{"id":132,"date":"2016-05-25T10:22:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T09:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kityates.wordpress.com\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:28:25","slug":"talks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kityates.com\/?page_id=132","title":{"rendered":"Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a list of many of the talks I&#8217;ve given over the years.<\/p>\n<h2>2026<\/h2>\n<p><strong>03-26 <\/strong>Life Sciences Institute distinguished speaker seminar, University of Exeter: \u201cAdventures in Mathematical Biology\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>2025<\/h2>\n<p><strong>01-25 <\/strong>Invited speaker at the Centre for Mathematical Biology seminar series, University of Oxford: \u201cAdventures in Mathematical Biology\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>2024<\/h2>\n<p>07-24 Organiser and speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/ecmtb2024.org\/\">ECMTB<\/a> minisymposium &#8220;Collective behaviour across scales: drawing parallels from cells to humans&#8221; minisymposium: &#8220;Collective decision making in locust groups&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>07-24 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/ecmtb2024.org\/\">ECMTB<\/a> minisymposium &#8220;Multi-scale Modelling with Biological Applications&#8221; minisymposium: &#8220;Hybrid modelling of spatially extended reaction-diffusion processes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>07-24 Invited speaker at the (University of Lancaster) symposium &#8220;Patterns in biology: mechanisms, analysis and utility&#8221;: &#8220;Mathematical insights into the modelling and measurement of the cell cycle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>06-24 Inaugural speaker at the University of Bath Press Masterclasses: &#8220;Working with the media as an academic&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>04-24 Invited speaker at the at the <a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.ncl.ac.uk\/bamc2024\/\">British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC)<\/a> &#8220;Maths Communication&#8221; minisymposium: &#8220;Adventures in Maths Communication&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>2023<\/h2>\n<p>09-23 Plenary talk at the Doctoral Training Centre (University of Oxford) 21st anniversary conference.<\/p>\n<p>06-23 Panel member on keynote debate &#8220;The role of social media, polarisation and the impact on scholarship&#8221; (University of Bath).<\/p>\n<p>03-23\u00a0 &#8211; &#8220;Putting Science Evidence into practice in UK policymaking&#8221; workshop with BEIS &#8211; &#8220;Gathering good evidence for policy&#8221; (University of Bath).<\/p>\n<p>03-23 &#8211; International Longevity Centre &#8211; &#8220;Pandemics and longevity: Will we die, survive, or thrive next time?&#8221; event. &#8220;Critical weaknesses in shielding strategies for COVID-19&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>2022<\/h2>\n<p>11-22 &#8211; Policy event with senior Civil Servants &#8211; &#8220;Gathering good evidence for policy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>09-22 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icms.org.uk\/events\/2022\/public-talk-maths-life-and-death-understanding-maths-behind-epidemics\">Edinburgh Mathematical Society public lecture for Maths W<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icms.org.uk\/events\/2022\/public-talk-maths-life-and-death-understanding-maths-behind-epidemics\">eek Scotland<\/a>. &#8220;The Maths of Life and Death: Understanding the Maths behind epidemics&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>09-22 Panel member on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.absw.org.uk\/\">Association of British Science Writers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.absw.org.uk\/pages\/2022-ukcsj\">UK Conference of Science Journalists<\/a> &#8220;Covid, Scientists and Science Journalists&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>07-22 Invited speaker at the University of Bristol Engineering Mathematics Department Away day 2022. &#8220;Adventures in developmental biology&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>06-22 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/maths.org\/juniper\/research-meetings-seminars\">Juniper Consortium<\/a> seminar series. &#8220;Critical weaknesses in shielding strategies for COVID-19&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>06-22 Witness at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appgcoronavirus.uk\/\">All Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>05-22 Keynote speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/gateway.newton.ac.uk\/event\/tgm122\">The Public Perception of Science<\/a> \u2013 Virtual Study Group, Newton Institute, &#8220;Science Communication in the time of COVID&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>04-22 Invited talk at <a href=\"https:\/\/reclamation2022.co.uk\/\">Reclamation 2022<\/a> &#8220;The Maths of Life and Death: Understanding the Maths behind epidemics&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>02-22 Plenary Speaker at<a href=\"https:\/\/austms.org.au\/event\/anziam-2022\/\"> ANZIAM 2022<\/a>. &#8220;Adventures in developmental biology&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>2021<\/h2>\n<p>11-21 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/gateway.newton.ac.uk\/event\/tgm103\">Modelling Behaviour to Inform Policy for Pandemics<\/a> workshop at the Newton Institute. &#8220;Misinformation can prevent the suppression of epidemics&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>10-21 Plenary Speaker at <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/internacionaluninorte\/docs\/oci-0203_mp_ce21_nueva_programacio_n\">Catedra Europa, Universidad Del Norte, Columbia.