About Angelika Manhart:Angelika Manhart is a Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at University College London (UCL). She is a Mathematician and Molecular Biologist and has studied and worked at the University of Vienna, the New York University and Imperial College London. She uses mathematical modelling (e.g. differential equations) to understand phenomena in cell biology. Typical questions are: "How can cells create enough force to move?" "How do collectives of thousands and millions of tiny cells form large-scale patterns?" In the science part of the presentation she will talk about her work on modelling colonies of earth-dwelling bacteria called myxobacteria, who form fascinating wave patterns (https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0218202518400043). Angelika is also an avid science communicator. She has designed activities for museum visitor in the New York Hall of Science and wrote and illustrated for the online science magazine coopersquarereview.org |
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