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Dr Thomas Woolley
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- Available for postgraduate supervision
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Research Group
Applied Mathematics.
Research Interests
Mathematical biology, Morphogenesis, Reaction-diffusion theory, Cellular motion, Stochastic dynamics, Neurobiology, Oncology.
Publication
2026
- Bansal, N. , Kaouri, A. and Woolley, T. 2026. Reducing size bias in epidemic network modelling. Journal of Theoretical Biology 618 112314. (10.1016/j.jtbi.2025.112314)
2025
- Hakami, A. et al. 2025. Graft ischemia post cell transplantation to the brain: Glucose deprivation as the primary driver of rapid cell death. Neurotherapeutics 22 (2) e00518. (10.1016/j.neurot.2024.e00518)
- Jabi, W. et al. 2025. 3D topological modeling and multi-agent movement simulation for viral infection risk analysis. Architectural Science Review (10.1080/00038628.2025.2603534)
- Lewis, T. et al., 2025. Searching for model structures on murine neonatal sepsis data using genetic programming. Presented at: GECCO 2025 Málaga, Spain 14-18 April 2025. Published in: Ochoa, G. and Filipič, B. eds. GECCO '25 Companion: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion. ACM. , pp.863-866. (10.1145/3712255.3726680)
- Mahashri, N. , Woolley, T. E. and Muthusamy, C. 2025. Linear coupling of patterning systems can have nonlinear effects. Physical Review E 111 (1) 014224. (10.1103/physreve.111.014224)
- Noone, C. et al., 2025. Critically appraising the Cass Report: Methodological flaws and unsupported claims. BMC Medical Research Methodology 25 128. (10.1186/s12874-025-02581-7)
- Palmer, G. et al., 2025. Use and understanding of AI in the ART laboratory: an international survey. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 50 (3) 104435. (10.1016/j.rbmo.2024.104435)
- Woolley, T. 2025. A solution to the robustness problem of Turing patterns through patterning mode isolation. AppliedMath
- Woolley, T. 2025. Bespoke Turing patterns with specific nonlinear properties. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 481 (2312) 20250030. (10.1098/rspa.2025.0030)
- Woolley, T. 2025. Breaking free: motivating mathematics through escape rooms. MSOR Connections 24 (1), pp.75-83.
- Woolley, T. 2025. Pattern formation on regular polygons and circles. Journal of Nonlinear Science 35 5. (10.1007/s00332-024-10096-6)
2024
- Gallagher, K. , Ostler, T. and Woolley, T. 2024. Retinal oxygenation with conventional 100ms vs short-pulse pan-retinal laser photocoagulation. Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina 55 (1), pp.40-45. (10.3928/23258160-20231114-01)
- Henley, L. et al., 2024. A simple and fast method for estimating bat roost locations. Royal Society Open Science 11 (4) 231999. (10.1098/rsos.231999)
- Henley, L. et al., 2024. Bat motion can be described by leap frogging. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 86 16. (10.1007/s11538-023-01233-5)
- Tseng, C. et al., 2024. Gap junctions in Turing-type periodic feather pattern formation. PLoS Biology 22 (5) e3002636. (10.1371/journal.pbio.3002636)
- Xue, Y. et al. 2024. Modelling indoor airborne transmission combining architectural design and people movement using the VIRIS simulator and web app. Scientific Reports 14 28220. (10.1038/s41598-024-79525-6)
2023
- Glover, J. D. et al., 2023. The developmental basis of fingerprint pattern formation and variation. Cell 186 , pp.1-17. (10.1016/j.cell.2023.01.015)
- Moore, J. W. , Dale, T. C. and Woolley, T. E. 2023. Modelling polarity-driven laminar patterns in bilayer tissues with mixed signalling mechanisms. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems 22 (4), pp.2945-2990. (10.1137/22M1522565)
- Oruganti, S. et al., 2023. Immune and metabolic markers for identifying and investigating severe Coronavirus disease and Sepsis in children and young people (pSeP/COVID ChYP study): protocol for a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open 13 e067002. (10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067002)
- Smith, C. J. et al., 2023. Unravelling the clinical co-morbidity and risk factors associated with agenesis of the corpus callosum. Journal of Clinical Medicine 12 (11) 3623. (10.3390/jcm12113623)
2022
- Buze, M. , Woolley, T. E. and Mihai, L. A. 2022. A stochastic framework for atomistic fracture. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 82 (2), pp.526-548. (10.1137/21M1416436)
- Ghazal, P. et al. 2022. Challenging molecular dogmas in human sepsis using mathematical reasoning. EBioMedicine 80 104031. (10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104031)
- Ghazal, P. et al. 2022. Corrigendum to "Challenging molecular dogmas in human sepsis using mathematical reasoning" [EBioMedicine 80 (2022) 104031]. EBioMedicine 85 104331. (10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104331)
- May, S. et al. 2022. Modification of diet to reduce the stemness and tumourigenicity of murine and human intestinal cells. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 66 (19) 2200234. (10.1002/mnfr.202200234)
- Moore, J. W. , Dale, T. C. and Woolley, T. E. 2022. Polarity driven laminar pattern formation by lateral-inhibition in 2D and 3D bilayer geometries. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics 87 (4), pp.568-606.
