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
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Smoothing in linear multicompartment biological processes subject to
stochastic input
Preprint
Browning AP. et al, (2023)
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Dynamic fibronectin assembly and remodeling by leader neural crest cells prevents jamming in collective cell migration.
Journal article
BAKER R., (2023), eLife
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Dynamic fibronectin assembly and remodeling by leader neural crest cells prevents jamming in collective cell migration.
Journal article
Martinson W. et al, (2023), eLife
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Travelling waves in a coarse-grained model of volume-filling cell
invasion: Simulations and comparisons
Preprint
Crossley RM. et al, (2023)
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Energy translation symmetries and dynamics of separable autonomous
two-dimensional ODEs
Preprint
Borgqvist JG. et al, (2023)