Geometric biology allows us to understand the dynamics of how living things convert energy flows into mass, at all scales of biological organisation.
The size and shape (together, the ‘geometry’) of organisms ultimately determine these flows.
The Geometric Theory of Biology allows us to predict how things function, grow, and change; be they tumours, schools of fish, or whole forests.
The Centre for Geometric Biology is currently seeking to recruit an experienced theoretical biologist experienced in adaptive dynamics modelling.
The Centre for Geometric Biology is currently seeking to recruit an experienced zooplankton biologist.
Through the lens of evolutionary biology, Aysha Sezmis and colleagues are examining why the brewer’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae converts glucose via a seemingly inefficient pathway.
2017 year in review, annual report, and a message from Director Dustin Marshall and Deputy Director Craig White.
Getting published can seem a daunting prospect and there are no simple formulas for success. We invite students to come and hear Professors Craig White and Dustin Marshall speak about their roles as editors of influential ecology journals and see what tips they can offer.
Over the last century, physiologists have sought to understand what drives patterns in metabolic rate and why so much variation in metabolic rate exists.
Published in The Journal of Experimental Biology.
Published in Current Biology.
The Centre’s Chris Greening and colleagues from the School of Biological Sciences have been working with researchers from a range of institutions to investigate how microbes can exist in Antarctic deserts despite freezing temperatures, strong UV radiation, frequent freeze-thaw cycles and limited carbon, nitrogen and water availability.
Published in Nature.
Amanda Pettersen and colleagues Craig White, Robert Bryson-Richardson and Dustin Marshall explored a potentially widespread mechanism that may explain why larger offspring tend to outperform smaller offspring.
