Multi-Scale Modelling of Bacterial Infections
Mathematics Today
When developing mathematical models that describe bacterial infections in a host, being able to incorporate the mechanisms by which bacteria […]
Discovering Patterns in a Scrambled Genome
Mathematics Today
DNA recombination The classical dogma in biology says that DNA stores information, which is transcribed into RNA and then translated […]
Predicting Extinction of Filarial Worm Infections
Mathematics Today
Elimination of infectious diseases The year 2019 marks a number of important anniversaries: 75 years since D-Day, 50 years since […]
An Interview with Reidun Twarock FIMA
Mathematics Today
Professor Twarock (University of York) has led a sizeable team of researchers since 2007, with funding from a Leverhulme Trust […]
Women’s Stories from the Computer Room
Mathematics Today
Photographs of early computer laboratories, with their chunky consoles and steel cabinets, always feature smart young women seated at terminals or […]
A Point on Conversion: Scoring in Rugby Union
Mathematics Today
The Poisson match is a mathematical model of a sport in which two teams convert possession into points, e.g. soccer, […]
Editorial, August 2019
Mathematics Today
I was delighted when Martine Barons CMath MIMA accepted the invitation to write an editorial for the June issue of […]
Hinkley Point – A new spin on nuclear energy
Mathematics Today
Westward Ho! Musing on Mathematics and Mechanics In the latest Westward Ho!, Alan Champneys ponders on the construction currently taking […]
Sticking with Droplets: How Having a Soft Foot Can Improve Capillary Adhesion
Mathematics Today
Matt Butler was awarded the IMA Lighthill-Thwaites Prize at the British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC), held at the University of […]
Fluids, Fluorescence and a Hat Full of Beetles
Mathematics Today
George is so fond of lightning. … He puts his head under all the waterspouts he can find. … He […]