Dr Philip Murray

Dr Philip Murray

Dr Philip Murray

DPhil, BSc

  • Career Development Fellow at St Hughs College
  • PDRA

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eMail: Philip [dot] Murray [-at-] maths [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk
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Phone Number(s):

Reception/Secretary: +44 1865 273525
Direct: +44 1865 283891

Office: DH43

Preferred Address:

Centre for Mathematical Biology
Mathematical Institute
24-29 St Giles'
Oxford, OX1 3LB, UK

Departmental Address:

Mathematical Institute
24-29 St Giles'
Oxford
OX1 3LB
England

Research Interests: 

Tumour modelling, intestinal crypt modelling, somitogenesis, hair follicle signalling, nonlinear diffusion equations, discrete to continuum modelling.

Major/Recent Publications: 

Classifying general nonlinear force laws in cell-based models via the continuum limit*

P. J.  Murray, C. M. Edwards, M. J. Tindall, P. K. Maini, (2012). Classifying general nonlinear force laws in  cell-based models via the continuum limit [pdf]. Physical Review E, 85 021921

Selected for the March 1, 2012 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research

The clock and wavefront model revisited

P. J. Murray, P. K. Maini, R. E. Baker (2011). The clock and wavefront model revisited [pdf]. Journal of Theoretical Biology 283(1):227-38.

 

Modelling oscillator synchronisation during vertebrate axis segmentation

P. J. Murray,  P. K. Maini,  R. E. Baker,  (2012).   IHES Workshop on pattern formation in morphogenesis  (Accepted)

Comparing a discrete and continuum model of the intestinal crypt*

 P. J. Murray, A. Walter, A. G. Fletcher, C. M. Edwards, M. J. Tindall, P. K. Maini (2011). Comparing a discrete and continuum model of the intestinal crypt [pdf]. Physical Biology, Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 026011.

*Selected for ‘LabTalk’ news item on Physical Biology website

Modelling spatially regulated β-catenin dynamics and invasion dynamics in intestinal crypts*

P. J. Murray, J. W. Kang, G. R. Mirams, S. Y. Shin, H. M. Byrne, P. K. Maini, K. H. Cho (2010). Modelling spatially regulated β-catenin dynamics and invasion dynamics in intestinal crypts [pdf]. Biophysical Journal 2010 Aug 4;99(3):716-25.

* Selected for Faculty of 1000 Biology

 

From a discrete to a continuum model of cell dynamics in one spatial dimension*

P. J. Murray, C. M. Edwards, M. J. Tindall, P. K. Maini, (2009). From a discrete to a continuum model of cell dynamics in one dimension [pdf]. Physical Review E, 80 (3). 031912-1-031912-10.

* Selected for the October 1, 2009 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research

 An integrative computational model for intestinal tissue renewal

I. M. M. van Leeuwen, G. R. Mirams, A. Walter, A. G. Fletcher, P. Murray, J. Osbourne, S. Varma, S. J. Young, J. Cooper, B. Doyle, J. M. Pitt-Francis, L. Momtahan, P. Pathmanathan, J. P. Whiteley, S. J. Chapman, D. J. Gavaghan, O. Jensen, J. R. King, P. K. Maini, S. L. Waters, H. M. Byrne (2009). An integrative computational model for intestinal tissue renewal. Cell Proliferation, 42 (5). pp. 617-636.

Chaste: A test-driven approach to software development for biological modelling

J. M. Pitt-Francis, P. Pathmanathan,  M. Bernabeu, R. Bordas, J. Cooper, A. G. Fletcher, G. R. Mirams, P. Murray, J. Osborne, A. Walter, S. J. Chapman, A. Garny, I. M. M. van Leeuwen, P. K. Maini, B. Rodriguez, S. L. Waters, J. P. Whiteley, H. M. Byrne, D. J. Gavaghan (2009) Computer Physics Communications, 180; 12 2452--2471. 2009

A computational study of discrete mechanical tissue models

P. Pathmanathan, J. Cooper, A. G. Fletcher,  G. R. Mirams, P. J. Murray, J. Osborne, J. M. Pitt-Francis, A. Walter, S. J. Chapman. Physical Biology, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2009

Multiscale modelling of colonic crypts and early colorectal cancer 

A. G. Fletcher, G. R. Mirams, P. J. Murray, A. Walter, K. H. Cho, P. K. Maini, H. M. Byrne. Multiscale cancer modelling, Editor: Thomas S. Deisboeck., ISBN: 9781439814406.