Multiscale glioblastoma modelling: from development to treatment

About the project

The mathematical modelling of glioblastoma has a long history, with the majority of current models being focused on single-scale dynamics. This project with address the multi-scale nature (i.e, tissue-scale and cell-scale) of glioblastoma invasion, and will also explore the particular heterogeneous structure of the brain tissue.

The PhD student on this project will benefit from joint supervision from Mathematics, Neurosurgery and Clinical Imaging research staff at the University of Dundee and Ninewells Hospital (Dundee), as the project will combine mathematical modelling and analysis with imaging data from clinical studies, to make predictions important for neurosurgery decisions.

This project requires not only a basic level in ordinary differential and partial differential equations, but also a robust computational mathematics/scientific computing background (and preferably experience with actual hands-on programming in Matlab/C/C++/Python).

Diversity statement

Our research community thrives on the diversity of students and staff which helps to make the University of Dundee a UK university of choice for postgraduate research. We welcome applications from all talented individuals and are committed to widening access to those who have the ability and potential to benefit from higher education.