Ruth Baker
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Research interests
My research focuses on developing and applying novel mathematical, computational and statistical methodologies and modelling frameworks for investigating developmental biology systems at the cell and tissue level. I develop biologically realistic models that, used in tandem with experimental investigations, can provide fundamental insights into key biological mechanisms. An important aspect of my work is therefore multidisciplinary collaboration with theoreticians, life scientists and clinicians both within Oxford and further afield.
I also play a key role in QBIOX (https://www.qbiox.co.uk/), an MPLS-funded initiative to develop quantitative biology in Oxford.
Prizes, awards, and scholarships:
- Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award 2017-2022
- Leverhulme Research Fellowship 2017-2019
- London Mathematical Society Whitehead Prize 2014
Recent publications
-
Mathematical modelling predicts novel mechanisms of stream confinement from Trail/Colec12/Dan in the collective migration of cranial neural crest cells
Journal article
Johnson S. et al, (2025), Developmental Dynamics
-
The influence of cell phenotype on collective cell invasion into the
extracellular matrix
Preprint
Yin Y. et al, (2025)
-
A likelihood-based Bayesian inference framework for the calibration of
and selection between stochastic velocity-jump models
Preprint
Ceccarelli A. et al, (2025)
-
Identification of Neural Crest and Melanoma Cancer Cell Invasion and Migration Genes Using High-throughput Screening and Deep Attention Networks
Journal article
Kasemeier-Kulesa J. et al, (2025), Developmental Dynamics
-
Optimal control of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in a heart-tumour model
Journal article
van der vegt S. et al, (2025), Bulletin of Mathematical Biology