Alex Mabey
About
I am a PhD student at the Warwick Mathematics for Real World Systems Centre for Doctoral Training. I am currently a visiting PhD student at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and am therefore not on campus. My research is in quantitative synthetic biology, supervised by Dr. Alexander Darlington.
I am particularly interested in developing mathematical and data-driven tools for designing synthetic gene circuits which are robust and host-friendly.
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Office: Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
LinkedInResearch Projects
- Designing Evolutionarily Robust Control Circuits for Synthetic Biology - PhD project, in progress.
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Model of Theta Oscillation Dysfunction in Tauopathies - Master's research project, awarded a distinction.
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Clustering and Classifying Hippocampal Interneurons by Type and Layer Using Patch-Clamp Voltage Traces - I worked on this problem for both my BSc and MSc group research projects and was graded First-Class/Distinction for my work.
Awards
- Best Undergraduate Thesis in Class - I won the award for the best final-year research project thesis in my course, with the title "Clustering and Classifying Hippocampal Interneurons by Type and Layer Using Patch-Clamp Voltage Traces".
Education
- PhD Applied Mathematics (University of Warwick, 2025 - present)
- MSc Applied Mathematics (Distinction, University of Warwick, 2023 - 2024)
- BSc Integrated Natural Sciences (First-Class, University of Warwick, 2020 - 2023)