Career
- 2018-date: Royal Society E.P. Abraham Professor, DAMPT, Cambridge
- 2011-date: Herchel Smith Chair in Physics, Cavendish Laboratory,
- Cambridge
- 2002-2010: Personal Chair in the Theory of Condensed Matter, Cavendish Laboratory,
- Cambridge
- 2000-2002: University Readership in the Theory of Condensed Matter, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
- 1995-1999: Lecturer, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
- 1995-date: Fellow, St John’s College, Cambridge
- 1994-1995: Royal Society Research Fellow and Lecturer, Imperial College, London
- 1990-1991: Junior Research Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Research
Ben is a member the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and the Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics. He also holds affiliated positions in the Wellcome Trust/CRUK Gurdon Institute and the Wellcome Trust/MRC Stem Cell Institute. His research interests have spanned a wide range of topics within the area of theoretical quantum condensed matter physics. However, his current interests are focussed on the application of modelling approaches to study the dynamics of biological systems, from subcellular processes, to cell fate decision-making and morphogenic processes. His research is supported by grants from EPSRC, the Wellcome Trust, CRUK and the Royal Society.
Selected Publications
- S. Rulands, et al., Universality of clone dynamics during tissue development, Nature Physics 14, 469-474 (2018)
- E. Hannezo, et al., A unifying theory of branching morphogenesis, Cell 171, 242-255 (2017)
- X. Lan, et al., Cell fate mapping of human glioblastoma reveals an invariant stem cell hierarchy pre- and post-treatment, Nature 549, 227-232 (2017)
- A. Sanchez-Danes, et al., Defining the clonal dynamics leading to tumor initiation, Nature 536, 298-303 (2016)
- B. D. Simons and H. Clevers, Strategies of stem cell self-renewal in adult tissues, Cell 145, 851-862 (2011)
- C. Lopez-Garcia, et al., Intestinal stem cell replacement follows a pattern of neutral drift, Science 330, 822-825 (2010)
Publications
Deep sequencing as a probe of normal stem cell fate and preneoplasia in human epidermis.
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(2015)
113,
128
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1516123113)
Human keratinocytes have two interconvertible modes of proliferation.
– Nat Cell Biol
(2015)
18,
145
(doi: 10.1038/ncb3282)
Stem and progenitor cell division kinetics during postnatal mouse mammary gland development
– Nature Communications
(2015)
6,
8487
(doi: 10.1038/ncomms9487)
Dynamics of Lgr6 + Progenitor Cells in the Hair Follicle, Sebaceous Gland, and Interfollicular Epidermis
– Stem Cell Reports
(2015)
5,
843
(doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2015.09.013)
The Independent Probabilistic Firing of Transcription Factors: A Paradigm for Clonal Variability in the Zebrafish Retina
– Dev Cell
(2015)
34,
532
(doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.08.011)
Cell Competition Modifies Adult Stem Cell and Tissue Population Dynamics in a JAK-STAT-Dependent Manner
– Developmental Cell
(2015)
34,
297
(doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.06.010)
Clonal Dynamics Reveal Two Distinct Populations of Basal Cells in Slow-Turnover Airway Epithelium.
– Cell Rep
(2015)
12,
90
(doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.06.011)
Fluctuation and commensurability effect of exciton density wave
– Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
(2015)
91,
245302
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.245302)
Deterministic Progenitor Behavior and Unitary Production of Neurons in the Neocortex
– Cell
(2014)
159,
775
(doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.10.027)
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