Professor Nick Monk
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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n.monk@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3857
+44 114 222 3857
F9b, Hicks Building
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Professor Nick Monk
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
F9b
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
F9b
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
- Research interests
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Mathematical Biology
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- Modularity, criticality, and evolvability of a developmental gene regulatory network. eLife, 8. View this article in WRRO
- Anteroposterior patterning of the zebrafish ear through Fgf- and Hh-dependent regulation of hmx3a expression. PLoS Genetics, 15(4). View this article in WRRO
- Everything flows. EMBO reports, 16(9), 1064-1067.
- Bioattractors: dynamical systems theory and the evolution of regulatory processes.. J Physiol, 592(11), 2267-2281.
- Compensatory flux changes within an endocytic trafficking network maintain thermal robustness of Notch signaling.. Cell, 157(5), 1160-1174.
- The Inheritance of Process: A Dynamical Systems Approach. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 318(8), 591-612.
- Robustness of positional specification by the Hedgehog morphogen gradient. Developmental Biology, 342(2), 180-193. View this article in WRRO
- Oscillatory Notch-pathway activity in a delay model of neuronal differentiation.. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys, 80(2 Pt 1), 021930.
- Dissecting the dynamics of the Hes1 genetic oscillator.. J Theor Biol, 254(4), 784-798.
- Regulative feedback in pattern formation: towards a general relativistic theory of positional information. DEVELOPMENT, 135(19), 3175-3183.
- A mutual support mechanism through intercellular movement of CAPRICE and GLABRA3 can pattern the Arabidopsis root epidermis.. PLoS Biol, 6(9), e235. View this article in WRRO
- Identifying dynamical modules from genetic regulatory systems: applications to the segment polarity network.. BMC Bioinformatics, 8, 413. View this article in WRRO
- Effect of time delay on pattern formation: Competition between homogenisation and patterning. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 207(3-4), 254-271.
- Complex pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems with spatially varying parameters. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 202(1-2), 95-115.
- Oscillatory expression of Hes1, p53, and NF-kappaB driven by transcriptional time delays.. Curr Biol, 13(16), 1409-1413.
- On the structure of protein-protein interaction networks. Biochemical Society Transactions, 31(6), 1491-1496.
- Elegant hypothesis and inelegant fact in developmental biology.. Endeavour, 24(4), 170-173.
- Conceptions of space-time: Problems and possible solutions. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 28(1), 1-34.
- Pattern Formation by Lateral Inhibition with Feedback: a Mathematical Model of Delta-Notch Intercellular Signalling. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 183(4), 429-446.
- Cellular interpretation of the long-range gradient of Four-jointed activity in the Drosophila wing. eLife, 4. View this article in WRRO
Preprints
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Books
Journal articles
- Dissolved nutrient gas uptake and fluid mixing by bubble-mediated mass transfer in tall fermenters — A theoretical study. Food and Bioproducts Processing, 145, 136-147.
- Dynamical modules in metabolism, cell and developmental biology. Interface Focus, 11(3).
- Perturbation analysis of a multi-morphogen Turing reaction-diffusion stripe patterning system reveals key regulatory interactions. Development, 147(20).
- Modularity, criticality, and evolvability of a developmental gene regulatory network. eLife, 8. View this article in WRRO
- A theoretical analysis of how plant growth is limited by carbon allocation strategies and respiration. in silico Plants (isP), 1(1). View this article in WRRO
- Anteroposterior patterning of the zebrafish ear through Fgf- and Hh-dependent regulation of hmx3a expression. PLoS Genetics, 15(4). View this article in WRRO
- Everything flows. EMBO reports, 16(9), 1064-1067.
- Auxin influx importers modulate serration along the leaf margin. The Plant Journal, 83(4), 705-718. View this article in WRRO
- Julian Hart Lewis, FRS (1946-2014) Obituary. DEVELOPMENTAL CELL, 29(5), 507-509.
- Bioattractors: dynamical systems theory and the evolution of regulatory processes.. J Physiol, 592(11), 2267-2281.
- Compensatory flux changes within an endocytic trafficking network maintain thermal robustness of Notch signaling.. Cell, 157(5), 1160-1174.
- Positional Signaling and Expression of ENHANCER OF TRY AND CPC1 Are Tuned to Increase Root Hair Density in Response to Phosphate Deficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS ONE, 8(10). View this article in WRRO
- Is a persistent global bias necessary for the establishment of planar cell polarity?. PLoS One, 8(4), e60064. View this article in WRRO
- The Inheritance of Process: A Dynamical Systems Approach. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 318(8), 591-612.
- Reply to Correspondence: No Oscillations in Real Activator-Inhibitor Systems in Accomplishing Pattern Formation. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 1-4.
- Epidermal Patterning in Arabidopsis: Models Make a Difference. J EXP ZOOL PART B, 316B(4), 241-253.
- A shift toward smaller cell size via manipulation of cell cycle gene expression acts to smoothen Arabidopsis leaf shape.. Plant Physiol, 156(4), 2196-2206.
- The Influence of Gene Expression Time Delays on Gierer-Meinhardt Pattern Formation Systems. B MATH BIOL, 72(8), 2139-2160.
- Modelling and analysis of planar cell polarity.. Bull Math Biol, 72(3), 645-680.
- LEAFPROCESSOR: a new leaf phenotyping tool using contour bending energy and shape cluster analysis.. New Phytol, 187(1), 251-261.
- Robustness of positional specification by the Hedgehog morphogen gradient. Developmental Biology, 342(2), 180-193. View this article in WRRO
- Oscillatory Notch-pathway activity in a delay model of neuronal differentiation.. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys, 80(2 Pt 1), 021930.
- Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology: Preface. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 641.
- Dissecting the dynamics of the Hes1 genetic oscillator.. J Theor Biol, 254(4), 784-798.
- Regulative feedback in pattern formation: towards a general relativistic theory of positional information. DEVELOPMENT, 135(19), 3175-3183.
- A mutual support mechanism through intercellular movement of CAPRICE and GLABRA3 can pattern the Arabidopsis root epidermis.. PLoS Biol, 6(9), e235. View this article in WRRO
- Using mathematical models to probe dynamic expression data.. SEB Exp Biol Ser, 61, 93-111.
- The flowering of systems approaches in plant and crop biology.. New Phytol, 179(3), 567-568.
- Oscillatory expression of Hes family transcription factors: insights from mathematical modelling.. Adv Exp Med Biol, 641, 72-87.
- Speed of reaction diffusion in embryogenesis. Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 76(1).
- Identifying dynamical modules from genetic regulatory systems: applications to the segment polarity network.. BMC Bioinformatics, 8, 413. View this article in WRRO
- Gene expression time delays and turing pattern formation systems. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 68(1), 99-130.
- Effect of time delay on pattern formation: Competition between homogenisation and patterning. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 207(3-4), 254-271.
- Complex pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems with spatially varying parameters. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 202(1-2), 95-115.
- Development: dissecting the dynamics of segment determination.. Curr Biol, 14(17), R705-R707.
- Developmental biology - Asymmetric fixation. NATURE, 427(6970), 111-112.
- Unravelling Nature's networks.. Biochem Soc Trans, 31(Pt 6), 1457-1461.
- Unravelling Nature's Networks: From Microarray and Proteomic Analysis to Systems Biology: University of Sheffield, 21–22 July 2003. The Biochemist, 25(6), 40-41.
- Oscillatory expression of Hes1, p53, and NF-kappaB driven by transcriptional time delays.. Curr Biol, 13(16), 1409-1413.
- Pattern formation in spatially heterogeneous Turing reaction-diffusion models. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 181(1-2), 80-101.
- On the structure of protein-protein interaction networks. Biochemical Society Transactions, 31(6), 1491-1496.
- A model of primitive streak initiation in the chick embryo. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 208(4), 419-438.
- Elegant hypothesis and inelegant fact in developmental biology.. Endeavour, 24(4), 170-173.
- Restricted-range gradients and travelling fronts in a model of juxtacrine cell relay.. Bull Math Biol, 60(5), 901-918.
- Towards a quantum pregeometric description of space-time. Endeavour, 22(1), 27-30.
- A unified algebraic approach to quantum theory. Foundations of Physics Letters, 11(4), 371-377.
- Cell communities and robustness in development. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 59(6), 1183-1189.
- The community effect and ectoderm-mesoderm interaction inXenopus muscle differentiation. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 59(3), 409-425.
- Conceptions of space-time: Problems and possible solutions. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 28(1), 1-34.
- Pattern Formation by Lateral Inhibition with Feedback: a Mathematical Model of Delta-Notch Intercellular Signalling. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 183(4), 429-446.
- The flow of substance: a reply to Horsting & Hartjes. EMBO reports.
- Cellular interpretation of the long-range gradient of Four-jointed activity in the Drosophila wing. eLife, 4. View this article in WRRO
- Re-Entrant Corner for a White-Metzner Fluid. Fluids, 6(7), 241-241.
Chapters
- Dynamical Modularity of the Genotype-Phenotype Map, Evolutionary Systems Biology (pp. 245-280). Springer International Publishing
- Keeping the gene in its place In Lambert D & Chetland C (Ed.), The Intuitive Way of Knowing. A Tribute to Brian Goodwin Floris Books
- Spatial Patterning in Explicitly Cellular Environments: Activity-Regulated Juxtacrine Signalling, Natural Computing Series (pp. 211-225). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Spatiotemporal Patterning in Models of Juxtacrine Intercellular Signalling with Feedback, Mathematical Models for Biological Pattern Formation (pp. 165-192). Springer New York
Conference proceedings papers
- Glypicans enhance robustness in Hedgehog gradient formation. MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT, Vol. 126 (pp S285-S285)
- Delay-driven oscillations in the Notch signalling network. MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT, Vol. 126 (pp S287-S287)
- Modelling the mutual support of differential cell fates in the Arabidopsis root epidermis. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, Vol. 150(3) (pp S45-S45)
Preprints
- Implementing a framework of carbon and nitrogen feedback responses into a plant resource allocation model, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Learning to Transfer: A Foliated Theory, arXiv.
- Dynamical Modules in Metabolism, Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Open Science.
- Dynamical Modularity of the Genotype-Phenotype Map, Center for Open Science.
- Oscillatory Notch pathway activity in a delay model of neuronal differentiation, arXiv.
- On the structure of proten-protein interaction networks, arXiv.
- Perturbation analysis of a multi-morphogen Turing Reaction-Diffusion stripe patterning system reveals key regulatory interactions.
- Anteroposterior patterning of the zebrafish ear through Fgf- and Hh-dependent regulation of hmx3a expression.
- Research group
- Grants
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Current grants
Maths DTP 2020 University of Sheffield EPSRC
Maths Research Associates 2021 Sheffield EPSRC Past grants, as Coinvestigator
Enhanced Biofuel Production via Integretad Microbubble Technology EPSRC
- Teaching activities
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MAS211 Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra MAS377 Mathematical Biology