

Observing signal dynamics in 3D tissue

 

Biography

2019 | PhD Mathematical Biology, University of Sydney, Australia
2016 | MSc Applied Mathematics, University of Melbourne, Australia
 

Awards

2017-2019 | Recognised Student, University of Oxford

Research themes

Cell-cell interactions
Physics of living systems
 

Technology

Light microscopy
Mathematical modelling