Presenter
Roman Bauer
Dr Roman Bauer is a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Nature Inspired Computing and Engineering research group, based at the Computer Science Research Centre of the University of Surrey (UK). He received his Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Computational Science and Engineering from ETH Zuerich (Switzerland). Afterwards, he did his doctoral studies at the Institute for Neuroinformatics (ETH Zürich/Uni Zürich) on simulations of brain development. He then joined Newcastle University (UK) in 2013 as a postdoc and afterwards led his own lab funded by two fellowships (MRC Skills Development Fellowship and EPSRC UKRI Innovation Fellowship). In 2020 he became a Lecturer and in 2023 a Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey, where he since then leads the interdisciplinary COMBYNE research lab (www.combynelab.com). Dr Bauer's research focuses on the computational modelling and analysis of biological dynamics, in particular those of the brain. Core components of his interests are neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration. His highly interdisciplinary research involves modern computing approaches, biological expertise, innovative machine learning methods and IT- related collaboration. Dr Bauer is co-founder and spokesperson of the international BioDynaMo collaboration, which created the open-source and high-performance agent-based modelling software BioDynaMo (www.biodynamo.org). He is also co-founder of Oxford Cryotechnology (oxfordcryotech.com).
Abstract:
Computational modeling is one of the pillars of the scientific method. Unsurprisingly, it has also become paramount for biomedical research when it entails various data modalities and numerous biological, physical and chemical processes. Moreover, the significant data quantities and heterogeneities pose challenges that are well-suited for computational approaches.
Here, I will present some of my computational work on biomedically relevant questions. The talk will comprise three main topics, namely age-related conditions of the brain, brain development and cryopreservation. Finally, I’ll reflect on the current state-of-the-art and will also discuss promising future directions.
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I will share the slides soon, probably just after the seminar as I’m making some final edits.
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