- Moore, S. C. , Woolley, T. E. and White, J. 2022. An exploration of the multiplicative effect of "Other people" and other environmental effects on violence in the night-time environment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 (24) 16963. (10.3390/ijerph192416963)
- Robinson, J. et al., 2022. The association of neurodevelopmental abnormalities, congenital heart and renal defects in a Tuberous Sclerosis Complex patient cohort. BMC Medicine 20 123. (10.1186/s12916-022-02325-0)
- Woolley, T. 2022. Boundary conditions cause different generic bifurcation structures in Turing systems. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 84 (9) 101.
- Woolley, T. , Hill, W. and Hogan, C. 2022. Accounting for dimensional differences in stochastic domain invasion with applications to precancerous cell removal. Journal of Theoretical Biology 541 111024. (10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111024)
2021
- Harn, H. I. et al., 2021. Symmetry breaking of tissue mechanics in wound induced hair follicle regeneration of laboratory and spiny mice. Nature Communications 12 2595. (10.1038/s41467-021-22822-9)
- Harper, P. , Moore, J. and Woolley, T. 2021. Covid-19 transmission modelling of students returning home from university. Health Systems 10 (1), pp.31-40. (10.1080/20476965.2020.1857214)
- Hill, W. et al. 2021. EPHA2-dependent outcompetition of KRASG12D mutant cells by wild-type neigbors in the adult pancreas. Current Biology 31 (12), pp.2550-2560. E5. (10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.094)
- Kasemeier-Kulesa, J. C. et al., 2021. The embryonic trunk neural crest microenvironment regulates the plasticity and invasion of human neuroblastoma via TrkB signaling. Developmental Biology 480 , pp.78-90. (10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.08.007)
- Moore, J. et al. 2021. Further development of spinal cord retreatment dose estimation: including radiotherapy with protons and light ions. International Journal of Radiation Biology 97 (12), pp.1657-1666. (10.1080/09553002.2021.1981554)
- Moore, J. W. et al. 2021. A general computational framework for COVID-19 modelling with applications to testing varied interventions in education environments. COVID 1 (4), pp.674-703. (10.3390/covid1040055)
- Ostler, T. et al. 2021. Vitrifying multiple embryos in different arrangements does not alter the cooling rate. Cryobiology 103 , pp.22-31. (10.1016/j.cryobiol.2021.10.001)
- Simonović, J. and Woolley, T. 2021. Generalised S-System-Type Equation: Sensitivity of the deterministic and stochastic models for bone mechanotransduction. Mathematics 9 (19) 2422. (10.3390/math9192422)
- Suarez-Berumen, K. et al., 2021. Pannexin 1 regulates skeletal muscle regeneration by promoting bleb-based myoblast migration and fusion through a novel lipid based signaling mechanism. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 9 736813. (10.3389/fcell.2021.736813)
- Woolley, T. E. , Krause, A. L. and Gaffney, E. A. 2021. Bespoke Turing systems. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 83 41. (10.1007/s11538-021-00870-y)
2020
- Adamer, M. F. et al., 2020. Coloured noise from stochastic inflows in reaction-diffusion systems. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 82 44. (10.1007/s11538-020-00719-w)
- Harper, P. , Moore, J. and Woolley, T. 2020. Secondary household Covid-19 transmission modelling of students returning home from university. n/a
- Henley, L. et al. 2020. Long term environmental implications of social distancing on public transport emissions. Project Report.[Online].London: UK Government. Available at: https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/8995/pdf/.
