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
Epidermal homeostasis: do committed progenitors work while stem cells sleep?
– Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
(2008)
8,
82
(doi: 10.1038/nrm2292)
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
– EPL (Europhysics Letters)
(2007)
27,
335
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/27/5/001)
Polarized Fermi Condensates with Unequal Masses: Tuning the Tricritical Point
– Physical review letters
(2007)
98,
160402
A single type of progenitor cell maintains normal epidermis.
– Nature
(2007)
446,
185
(doi: 10.1038/nature05574)
Finite-temperature phase diagram of a polarized Fermi condensate
– Nature Physics
(2007)
3,
124
(doi: 10.1038/nphys520)
Transformation of spin information into large electrical signals using carbon nanotubes
– Nature
(2007)
445,
410
(doi: 10.1038/Nature05507)
Quantum mechanics with random imaginary scalar potential
– Europhysics Letters (EPL)
(2007)
45,
290
(doi: 10.1209/epl/i1999-00161-8)
Graphite intercalation compounds under pressure:: A first-principles density functional theory study
– Physical Review B
(2007)
75,
085432
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.085432)
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