Unlocking Nature's Secrets: Reaction-Diffusion Models & Pattern Formation in Biology 🧬

Reaction-diffusion models, pioneered by Alan Turing, are one of the most famous ways to mathematically describe pattern formation.

These models assume the existence of two or more interacting chemicals (often called morphogens) that diffuse through space and react with each other in such a way that patterns can emerge. In the three lectures we showing on the subject, Ruth Baker will show how to analyse reaction-diffusion models to understand the conditions required for pattern formation, and the types of patterns that can emerge on differently sized and shaped domains.

You can watch the three lectures from the course as they appear on the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4d5ZtfQonW1ahkcL3NuP6zOVa8DpqIBE

You can also watch many other student lectures via our main Student Lectures playlist (also check out specific student lectures playlists): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4d5ZtfQonW0A4VHeiY0gSkX1QEraaacE

All first and second year lectures are followed by tutorials where students meet their tutor in pairs to go through the lecture and associated problem sheet and to talk and think more about the maths. Third and fourth year lectures are followed by classes.