- Krause, A. et al., 2020. Turing patterning in stratified domains. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 82 136. (10.1007/s11538-020-00809-9)
- Krause, A. et al., 2020. From one pattern into another: analysis of Turing patterns in heterogeneous domains via WKBJ. Interface 17 (162)(10.1098/rsif.2019.0621)
- Mihai, L. A. , Woolley, T. and Goriely, A. 2020. Likely cavitation and radial motion of stochastic elastic spheres. Nonlinearity 33 (5) 1987. (10.1088/1361-6544/ab7104)
- Viglialoro, G. and Woolley, T. E. 2020. Solvability of a Keller-Segel system with signal-dependent sensitivity and essentially sublinear production. Applicable Analysis 99 (14), pp.2507-2525. (10.1080/00036811.2019.1569227)
2019
- Budia, I. et al., 2019. Radiation protraction schedules for low-grade gliomas: A comparison between different mathematical models. Interface 16 (161) 20190665. (10.1098/rsif.2019.0665)
- Fitt, D. et al. 2019. Uncertainty quantification of elastic material responses: testing, stochastic calibration and Bayesian model selection. Mechanics of Soft Materials 1 13. (10.1007/s42558-019-0013-1)
- Ho, W. K. W. et al., 2019. Feather arrays are patterned by interacting signalling and cell density waves. PLoS Biology 17 (2) e3000132. (10.1371/journal.pbio.3000132)
- Maini, P. K. and Woolley, T. 2019. The Turing model for biological pattern formation. In: Bianchi, A. et al., The Dynamics of Biological Systems. Mathematics of Planet Earth Springer. , pp.189-204.
- Mihai, L. A. et al. 2019. Likely cavitation in stochastic elasticity. Journal of Elasticity 137 (1), pp.27-42. (10.1007/s10659-018-9706-1)
- Mihai, L. A. et al. 2019. Likely equilibria of stochastic hyperelastic spherical shells and tubes. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 24 (7), pp.2066-2082. (10.1177/1081286518811881)
- Mihai, L. A. , Woolley, T. and Goriely, A. 2019. Likely chirality of stochastic anisotropic hyperelastic tubes. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 114 , pp.9-20. (10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2019.04.004)
- Mihai, L. A. , Woolley, T. E. and Goriely, A. 2019. Likely equilibria of the stochastic Rivlin cube. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 377 (2144) 20180068. (10.1098/rsta.2018.0068)
- Mihai, L. et al. 2019. Likely oscillatory motions of stochastic hyperelastic solids. Transactions of Mathematics and Its Applications 3 (1) tnz003. (10.1093/imatrm/tnz003)
- Navajas Acedo, J. et al., 2019. Parallel control of mechanosensory hair cell orientation by the PCP and Wnt pathways. Nature Communications 10 3993. (10.1038/s41467-019-12005-y)
- Picco, N. et al., 2019. A mathematical insight into cell labelling experiments for clonal analysis. Journal of Anatomy 235 (3), pp.687-696. (10.1111/joa.13001)
- Picco, N. and Woolley, T. 2019. Time to change your mind? Modelling transient properties of cortex formation highlights the importance of evolving cell. Journal of Theoretical Biology 481 , pp.110-118. (10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.08.019)
- Simonovic, J. and Woolley, T. 2019. Deterministic and stochastic parameter analysis of the bone cell population model. Presented at: 8th International Conference on Computational Bioengineering (ICCB2019) Belgrade, Serbia 4-6 September 2019.
- Simonovic, J. and Woolley, T. 2019. Equation of osteocyte activity in the bone cell population model. Presented at: ACTC Advances in Cell and Tissue Cultures, Cardiff University School of Biosciences Cardiff, UK 4-5th June 2019.
