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Workshop on cell-based computational modelling (Oxford, 11-14 September 2023)

Posted by , on 7 August 2023

We are pleased to announce a workshop on cell-based computational modelling within Chaste, an open-source multi-scale framework for the computational modelling of biological systems. This software library consists of object-oriented ...

PhD studentship on hypothalamus self-assembly

Posted by , on 3 July 2018

Applications are invited for a four-year funded PhD studentship to conduct research in developmental neurobiology under the supervision of Dr Alexander Fletcher and Prof. Marysia Placzek at the University of Sheffield. ...

Recent jobs by Alexander Fletcher

PhD position: Dissecting early hypothalamus development through modelling and experiment

Posted by , on 25 October 2023

About the Project This exciting interdisciplinary project brings together expertise in mathematical biology (Alexander Fletcher) and developmental neurobiology (Marysia Placzek) in the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Sheffield. The hypothalamus is a small region of the brain that is critical to life, controlling growth, metabolism and reproduction, yet we understand little about its development. This […]

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Biology at University of Sheffield

Posted by , on 19 April 2022

The School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield are seeking to make a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer appointment in Mathematical Biology. Your research interests will be focused on the application of mathematical techniques to biological phenomena. Relevant research interests could include (but are certainly not limited to) cell and developmental biology. For […]

Four Research Associate positions: Understanding self-organised tissue patterning across scales

Posted by , on 10 February 2022

Four Research Associate positions are available at the University of Sheffield, to join an interdisciplinary team working on the project ‘Understanding self-organised tissue patterning across scales‘ funded as part of the EPSRC/Wellcome Trust ‘Building Collaboration at the Physics of Life Interface’ initiative. There are two theory positions based primarily in the group of Dr Alexander […]