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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to mathematical biology, in particular the theory of pattern formation in biological systems.
  • 2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to the mathematical modeling of spatiotemporal phenomena in biology, leading to the development of new mathematics and yielding important insights into biology

Overview

Hans G. Othmer is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions across several subfields, including Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Modeling and Simulation, Genetics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, prominently featuring Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Microtubule and Mitosis Dynamics, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies, Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models, and Hippo Pathway Signaling and YAP/TAZ.

Hans G. Othmer has published extensively, with research appearing in several venues, including publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Mathematical Biology, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Cells.

  • The discrete-time Kermack-McKendrick model: A versatile and computationally attractive framework for modeling epidemics (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • The Roles of Signaling in Cytoskeletal Changes, Random Movement, Direction-Sensing and Polarization of Eukaryotic Cells (2020, Cells)
  • Growth control in the Drosophila wing disk (2020, WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine)
  • Visualizing mesoderm and neural crest cell dynamics during chick head morphogenesis (2020, Developmental Biology)
  • On discrete time epidemic models in Kermack-McKendrick form (2021, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Jay A. Stotsky, Jia Gou, Odo Diekmann, Robert Planqué, and Martin Bootsma.

Hans G. Othmer has been recognized with distinctions such as the SIAM Fellow award in 2013 for contributions to mathematical biology, particularly in the theory of pattern formation in biological systems. Additionally, they were named Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2008, with a citation for fundamental contributions to the mathematical modeling of spatiotemporal phenomena in biology that have led to new mathematical developments and insights into biological processes.

Best Publications

  • The topology of the regulatory interactions predicts the expression pattern of the segment polarity genes in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Réka Albert;Hans G Othmer

  • Models of dispersal in biological systems

    H. G. Othmer;S. R. Dunbar;W. Alt

  • Aggregation, blowup, and collapse: the abc's of taxis in reinforced random walks

    Hans G. Othmer;Angela Stevens

  • Mathematical modeling of tumor-induced angiogenesis

    Nikos V. Mantzaris;Nikos V. Mantzaris;Steve Webb;Steve Webb;Hans G. Othmer

  • The diffusion limit of transport equations derived from velocity-jump processes

    Hans G. Othmer;Thomas Hillen

  • The Diffusion Limit of Transport Equations II: Chemotaxis Equations

    Hans G. Othmer;Thomas Hillen

  • Instability and dynamic pattern in cellular networks.

    H.G. Othmer;L.E. Scriven

  • From Individual to Collective Behavior in Bacterial Chemotaxis

    Radek Erban;Hans G. Othmer

  • Facilitated Transport of a Dpp/Scw Heterodimer by Sog/Tsg Leads to Robust Patterning of the Drosophila Blastoderm Embryo

    Osamu Shimmi;David M Umulis;Hans G Othmer;Michael B O'Connor

  • Shaping BMP morphogen gradients in the Drosophila embryo and pupal wing.

    Michael B. O'Connor;David Umulis;Hans G. Othmer;Seth S. Blair

  • A model for individual and collective cell movement in Dictyostelium discoideum

    Eirikur Palsson;Hans G. Othmer

  • Stripe formation in juvenile Pomacanthus explained by a generalized Turing mechanism with chemotaxis

    Kevin Painter;P. K. Maini;Hans G. Othmer

  • A model of excitation and adaptation in bacterial chemotaxis

    Peter A. Spiro;John S. Parkinson;Hans G. Othmer

  • Pattern formation in generalized Turing systems I. Steady-state patterns in systems with mixed boundary conditions

    R. Dillon;P. K. Maini;P. K. Maini;H. G. Othmer

  • A HYBRID MODEL FOR TUMOR SPHEROID GROWTH IN VITRO I: THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY RESULTS

    Yangjin Kim;Magdalena A. Stolarska;Hans G. Othmer

  • A continuum model of motility in ameboid cells

    Maria E. Gracheva;Hans G. Othmer

  • A stochastic analysis of first-order reaction networks.

    Chetan Gadgil;Chang Hyeong Lee;Hans G. Othmer

  • The role of the microenvironment in tumor growth and invasion

    Yangjin Kim;Magdalena A. Stolarska;Hans G. Othmer

  • Multiscale Models of Taxis-Driven Patterning in Bacterial Populations

    Chuan Xue;Hans G. Othmer

  • The topology of the regulatory interactions predics the expression pattern of the segment polarity genes in Drosophila melanogaster

    Reka Albert;Hans G. Othmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip K. Maini
Philip K. Maini University of Oxford
Radek Erban
Radek Erban University of Oxford
Kevin J. Painter
Kevin J. Painter Polytechnic University of Turin
Michael B. O'Connor
Michael B. O'Connor University of Minnesota
Eusebius J. Doedel
Eusebius J. Doedel Concordia University
Réka Albert
Réka Albert Pennsylvania State University
Ioannis G. Kevrekidis
Ioannis G. Kevrekidis Johns Hopkins University
Peter Monk
Peter Monk University of Delaware
Charles William Gear
Charles William Gear Princeton University
Pauline Schaap
Pauline Schaap University of Dundee

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