- Simonovic, J. and Woolley, T. 2019. Study of bone cell population models of s-system type. Presented at: Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies Network – Learning and Collaborative Event on 8 April 2019 at QMUL London, UK 8-9 April 2019.
- Weber, E. et al., 2019. Self-organizing hair peg-like structures from dissociated skin progenitor cells: New insights for human hair follicle organoid engineering and Turing patterning in an asymmetric morphogenetic field. Experimental Dermatology 28 (4), pp.355-366. (10.1111/exd.13891)
2018
- Kasemeier-Kulesa, J. C. et al., 2018. Predicting neuroblastoma using developmental signals and a logic-based model. Biophysical Chemistry 238 , pp.30-38. (10.1016/j.bpc.2018.04.004)
- Krause, A. L. et al., 2018. Heterogeneity induces spatiotemporal oscillations in reaction-diffusions systems. Physical Review E 97 052206. (10.1103/PhysRevE.97.052206)
- Mihai, L. A. , Woolley, T. and Goriely, A. 2018. Stochastic isotropic hyperelastic materials: constitutive calibration and model selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society A 474 (2211) 201708. (10.1098/rspa.2017.0858)
- Picco, N. et al., 2018. Mathematical modeling of cortical neurogenesis reveals that the founder population does not necessarily scale with neurogenic output. Cerebral Cortex 28 (7), pp.2540-2550. (10.1093/cercor/bhy068)
- Picco, N. et al., 2018. Mathematical modelling of cortical neurogenesis reveals that the founder population does not necessarily scale with neurogenic output. Cerebral Cortex 28 (7), pp.2540-2550. (10.1093/cercor/bhy068)
- Sanders, J. et al. 2018. PLCz induced Ca2+ oscillations in mouse eggs involve a positive feedback cycle of Ca2+ induced InsP3 formation from cytoplasmic PIP2. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 6 36. (10.3389/fcell.2018.00036)
- Viglialoro, G. and Woolley, T. 2018. Boundedness in a parabolic-elliptic chemotaxis system with nonlinear diffusion and sensitivity, and logistic source. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences 41 (5), pp.1809-1824. (10.1002/mma.4707)
- Viglialoro, G. and Woolley, T. E. 2018. Eventual smoothness and asymptotic behaviour of solutions to a chemotaxis system perturbed by a logistic growth. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B 23 (8), pp.3023-3045. (10.3934/dcdsb.2017199)
- Woolley, T. et al. 2018. Changes in the retreatment radiation tolerance of the spinal cord with time after the initial treatment. International Journal of Radiation Biology 94 , pp.515-531. (10.1080/09553002.2018.1430911)
2017
- Adamer, M. , Woolley, T. and Harrington, H. 2017. Graph-facilitated resonant mode counting in stochastic interaction networks. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 14 (137) 20170447. (10.1098/rsif.2017.0447)
- Woolley, T. E. 2017. Pattern production through a chiral chasing mechanism. Physical Review E 96 032401. (10.1103/PhysRevE.96.032401)
- Woolley, T. E. , Gaffney, E. A. and Goriely, A. 2017. Random blebbing motion: a simple model linking cell structural properties to migration characteristics. Physical Review E 96 012409. (10.1103/PhysRevE.96.012409)
Articles
- Adamer, M. , Woolley, T. and Harrington, H. 2017. Graph-facilitated resonant mode counting in stochastic interaction networks. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 14 (137) 20170447. (10.1098/rsif.2017.0447)
- Adamer, M. F. et al., 2020. Coloured noise from stochastic inflows in reaction-diffusion systems. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 82 44. (10.1007/s11538-020-00719-w)
- Bansal, N. , Kaouri, A. and Woolley, T. 2026. Reducing size bias in epidemic network modelling. Journal of Theoretical Biology 618 112314. (10.1016/j.jtbi.2025.112314)
- Budia, I. et al., 2019. Radiation protraction schedules for low-grade gliomas: A comparison between different mathematical models. Interface 16 (161) 20190665. (10.1098/rsif.2019.0665)
- Buze, M. , Woolley, T. E. and Mihai, L. A. 2022. A stochastic framework for atomistic fracture. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 82 (2), pp.526-548. (10.1137/21M1416436)
- Fitt, D. et al. 2019. Uncertainty quantification of elastic material responses: testing, stochastic calibration and Bayesian model selection. Mechanics of Soft Materials 1 13. (10.1007/s42558-019-0013-1)
