Turing's theory of developmental pattern formation (Video lecture)

In this talk given at the University of Edinburgh in 2012, our director Prof. Philip Maini
gives an overview of the principles of pattern formation in mathematical biology.

Perspective on mathematical biology - Going back to go forward

This post by the Director of the WCMB, Prof. Philip Maini, is an extended version of his recent article in the SMB Newsletter.

Handling collaborative projects in the age of the cloud - how to manage without spending any money!

In this mid-week extra, Dr Jacob Scott discusses cloud storage services for collaborative science projects, which we also wrote about in his own blog.

Mathematical modelling of tumour-induced angiogenesis

In this post Lucy Hutchinson, a first-year D.Phil. student at the WCMB, describes her research in mathematical modelling of angiogenesis. Update: Lucy has won the Microsoft Research Project Prize for the best DTC short project in her cohort.

Pre-print servers: dangerous ways to lose your ideas, or a way to accelerate science and your career?

In this post Dr Jacob Scott, a third-year D.Phil. student at the WCMB, discusses the use of pre-print servers in biology. You can find Jake's own research blog here.

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

This year the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures will be delivered by Dr Alison Woollard who is here in Oxford. Her work is in the area of developmental biology so should be of interest to WCMB'ers and other readers of this blog.