Title

Professor

Contact

Department of Computer Science
Room MB5.30, Mathematical Sciences Building
Academic Loop Road
University of Warwick, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom

E-mail: T.Bretschneider@warwick.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 24 761 50252

Research Interests

My main research interest is to understand principles of self-organisation in the actin cytoskeleton which drives shape changes in animal cells. I have been predominantly working on cell motility in Dictyostelium amoebae as a biological model system, and more recently on cellular fluid uptake (macropinocytosis) where protrusion of the cell membrane followed by fusion results in internalisation of vesicles (see movie).

We combine quantitative image analysis, employing a wide range of machine learning methods, with computational modelling.

Current focus is on extending these methods to 3D time series data from fast lattice light sheet microscopy, with neural networks playing an increasing role in feature extraction, and generative modelling to map the complex spatio-temporal dynamics of cellular processes.

Current UKRI Funded Projects

EPSRC/NSF, Sep 23 - Aug 26, £876,547, with Michael Smutny (PI), Warwick Medical School, and Melikhan Tanyeri, Duquesne University (USA)	CMMI-EPSRC: A novel multifunctional platform to study cell and nuclear mechanosensing
EPSRC, Mar 22 - Feb 25, £398,041	Machine learning for extracting spatio-temporal biological patterns on evolving domains
BBSRC, Mar 22 - Apr 25, £520,833, with Jason King (PI), University of Sheffield	Organisation of actin waves and cups by differential GTPase activity
MRC, Oct 20 - Sep 24, MRC DTP iCASE PhD studentship for Scott Brooks with industry partner 3i	Real-time prediction of cellular states in 3D lattice light sheet microscopy

All UKRI grants

Publications

Google Scholar; Scopus; orcid.org/0000-0002-5317-603X

Further Affiliations

I am also a member of the Zeeman Institute for Systems Biology & Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research (SBIDER) and the Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology.

Office hours Term 2, 2024/25:

Tue 10:30-11:30 (MB5.30, just turn up in person)

Tue 15:30-16:30 (book 15 min online slot)

PhD positions are available through MathSys, MIBTP, or MRC DTP