- Gallagher, K. , Ostler, T. and Woolley, T. 2024. Retinal oxygenation with conventional 100ms vs short-pulse pan-retinal laser photocoagulation. Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina 55 (1), pp.40-45. (10.3928/23258160-20231114-01)
- Ghazal, P. et al. 2022. Challenging molecular dogmas in human sepsis using mathematical reasoning. EBioMedicine 80 104031. (10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104031)
- Ghazal, P. et al. 2022. Corrigendum to "Challenging molecular dogmas in human sepsis using mathematical reasoning" [EBioMedicine 80 (2022) 104031]. EBioMedicine 85 104331. (10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104331)
- Glover, J. D. et al., 2023. The developmental basis of fingerprint pattern formation and variation. Cell 186 , pp.1-17. (10.1016/j.cell.2023.01.015)
- Hakami, A. et al. 2025. Graft ischemia post cell transplantation to the brain: Glucose deprivation as the primary driver of rapid cell death. Neurotherapeutics 22 (2) e00518. (10.1016/j.neurot.2024.e00518)
- Harn, H. I. et al., 2021. Symmetry breaking of tissue mechanics in wound induced hair follicle regeneration of laboratory and spiny mice. Nature Communications 12 2595. (10.1038/s41467-021-22822-9)
- Harper, P. , Moore, J. and Woolley, T. 2021. Covid-19 transmission modelling of students returning home from university. Health Systems 10 (1), pp.31-40. (10.1080/20476965.2020.1857214)
- Harper, P. , Moore, J. and Woolley, T. 2020. Secondary household Covid-19 transmission modelling of students returning home from university. n/a
- Henley, L. et al., 2024. A simple and fast method for estimating bat roost locations. Royal Society Open Science 11 (4) 231999. (10.1098/rsos.231999)
- Henley, L. et al., 2024. Bat motion can be described by leap frogging. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 86 16. (10.1007/s11538-023-01233-5)
- Hill, W. et al. 2021. EPHA2-dependent outcompetition of KRASG12D mutant cells by wild-type neigbors in the adult pancreas. Current Biology 31 (12), pp.2550-2560. E5. (10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.094)
- Ho, W. K. W. et al., 2019. Feather arrays are patterned by interacting signalling and cell density waves. PLoS Biology 17 (2) e3000132. (10.1371/journal.pbio.3000132)
- Jabi, W. et al. 2025. 3D topological modeling and multi-agent movement simulation for viral infection risk analysis. Architectural Science Review (10.1080/00038628.2025.2603534)
- Kasemeier-Kulesa, J. C. et al., 2018. Predicting neuroblastoma using developmental signals and a logic-based model. Biophysical Chemistry 238 , pp.30-38. (10.1016/j.bpc.2018.04.004)
- Kasemeier-Kulesa, J. C. et al., 2021. The embryonic trunk neural crest microenvironment regulates the plasticity and invasion of human neuroblastoma via TrkB signaling. Developmental Biology 480 , pp.78-90. (10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.08.007)
- Krause, A. et al., 2020. Turing patterning in stratified domains. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 82 136. (10.1007/s11538-020-00809-9)
- Krause, A. et al., 2020. From one pattern into another: analysis of Turing patterns in heterogeneous domains via WKBJ. Interface 17 (162)(10.1098/rsif.2019.0621)
- Krause, A. L. et al., 2018. Heterogeneity induces spatiotemporal oscillations in reaction-diffusions systems. Physical Review E 97 052206. (10.1103/PhysRevE.97.052206)
- Mahashri, N. , Woolley, T. E. and Muthusamy, C. 2025. Linear coupling of patterning systems can have nonlinear effects. Physical Review E 111 (1) 014224. (10.1103/physreve.111.014224)
- May, S. et al. 2022. Modification of diet to reduce the stemness and tumourigenicity of murine and human intestinal cells. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 66 (19) 2200234. (10.1002/mnfr.202200234)
- Mihai, L. A. et al. 2019. Likely cavitation in stochastic elasticity. Journal of Elasticity 137 (1), pp.27-42. (10.1007/s10659-018-9706-1)
- Mihai, L. A. et al. 2019. Likely equilibria of stochastic hyperelastic spherical shells and tubes. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 24 (7), pp.2066-2082. (10.1177/1081286518811881)
