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Biology and Biochemistry
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2025

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
97
Citations
32873
World Ranking
1758
National Ranking
114

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2012 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to mathematical biology.
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Philip K. Maini is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine, with a particular focus on mathematical and computational approaches in biology.

The main subfields of study include:

  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Genetics

The scientist's work covers a range of important topics in biological research, including:

  • Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis

Philip K. Maini has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with notable recent papers such as:

  • "Generation time of the alpha and delta SARS-CoV-2 variants: an epidemiological analysis," 2022, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Turnover Modulates the Need for a Cost of Resistance in Adaptive Therapy," 2020, Cancer Research
  • "Chaste: Cancer, Heart and Soft Tissue Environment," 2020, The Journal of Open Source Software
  • "High infectiousness immediately before COVID-19 symptom onset highlights the importance of continued contact tracing," 2021, eLife
  • "Inference of the SARS-CoV-2 generation time using UK household data," 2022, eLife

Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
  • WIREs Mechanisms of Disease
  • Cancer Research

Philip K. Maini regularly collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Helen M. Byrne
  • Ruth E. Baker
  • Joe Pitt-Francis
  • Alexander R.A. Anderson
  • Maximilian Strobl

The scientist has received several awards recognizing their contributions, including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2015
  • SIAM Fellow, 2012, for contributions to mathematical biology
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

  • Cyclic dermal BMP signalling regulates stem cell activation during hair regeneration

    Maksim V. Plikus;Julie Ann Mayer;Damon de la Cruz;Ruth E. Baker

  • Mathematical Models of Avascular Tumor Growth

    Tiina Roose;S. Jonathan Chapman;Philip K. Maini

  • Pattern formation by lateral inhibition with feedback: a mathematical model of delta-notch intercellular signalling.

    Joanne R. Collier;Nicholas A.M. Monk;Philip K. Maini;Julian H. Lewis

  • A cellular automaton model for tumour growth in inhomogeneous environment

    T. Alarcón;H.M. Byrne;P.K. Maini

  • On the foundations of cancer modelling: Selected topics, speculations, and perspectives

    Nicola Bellomo;Nicola Bellomo;N.K. Li;P.K. Maini

  • Cellular adaptations to hypoxia and acidosis during somatic evolution of breast cancer

    R A Gatenby;K Smallbone;P K Maini;F Rose

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

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

  • Spatial pattern formation in chemical and biological systems

    Philip K. Maini;Kevin J. Painter;Helene Nguyen Phong Chau

  • Inherent noise can facilitate coherence in collective swarm motion

    Christian A. Yates;Radek Erban;Carlos Escudero;Iain D. Couzin

  • On the spatial spread of the grey squirrel in Britain.

    Akira Okubo;Philip Kumar Maini;M. H. Williamson;James Dickson Murray

  • A lyapunov function and global properties for sir and seir epidemiological models with nonlinear incidence.

    Andrei Korobeinikov;Philip K. Maini

  • Fibroblast migration and collagen deposition during dermal wound healing: mathematical modelling and clinical implications.

    Steven McDougall;John Dallon;Jonathan Sherratt;Philip Maini

  • Mathematical modeling of cell population dynamics in the colonic crypt and in colorectal cancer

    Matthew D. Johnston;Carina M. Edwards;Walter F. Bodmer;Philip K. Maini

  • Non-linear incidence and stability of infectious disease models.

    Andrei Korobeinikov;Philip K. Maini

  • Overview of Mathematical Approaches Used to Model Bacterial Chemotaxis II: Bacterial Populations

    M. J. Tindall;P. K. Maini;S. L. Porter;J. P. Armitage

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

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

  • Chaste: A test-driven approach to software development for biological modelling☆

    Joe Pitt-Francis;Pras Pathmanathan;Miguel O. Bernabeu;Rafel Bordas

  • Modelling aspects of cancer dynamics: a review.

    H.M Byrne;T Alarcon;M.R Owen;S.D Webb

  • A two-dimensional numerical study of spatial pattern formation in interacting Turing systems.

    R. A. Barrio;C. Varea;J. L. Aragón;P. K. Maini

  • Mathematical oncology: cancer summed up.

    Robert A. Gatenby;Philip K. Maini

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen M. Byrne
Helen M. Byrne University of Oxford
Eamonn A. Gaffney
Eamonn A. Gaffney University of Oxford
James D. Murray
James D. Murray University of Washington
Alexander R. A. Anderson
Alexander R. A. Anderson Moffitt Cancer Center
Robert A. Gatenby
Robert A. Gatenby Moffitt Cancer Center
Thomas Höfer
Thomas Höfer German Cancer Research Center
Judith P. Armitage
Judith P. Armitage University of Oxford
Hans G. Othmer
Hans G. Othmer University of Minnesota
Cheng-Ming Chuong
Cheng-Ming Chuong University of Southern California
Andrew J. Wathen
Andrew J. Wathen University of Oxford

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