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44
Citations
6609
World Ranking
5886
National Ranking
375

Overview

Eamonn A. Gaffney is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines including engineering and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Gaffney's work has contributed significantly to several subfields such as biomedical engineering, molecular biology, computer networks and communications, condensed matter physics, and modeling and simulation.

The scientist has a substantial publication record, with notable presence in journals and conference venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Physical Review Fluids
  • Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Gaffney's research topics are diverse and interdisciplinary. Main topics of their work cover:

  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
  • Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

Co-publications frequently occurred with several researchers, including:

  • Benjamin J. Walker
  • Andrew L. Krause
  • Kenta Ishimoto
  • Philip K. Maini
  • Václav Klika

Recent selected papers by Gaffney showcase a range of topics and publication venues. These include:

  • "Deconvolution of monocyte responses in inflammatory bowel disease reveals an IL-1 cytokine network that regulates IL-23 in genetic and acquired IL-10 resistance" (2020, Gut)
  • "The developmental basis of fingerprint pattern formation and variation" (2023, Cell)
  • "Patterns of bacterial motility in microfluidics-confining environments" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Bespoke Turing Systems" (2021, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology)
  • "Modelling Motility: The Mathematics of Spermatozoa" (2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology)

Best Publications

  • Reaction and Diffusion on Growing Domains: Scenarios for Robust Pattern Formation

    Edmund J. Crampin;Eamonn A. Gaffney;Philip K. Maini

  • Mammalian Sperm Motility: Observation and Theory

    E.A. Gaffney;H. Gadêlha;H. Gadêlha;D.J. Smith;D.J. Smith;J.R. Blake

  • Bend propagation in the flagella of migrating human sperm, and its modulation by viscosity.

    David Smith;Eamonn Gaffney;H Gadelha;H Gadelha;N Kapur

  • Human sperm accumulation near surfaces: a simulation study

    David Smith;Eamonn Gaffney;John Blake;JC Kirkman-Brown

  • Modelling mucociliary clearance.

    D.J. Smith;E.A. Gaffney;J.R. Blake

  • Modelling bacterial behaviour close to a no-slip plane boundary: the influence of bacterial geometry

    H. Shum;E. A. Gaffney;E. A. Gaffney;D. J. Smith;D. J. Smith

  • Squirmer dynamics near a boundary

    Kenta Ishimoto;Eamonn A. Gaffney

  • Nonlinear instability in flagellar dynamics: a novel modulation mechanism in sperm migration?

    H. Gadêlha;E. A. Gaffney;D. J. Smith;J. C. Kirkman-Brown

  • Stability analysis of non-autonomous reaction-diffusion systems: the effects of growing domains

    Anotida Madzvamuse;Eamonn A. Gaffney;Philip K. Maini

  • Feather arrays are patterned by interacting signalling and cell density waves

    William K. W. Ho;Lucy Freem;Debiao Zhao;Kevin J. Painter

  • A Viscoelastic Traction Layer Model of Muco-Ciliary Transport

    D. J. Lubkin;E. A. Gaffney;J. R. Blake

  • Discrete cilia modelling with singularity distributions: application to the embryonic node and the airway surface liquid.

    D. J. Smith;E. A. Gaffney;J. R. Blake

  • Fluid mechanics of nodal flow due to embryonic primary cilia.

    D.J Smith;J.R Blake;E.A Gaffney

  • Gene expression time delays and Turing pattern formation systems.

    E. A. Gaffney;N. A. M. Monk

  • Deconvolution of monocyte responses in inflammatory bowel disease reveals an IL-1 cytokine network that regulates IL-23 in genetic and acquired IL-10 resistance.

    Dominik Aschenbrenner;Maria Quaranta;Soumya Banerjee;Nicholas Ilott

  • Fluid flow and sperm guidance: a simulation study of hydrodynamic sperm rheotaxis.

    Kenta Ishimoto;Eamonn A. Gaffney

  • Age-related changes in speed and mechanism of adult skeletal muscle stem cell migration.

    Henry Collins‐Hooper;Thomas E. Woolley;Louise Dyson;Anand Patel

  • The influence of receptor-mediated interactions on reaction-diffusion mechanisms of cellular self-organisation

    Václav Klika;Václav Klika;Ruth E. Baker;Denis Headon;Eamonn A. Gaffney

  • A Mechanistic Model of the Intravitreal Pharmacokinetics of Large Molecules and the Pharmacodynamic Suppression of Ocular Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Levels by Ranibizumab in Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

    Laurence A. Hutton-Smith;Eamonn A. Gaffney;Helen M. Byrne;Philip K. Maini

  • Stochastic reaction and diffusion on growing domains: understanding the breakdown of robust pattern formation.

    Thomas E. Woolley;Ruth E. Baker;Eamonn A. Gaffney;Philip K. Maini

  • Experimental Physiology –Review Article: Tissue capillary supply – it's quality not quantity that counts!

    Stuart Egginton;Eamonn Gaffney

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip K. Maini
Philip K. Maini University of Oxford
Helen M. Byrne
Helen M. Byrne University of Oxford
John Blake
John Blake University of Birmingham
Alain Goriely
Alain Goriely University of Oxford
Robert A. Gatenby
Robert A. Gatenby Moffitt Cancer Center
Matthew J. Simpson
Matthew J. Simpson Queensland University of Technology
Holm H. Uhlig
Holm H. Uhlig University of Oxford
David J. Smith
David J. Smith Arizona State University
Robert J. Gillies
Robert J. Gillies Moffitt Cancer Center
James M. Bullock
James M. Bullock UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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