Philip Maini's guest appearances

Philip Maini

Travels in a Mathematical World

T100: Celebrating Alan Turing

Epistimones

Maths + Cancer

Alan Turing

Jim Al-Khalili

Steve Furber

Maja Pantic

Irene Tracey

Andrew Saxe

Kate Jeffery

Kerry Walker

Lisa Monteggia

Chris Eliasmith

Simon Butt

Tristram Wyatt

Elham Kashefi

David Harel

Jamie Davies

OwlTail

Philip Maini is a Professor of Mathematical Biology at the University of Oxford and is the head of the Centre for Mathematical Biology in the Mathematical Institute. His research includes mathematical modelling of tumours, wound healing and embryonic pattern formation, and the theoretical analysis of these models.  TIMESTAMPS (00:00) – Introduction (00:30) – The intersection of maths and biology (06:45) – Mathematical insights from biology (08:02) – The elegance of mathematical biology (10:31) – What attracted Philip to mathematical biology (12:19) – Day to day life in mathematical research (14:35) – Best route to get into mathematical biology (17:42) – The importance of wider mathematical knowledge to make breakthroughs (22:24) – The translation of biological phenomena into a mathematical model (27:09) – Distinguishing between models (29:40) – Turing systems (38:00) – Evolution and pattern formation (41:24) – Shortcomings of the Turing model (43:15) – End goal of mathematical biology (46:01) – The origin of human beauty (50:31) – Alan Turing (51:21) – Progression of science (54:02) – Is maths invented or discovered?

Philip Maini is a Professor of Mathematical Biology at the University of Oxford and is the head of the Centre for Mathematical Biology in the Mathematical Institute. His research includes mathematical modelling of tumours, wound healing and embryonic pattern formation, and the theoretical analysis of these models. TIMESTAMPS (00:00) – Introduction (00:30) – The intersection of maths and biology (06:45) – Mathematical insights from biology (08:02) – The elegance of mathematical biology (10:31) – What attracted Philip to mathematical biology (12:19) – Day to day life in mathematical research (14:35) – Best route to get into mathematical biology (17:42) – The importance of wider mathematical knowledge to make breakthroughs (22:24) – The translation of biological phenomena into a mathematical model (27:09) – Distinguishing between models (29:40) – Turing systems (38:00) – Evolution and pattern formation (41:24) – Shortcomings of the Turing model (43:15) – End goal of mathematical biology (46:01) – The origin of human beauty (50:31) – Alan Turing (51:21) – Progression of science (54:02) – Is maths invented or discovered?

#1 – Philip Maini: Modelling patterns in nature

Professor Philip Maini works in the Centre for Mathematical Biology at the University of Oxford.Turing’s seminal paper “The chemical basis of morphogenesis”, published in 1952, proposed that pattern formation in early embryonic development was an emergent, or self-organising, phenomenon driven by diffusion. This ingeneous and highly counter-intuitive idea has formed the basis for an enormous number of subsequent studies from both experimental and theoretical viewpoints. Maini critiques the model, considers applications to skeletal patterns in the limb, animal coat markings, fish pigmentation and hair patterning, and describes how present-day research is still influenced by this paper.The Turing Research Symposium was organised by the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics in partnership with SICSA and supported by Cambridge University Press.

Professor Philip Maini works in the Centre for Mathematical Biology at the University of Oxford. Turing’s seminal paper “The chemical basis of morphogenesis”, published in 1952, proposed that pattern formation in early embryonic development was an emergent, or self-organising, phenomenon driven by diffusion. This ingeneous and highly counter-intuitive idea has formed the basis for an enormous number of subsequent studies from both experimental and theoretical viewpoints. Maini critiques the model, considers applications to skeletal patterns in the limb, animal coat markings, fish pigmentation and hair patterning, and describes how present-day research is still influenced by this paper. The Turing Research Symposium was organised by the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics in partnership with SICSA and supported by Cambridge University Press.

Prof. Philip Maini - Turing’s Theory of Developmental Pattern Formation