- Mihai, L. A. , Woolley, T. and Goriely, A. 2020. Likely cavitation and radial motion of stochastic elastic spheres. Nonlinearity 33 (5) 1987. (10.1088/1361-6544/ab7104)
- Mihai, L. A. , Woolley, T. and Goriely, A. 2019. Likely chirality of stochastic anisotropic hyperelastic tubes. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 114 , pp.9-20. (10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2019.04.004)
- Mihai, L. A. , Woolley, T. E. and Goriely, A. 2019. Likely equilibria of the stochastic Rivlin cube. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 377 (2144) 20180068. (10.1098/rsta.2018.0068)
- Mihai, L. et al. 2019. Likely oscillatory motions of stochastic hyperelastic solids. Transactions of Mathematics and Its Applications 3 (1) tnz003. (10.1093/imatrm/tnz003)
- Mihai, L. A. , Woolley, T. and Goriely, A. 2018. Stochastic isotropic hyperelastic materials: constitutive calibration and model selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society A 474 (2211) 201708. (10.1098/rspa.2017.0858)
- Moore, J. et al. 2021. Further development of spinal cord retreatment dose estimation: including radiotherapy with protons and light ions. International Journal of Radiation Biology 97 (12), pp.1657-1666. (10.1080/09553002.2021.1981554)
- Moore, J. W. , Dale, T. C. and Woolley, T. E. 2023. Modelling polarity-driven laminar patterns in bilayer tissues with mixed signalling mechanisms. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems 22 (4), pp.2945-2990. (10.1137/22M1522565)
- Moore, J. W. , Dale, T. C. and Woolley, T. E. 2022. Polarity driven laminar pattern formation by lateral-inhibition in 2D and 3D bilayer geometries. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics 87 (4), pp.568-606.
- Moore, J. W. et al. 2021. A general computational framework for COVID-19 modelling with applications to testing varied interventions in education environments. COVID 1 (4), pp.674-703. (10.3390/covid1040055)
- Moore, S. C. , Woolley, T. E. and White, J. 2022. An exploration of the multiplicative effect of "Other people" and other environmental effects on violence in the night-time environment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 (24) 16963. (10.3390/ijerph192416963)
- Navajas Acedo, J. et al., 2019. Parallel control of mechanosensory hair cell orientation by the PCP and Wnt pathways. Nature Communications 10 3993. (10.1038/s41467-019-12005-y)
- Noone, C. et al., 2025. Critically appraising the Cass Report: Methodological flaws and unsupported claims. BMC Medical Research Methodology 25 128. (10.1186/s12874-025-02581-7)
- Oruganti, S. et al., 2023. Immune and metabolic markers for identifying and investigating severe Coronavirus disease and Sepsis in children and young people (pSeP/COVID ChYP study): protocol for a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open 13 e067002. (10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067002)
- Ostler, T. et al. 2021. Vitrifying multiple embryos in different arrangements does not alter the cooling rate. Cryobiology 103 , pp.22-31. (10.1016/j.cryobiol.2021.10.001)
- Palmer, G. et al., 2025. Use and understanding of AI in the ART laboratory: an international survey. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 50 (3) 104435. (10.1016/j.rbmo.2024.104435)
- Picco, N. et al., 2018. Mathematical modeling of cortical neurogenesis reveals that the founder population does not necessarily scale with neurogenic output. Cerebral Cortex 28 (7), pp.2540-2550. (10.1093/cercor/bhy068)
- Picco, N. et al., 2018. Mathematical modelling of cortical neurogenesis reveals that the founder population does not necessarily scale with neurogenic output. Cerebral Cortex 28 (7), pp.2540-2550. (10.1093/cercor/bhy068)
- Picco, N. et al., 2019. A mathematical insight into cell labelling experiments for clonal analysis. Journal of Anatomy 235 (3), pp.687-696. (10.1111/joa.13001)
- Picco, N. and Woolley, T. 2019. Time to change your mind? Modelling transient properties of cortex formation highlights the importance of evolving cell. Journal of Theoretical Biology 481 , pp.110-118. (10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.08.019)
- Robinson, J. et al., 2022. The association of neurodevelopmental abnormalities, congenital heart and renal defects in a Tuberous Sclerosis Complex patient cohort. BMC Medicine 20 123. (10.1186/s12916-022-02325-0)
