What do fireflies and viruses have in common?

Oxford Mathematician Soumya Banerjee talks about his current work in progress.

"On warm summer days, fireflies mesmerise us with their glowing lights. They produce this cold light using a light-emitting molecule, the luciferin, and a complementary enzyme, luciferase. This process is known as bioluminescence.

A Search for Neutrino Emission from Fast Radio Bursts with Six Years of IceCube Data
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Measurement of the multi-TeV neutrino cross section with IceCube using
Earth absorption
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Modelling outbreaks of infectious disease - diagnostic tests key for epidemic forecasting

Precise forecasting in the first few days of an infectious disease outbreak is challenging. However, Oxford Mathematical Biologist Robin Thompson and colleagues at Cambridge University have used mathematical modelling to show that for accurate epidemic prediction, it is necessary to develop and deploy diagnostic tests that can distinguish between hosts that are healthy and those that are infected but not yet showing symptoms. The data derived from these tests must then be integrated into epidemic models.

Assessing the impact of local planning on housing delivery and affordability

The investment decisions made by the construction sector have an obvious impact on the supply of housing. Furthermore, Local Planning Authorities play a fundamental role in shaping this supply via town planning and, in particular, by approving or rejecting planning applications submitted by developers. However, the role of these two factors, as well as their interaction, has so far been largely neglected in models of the housing market.

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