David Head

Research Fellow in Computational Biophysics, including agent-based modelling of biofilms (including oral), the viscoelasticity of fibre networks and others.

[Professor Lorna Dougan @DouganGroup]

Well done to @KalilaCook for presenting her work on Modelling Network Formation in Protein Hydrogels by Cluster Aggregation Kinetics at the @SOFI_CDT Showcase.

[David Head @DavidHead100]

Happy to get this one in @PhysRevLett: A numerical study of the viscoelasticity of spring networks that are both isostatic (marginally rigid) and fractal.

https://t.co/oXvF6TkOGd

[Professor Lorna Dougan @DouganGroup]

Well done to @SOFI_CDT PhD student Kalila Cook
@KalilaCook who presented her work today at the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society, Young Modellers’ Forum #YMF2022

'Modelling Network Formation in Protein Hydrogels by Cluster Aggregation Kinetics'

[Professor Lorna Dougan @DouganGroup]

Well done to @SOFI_CDT PhD student Kalila Cook @KalilaCook for being selected to give a talk at the Young Modellers Forum #YMF2022

'Modelling Network Formation in Protein Hydrogels by Cluster Aggregation Kinetics'

[David Head @DavidHead100]

https://t.co/SdaDnMhKys

[Kees Storm @stormkees]

Geometric, nonlinear rigidity in #SoftMatter: A floppy, random spring network develops a finite shear modulus μ when length-preserving (non-affine) bond rotations can no longer accommodate an imposed strain γ and load-bearing paths (states of self-stress, SSS) are 'pulled taut'.

[David Head @DavidHead100]

20 funded PhD places in the Soft Matter and Functional Interfaces (SOFI) are available with places in Leeds, Durham and Edinburgh. Application deadline Nov. 28th; please see for info:

https://t.co/G8PQteXO19

[Professor Lorna Dougan @DouganGroup]

So happy to be at an institution that values and supports public engagement. The annual Be Curious festival celebrates research from all across the Uni & provides opportunities to explore the creativity & innovation of research. #BeCurious21

[Professor Lorna Dougan @DouganGroup]

Looking forward to presenting our group's new work at the Multiscale mechanochemistry & mechanobiology virtual seminar series @mcb2021_virtual 👇

[Aileen @aileendelaney_]

Honoured to have won best Oral presentation along with @BTRosier at the European Oral Microbiology Workshop. Thanks for a lovely few days, was great to hear everyone’s work! 🥳 #EOMW2021

[Thuy Do @nttdo]

Great PhD studentship opportunity: https://t.co/fCc9qZUh9A Deadline on the 29th April 2021. Stipend will be topped up by GSK to £18,285 per year, for up to 4 years. Please apply!

[Paul Beales @BealesLab]

#PhDposition in using nanomaterials to control fission and fusion of giant vesicle "artificial cells" based at @UniversityLeeds @BraggRoyceLeeds.

Application deadline: 3rd May
Eligible for UK applicants only.

https://t.co/grnJTuhnYn

#softmatter #SynBio #SynCell #Biophysics

[Professor Lorna Dougan @DouganGroup]

We are exploring the networks that form in cross-linked protein hydrogels and the 'space' around the network.

In the image from @BenTriesToTweet below the aqua coloured spheres illustrate the pores surrounding the protein network.

https://t.co/tmeJOpr1ez

[Professor Lorna Dougan @DouganGroup]

Consider the blurred lines between living and non-living matter and the ethical implications for synthetic biology and beyond.

Read more in writer @caitlinstobie & scientist @BealesLab @BraggRoyceLeeds Creative Labs project

https://t.co/OEptg4AYyC

Image by Zexi Xu.

[Professor Lorna Dougan @DouganGroup]

NEW: PhD studentship opportunity!

Structuring Role of Confined Water in Biointerfaces under Extreme Conditions

With colleagues Michael Rappolt, @NotAnElf and I.

Please retweet.

https://t.co/GXQ0Zr0IQ9

[Gijsje Koenderink @gijsjekoenderi1]

Are you looking for a biophysics PhD in a welcoming multidisciplinary team? The Koenderink lab@TUD is hiring a PhD student (4 yr) to study the physics of collective cancer cell invasion using quantitative microscopy. Spread the word and please retweet.

https://t.co/hPzuEIXqOX

[David Head @DavidHead100]

I would wish everyone a Merry Christmas, but given the situation (in Europe at least), here's a picture of a bacterial biofilm coloured to look a bit like a snowy forest instead ...

[RCatLeeds @RC_at_Leeds]

It's blog post 12 in our #12daysofHPC!🎄

Today we've got a blog from @DavidHead100 on using the HPC to study bacterial biofilms!

Read more 👇
https://t.co/Vqu1q7vUAW

@UniversityLeeds @SEBuitendijk @LeedsUniComp @leedsdentistry

[Professor Lorna Dougan @DouganGroup]

Hierarchical biomechanics: a new PhD project with @DavidHead100 & @SOFI_CDT Deadline 10th Dec.

For more info 👇
https://t.co/H32c8zjY5Y

[Ben Hanson @BenTriesToTweet]

It's paper time again!

How far can we get modelling protein networks as pseudo-colloidal systems? Hopefully a bit further if we include explicit binding sites on the protein surface!

Read our paper in Macromolecules @MacroJrnls_ACS @ACSPublications

https://t.co/0gGLdVjguZ

[Professor Lorna Dougan @DouganGroup]

Our @softmatter paper on the translation of mechanical properties across lengthscales, from single proteins to hydrogel, is available open access 👇

https://t.co/UYVVWzmksG
@BraggRoyceLeeds @AstburyCentre @isisneutronmuon @EPSRC