Current Research
Three connected research directions
I move between model systems, quantitative tools and physical theory — with each direction informing the others.
Living systems
Gastruloid Morphogenesis & Self-Organization
How do initially simple stem-cell aggregates break symmetry, generate flows and organise multiple tissues?
Methods
Quantitative Tools for Imaging
How can we see, segment, track and compare cells in dense, light-scattering 3D tissues?
Physics
Tissue Rheology
How can effective material properties be inferred from tissue dynamics, deformations and rearrangements?