- Sanders, J. et al. 2018. PLCz induced Ca2+ oscillations in mouse eggs involve a positive feedback cycle of Ca2+ induced InsP3 formation from cytoplasmic PIP2. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 6 36. (10.3389/fcell.2018.00036)
- Simonović, J. and Woolley, T. 2021. Generalised S-System-Type Equation: Sensitivity of the deterministic and stochastic models for bone mechanotransduction. Mathematics 9 (19) 2422. (10.3390/math9192422)
- Smith, C. J. et al., 2023. Unravelling the clinical co-morbidity and risk factors associated with agenesis of the corpus callosum. Journal of Clinical Medicine 12 (11) 3623. (10.3390/jcm12113623)
- Suarez-Berumen, K. et al., 2021. Pannexin 1 regulates skeletal muscle regeneration by promoting bleb-based myoblast migration and fusion through a novel lipid based signaling mechanism. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 9 736813. (10.3389/fcell.2021.736813)
- Tseng, C. et al., 2024. Gap junctions in Turing-type periodic feather pattern formation. PLoS Biology 22 (5) e3002636. (10.1371/journal.pbio.3002636)
- Viglialoro, G. and Woolley, T. 2018. Boundedness in a parabolic-elliptic chemotaxis system with nonlinear diffusion and sensitivity, and logistic source. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences 41 (5), pp.1809-1824. (10.1002/mma.4707)
- Viglialoro, G. and Woolley, T. E. 2018. Eventual smoothness and asymptotic behaviour of solutions to a chemotaxis system perturbed by a logistic growth. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B 23 (8), pp.3023-3045. (10.3934/dcdsb.2017199)
- Viglialoro, G. and Woolley, T. E. 2020. Solvability of a Keller-Segel system with signal-dependent sensitivity and essentially sublinear production. Applicable Analysis 99 (14), pp.2507-2525. (10.1080/00036811.2019.1569227)
- Weber, E. et al., 2019. Self-organizing hair peg-like structures from dissociated skin progenitor cells: New insights for human hair follicle organoid engineering and Turing patterning in an asymmetric morphogenetic field. Experimental Dermatology 28 (4), pp.355-366. (10.1111/exd.13891)
- Woolley, T. 2025. A solution to the robustness problem of Turing patterns through patterning mode isolation. AppliedMath
- Woolley, T. 2025. Bespoke Turing patterns with specific nonlinear properties. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 481 (2312) 20250030. (10.1098/rspa.2025.0030)
- Woolley, T. 2022. Boundary conditions cause different generic bifurcation structures in Turing systems. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 84 (9) 101.
- Woolley, T. 2025. Breaking free: motivating mathematics through escape rooms. MSOR Connections 24 (1), pp.75-83.
- Woolley, T. 2025. Pattern formation on regular polygons and circles. Journal of Nonlinear Science 35 5. (10.1007/s00332-024-10096-6)
- Woolley, T. et al. 2018. Changes in the retreatment radiation tolerance of the spinal cord with time after the initial treatment. International Journal of Radiation Biology 94 , pp.515-531. (10.1080/09553002.2018.1430911)
- Woolley, T. , Hill, W. and Hogan, C. 2022. Accounting for dimensional differences in stochastic domain invasion with applications to precancerous cell removal. Journal of Theoretical Biology 541 111024. (10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111024)
- Woolley, T. E. 2017. Pattern production through a chiral chasing mechanism. Physical Review E 96 032401. (10.1103/PhysRevE.96.032401)
- Woolley, T. E. , Gaffney, E. A. and Goriely, A. 2017. Random blebbing motion: a simple model linking cell structural properties to migration characteristics. Physical Review E 96 012409. (10.1103/PhysRevE.96.012409)
- Woolley, T. E. , Krause, A. L. and Gaffney, E. A. 2021. Bespoke Turing systems. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 83 41. (10.1007/s11538-021-00870-y)
- Xue, Y. et al. 2024. Modelling indoor airborne transmission combining architectural design and people movement using the VIRIS simulator and web app. Scientific Reports 14 28220. (10.1038/s41598-024-79525-6)
Book sections
- Maini, P. K. and Woolley, T. 2019. The Turing model for biological pattern formation. In: Bianchi, A. et al., The Dynamics of Biological Systems. Mathematics of Planet Earth Springer. , pp.189-204.
