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
Spontaneous coherence, interaction and kinetics of macroscopically ordered exciton state
– Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science QELS Technical Digest Series
(2008)
3363
(doi: 10.1109/QELS.2008.4553133)
Superfluidity at the BEC-BCS crossover in two-dimensional Fermi gases with population and mass imbalance
– Physical Review A Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
(2008)
77,
053617
(doi: 10.1103/physreva.77.053617)
Mechanism of murine epidermal maintenance: cell division and the voter model.
– Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
(2008)
77,
031907
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.77.031907)
Epidermal homeostasis: Do committed progenitors work while stem cells sleep?
– Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol
(2008)
9,
82
(doi: 10.1038/nrm2292)
OPINION Epidermal homeostasis: do committed progenitors work while stem cells sleep?
– Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
(2008)
9,
82
(doi: 10.1038/nrm2292x)
Sic transit gloria: Farewell to the epidermal transit amplifying cell?
– Cell Stem Cell
(2007)
1,
371
(doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2007.09.014)
Kinetics of cell division in epidermal maintenance
– Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2007)
76,
021910
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.021910)
Crossover Driven by Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking in Quantum Chaos
– Europhysics Letters (EPL)
(2007)
27,
335
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/27/5/001)
Polarized Fermi condensates with unequal masses: tuning the tricritical point.
– Phys Rev Lett
(2007)
98,
160402
A single type of progenitor cell maintains normal epidermis.
– Nature
(2007)
446,
185
(doi: 10.1038/nature05574)
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