Ours second PiWORKS speaker is Professor Karen Page from UCL, who works in mathematical biology.

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Title: Mathematics applied to embryo development

Abstract: I will talk about how mathematics can be used to investigate the patterning of embryos. I'll focus on the development of the primary axis of the embryo in vertebrates, the developing nervous system and migration of cells involved in facial structures. The mathematics will include Turing patterns, randomly perturbed dynamical systems and spatial models of cells in sheets and individually migrating cells.

The aim of our monthly PiWORKS (Piscopia Initiative – Women and Other Researchers Keynote Series) seminar is threefold; we want to

1. Showcase the work of female and non-binary mathematics researchers.

2. Provide a taste of different areas of mathematics research to undergraduate and MSc students.

3. Build an UK-wide community of female and non-binary researchers and mathematics students.

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