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Institute for the Physics of Living Systems

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Previous Research Projects

  • Understanding the interplay of 3D cell shape and mechanical properties in epithelial developmental patterning
    Supervisor: Giulia Paci (Mao Lab) 2024 IPLS

  • Agent-based modelling of bacterial growth in complex environments
    Supervisor: Freya Bull 2024 IPLS

  • Synthesis and Characterisation of Liposomal Magnetic Nanoflowers for Hyperthermia Treatment
    Supervisor: Nguyen TK Thanh 2024 BioP

  • Quantum Analysis of Different Spectral Variants of the Light-Harvesting Complex 2 Through Hierarchical Equations of Motion
    Supervisor: Alexandra Olaya-Castro 2024 BioP/PI

  • Phase separation in evolving populations: the physics of cline theory
    Supervisors: Jaime Agudo-Canalejo and Kabir Husain 2024 Brian Duff

  • Simulation of protein nanoparticles aggregation and liquid-liquid phase separation in cells
    Supervisor: Maxim Molodtsov 2024 Brian Duff

  • Statistical physics of the adaptive immune system
    Supervisor: Andreas Mayer 2023 IPLS

  • Mathematical modelling of Wnt ligand binding and interaction dynamics 
    Supervisor: Luke Davis (Pearce Lab) 2023 IPLS

  • How do animal species ensure robust patterning between individuals?
    Supervisor: Lewis Mosby (Hadjivasiliou Lab) 2023 BioP

  • Synthesis of thermosensitive liposome-nanoflower for magnetic hyperthermia
    Supervisor: Nguyen TK Thanh 2023 Brian Duff

  • Single-molecule profiling of DNA damage with magnetic tweezers
    Supervisor: Nick Bell 2023 Brian Duff

  • Characterising diffusible signals for biological spatial computation
    Supervisor: Alex Fedorec (Barnes Lab) 2022 IPLS

  • A computational approach to study the role of extracellular matrix (ECM) mechanics in tissue development
    Supervisor: Nargess Khalilgharibi (Mao Lab) 2022 IPLS

  • Multiscale modelling of living matter (Online Project)
    Supervisor: Philip Pearce 2022 IPLS

  • Pattern control during growth: scaling and robustness in developmental networks (Online Project)
    Supervisor: Zena Hadjivasiliou 2022 BioP

  • Antimicrobial crack propagation in bacterial membranes
    Supervisor: Bart Hoogenboom 2022 Brian Duff

  • Synthesis of Biocompatible Doped and Undoped Iron Oxide Nanocubes for Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) and MPI- Magnetic Hyperthermia (MH) Application.
    Supervisor: Nguyen Thanh 2022 Brian Duff

  • Engineering leader-follower relationships between reprogrammed motile bacteria
    Supervisor: Chris Barnes 2021 IPLS

  • Optimizing antibiotic combination therapies through modelling time-kill curve data and performing E. coli screening assays
    Supervisors: Frank Kloprogge and Dimitrios Evangelopoulos 2021 IPLS

  • Understanding the dynamic distribution of membrane receptor complexes with single-molecule imaging and deep learning
    Supervisor: Romain Lain 2021 IPLS

  • Biocompatible Transition Metal Doped Nanoflower as Agent for Hyperthermia Cancer Treatment
    Supervisor: Thanh Nguyen 2021 BioP

  • Theoretical Prediction of Photothermal Effect of Nanoparticles in Different Environments (Online Project)
    Supervisor: Thanh Nguyen 2021 BioP

  • In silico analysis of the effects of charge distribution on fibrillogenesis for collagen-mimetic molecules
    Supervisor: Andela Saric 2021 BioP

  • Physics of bio-AFM imaging (Online Project)
    Supervisor: Bart Hoogenboom 2021 Brian Duff

  • Optimal control of aging and cancer in multicellular organisms (Online Project)
    Supervisor: Thomas Michaels 2021 Brian Duff

  • Cell Division by ESCRT-III filaments: the role of filament fracturing (Online Project)
    Supervisor: Andela Saric 2021 Brian Duff

  • Physics of cell division (Online Project)
    Supervisors: Andela Saric and Buzz Baum 2020 IPLS

  • Learning local optimal karyotypes in the fitness landscapes of cancer cells undergoing chromosomal instability (Online Project)
    Supervisor: Chris Barnes 2020 IPLS

  • What makes living things alive is a fundamental problem in biology, physics, and philosophy
    Supervisors: Shiladitya Banerjee and  Buzz Baum 2019 IPLS

  • Membrane remodelling by protein crowding
    Supervisors: Andela Saric and  Buzz Baum 2019 IPLS

  • Quantitative Evaluation of the Mechanical Properties of epithelial monolayers - Role of the length of actin filaments
    Supervisor: Guillaume Charras 2019 IPLS

  • Nanoscale clustering of CD40 by therapeutic antibodies
    Supervisor: Bart Hoogenboom 2019 IPLS

  • Exploring state changes in polarity protein PAR- 2 via single particle tracking / modelling
    Supervisor: Nathan Goehring 2019 IPLS

  • Predictive analysis of nuclear division dynamics in fission yeast
    Supervisor: Buzz Baum 2018 IPLS

  • Monitoring of VEGF internalisation via neuropilin-1 by using single molecule approaches
    Supervisor: Snezana Djordjevic 2018 IPLS

  • Single-molecule light-sheet fluorescence microscopy for imaging receptor proteins on the surface of living cells
    Supervisor: Isabel Llorente-Garcia 2018 IPLS

  • Investigate how tissue fluidity promotes epithelial wound healing
    Supervisor: Yanlan Mao 2018 IPLS

  • Physics of Filament Evolution
    Supervisors: Andela Saric and Buzz Baum 2018 IPLS

  • Biofunctionalisation of Anisotropic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Hyperthermia Therapy
    Supervisor: Thanh Nguyen 2018 BioP

  • Diffusion of Virus-like Particles on Cell Surfaces
    Supervisors: Ricardo Henriques and Andela Saric 2016

  • Two-colour light-sheet fluorescence microscopy for live cell imaging
    Supervisor: Isabel Llorente-Garcia 2016

  • Quantitative analysis of tumour lineage interaction at the single cell level
    Supervisor: Alan Lowe 2016

  • Development of rod-shaped superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for hyperthermic tumour destruction
    Supervisor: Thanh Nguyen 2016

  • In toto imaging on zebrafish epidermal patterns mediated by Notch signalling
    Supervisor: Andrew Oates 2016

  • The architecture of collagen scaffolds probed via coarse grained computer simulations
    Supervisor: Andela Saric 2016