Conferences
- Lewis, T. et al., 2025. Searching for model structures on murine neonatal sepsis data using genetic programming. Presented at: GECCO 2025 Málaga, Spain 14-18 April 2025. Published in: Ochoa, G. and Filipič, B. eds. GECCO '25 Companion: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion. ACM. , pp.863-866. (10.1145/3712255.3726680)
- Simonovic, J. and Woolley, T. 2019. Deterministic and stochastic parameter analysis of the bone cell population model. Presented at: 8th International Conference on Computational Bioengineering (ICCB2019) Belgrade, Serbia 4-6 September 2019.
- Simonovic, J. and Woolley, T. 2019. Equation of osteocyte activity in the bone cell population model. Presented at: ACTC Advances in Cell and Tissue Cultures, Cardiff University School of Biosciences Cardiff, UK 4-5th June 2019.
- Simonovic, J. and Woolley, T. 2019. Study of bone cell population models of s-system type. Presented at: Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies Network – Learning and Collaborative Event on 8 April 2019 at QMUL London, UK 8-9 April 2019.
Monographs
- Henley, L. et al. 2020. Long term environmental implications of social distancing on public transport emissions. Project Report.[Online].London: UK Government. Available at: https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/8995/pdf/.
Research
My research focuses on understanding emergent properties and producing rigorous limits, which allow us to scale between discrete elements and continuous systems. Specifically, my doctoral research considered the link between continuous reaction-diffusion equations and their agent-based analogues.
More recently, I have been working on newly discovered cellular protrusions, which are able to affect a variety of cellular phenomena, such as motion and division. In collaboration with the University of Reading I am researching muscle stem cells that navigate towards regions of muscular damage resulting in muscle healing and regeneration. In particular, I am deriving analytical links between the spatio-temporal discrete protrusions of an individual cell and the continuous population distribution and movement of the stem cells. Critically, we have been able to use this model to algebraically couple traits in the observable cellular motion to unobservable structural features of the cell membrane.
Biography
Dr Thomas Woolley studied mathematics at University of Oxford between 2004-2017. Through his education he ended up specializing in mathematical biology, where his doctorate focused on understanding the pattern formation behind fish spots and zebra stripes. Alongside this research he now investigates mathematical models of stem cell movement. The hope is that by understanding how stem cells move we can influence them and, thus, speed up the healing process.
When not doing mathematics he is a keen participant in mathematical outreach workshops and has given a variety of popular maths lectures nationally and internationally. He has previously worked for the BBC, illustrated Marcus du Sautoy’s book and worked on the popular maths show “Dara O’Briains school of hard sums”. Most recently he was the Fellow of Modern Mathematics at the London Science Museum and is helped redesign their mathematics gallery.
Supervisions
I am currently available to supervise postgraduate research students in the field of Mathematical Biology.
Current supervision
Past projects
Doctoral students
- Neha Bansal
- Tabitha Lewis
- Emily Lewis
Previous doctoral students
- Tim Ostler
- Josh Moore
- Lucy Henley
- Michael Adamer
- Citlali Solis-Salas
Current research assistants
- Dr Yidan Xue
Previous research assistants
- Dr Pahala Gedara Jayathilake
- Dr Alex Southgate
- Dr Noemi Picco
Previous Masters students
- Layla Sadeghi Namaghi
- Jonas Manabu Okawara
Contact Details
[email protected]
+44 29208 70618
Abacws, Room Room 5.15, Senghennydd Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4AG
+44 29208 70618
Abacws, Room Room 5.15, Senghennydd Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4AG