<\/a> &#8220;The Maths of Life and Death: Understanding the Maths behind epidemics&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>10-21 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/maths.dundee.ac.uk\/\">University of Dundee Division of Mathematics<\/a>. &#8220;Adventures in developmental biology&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>09-21 Invited speaker at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ljmu.ac.uk\/about-us\/events\/2021\/9\/29\/kit-yates--north-west-seminar-series-of-mathematical-biology-and-data-science\">North West Seminars of Mathematical Biology and Data Science<\/a>. &#8220;Hybrid Frameworks for modelling reaction-diffusion processes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>09-21 Talk at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scienceinparliament.org.uk\/\">Parliamentary and Scientific Committee<\/a> discussion meeting &#8211; Mathematical modelling and Algorithms. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k6sHTu7eT2g&amp;t=8s\">Mathematical Modelling in the context of COVID<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>09-21 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icms.org.uk\/events\/workshops\/MoDiS\">Talk at the ICMS conference Modelling Diffusive Systems: Theory &amp; Biological Applications<\/a>. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icms.org.uk\/events\/event\/?id=1169\">The Maths of Life and Death: Understanding the Maths behind epidemics<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>07-21 <a href=\"https:\/\/conference.mei.org.uk\/\">MEI virtual conference 2021 Plenary talk.<\/a> &#8220;The Maths of Life and Death: Understanding the Maths behind epidemics&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>06-21 University of Bath Integrative Think Tank 14. &#8220;Modelling the spread of COVID&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>06-21 Plenary at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smb2021.org\/\">Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting<\/a>. &#8220;Adventures in developmental biology&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>05-21 Invited talk at the <a href=\"https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/fac\/cross_fac\/complexity\/\">Warwick Complexity and Maths of Systems seminar series<\/a>. &#8220;Hybrid Frameworks for modelling reaction-diffusion processes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>03-2021 Keynote at the IMA <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/imatmt2021\">Tomorrow&#8217;s Mathematicians Today conference<\/a>. &#8220;The Maths of Life and Death: Understanding the Maths behind Epidemics&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>2020<\/h2>\n<p>12-2020 Plenary lecture at the <a href=\"https:\/\/bymat.webs.upv.es\/index\/schedule\/\">Bringing Young Mathematicians Together (BYMAT) conference<\/a>. &#8220;Modelling development in biology&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>10-2020 Invited lecture at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icms.org.uk\/\">International Centre for Mathematical Sciences<\/a>. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/bayes\/bayes-events\/past-events\/maths-life-death\">The Maths of Life and Death: Understanding the Maths behind Epidemics<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>08-2020 Keynote Speaker at\u00a0\u00a0 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewaterchannel.tv\/webinars\">1<sup>st<\/sup> Virtual Practitioners Conference on Desert Locust Management 2020.<\/a> &#8220;Understanding randomness in locust swarms&#8221;<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>07-2020 Invited lecture to the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3AKgZ0kzNjo\">Understanding the Maths behind Epidemics<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>06-2020 &#8220;Data and Drinks&#8221; talk to the Joint Biosecurities Committee &#8211; The evolution of the public understanding of R throughout the COVID-19 panddemic.<\/p>\n<p>02-2020 Speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/research-centres\/centre-for-mathematical-biology\/\">Centre for Mathematical Biology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/\">University of Bath<\/a>. &#8220;Representing stochastic biological processes using hybrid frameworks&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>01-2020 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/\">University of Lancaster<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/biomedical-and-life-sciences\/\">Biomedical and Life Sciences seminar series<\/a>. &#8220;Appropriate representation of the cell cycle in mathematical models&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>2019<\/h2>\n<p>09-2019 Keynote speaker at <a href=\"https:\/\/matml.github.io\/smhd2019.html\">The Stochastic Modelling of Health and Disease conference at the University of Leeds.<\/a> &#8220;Hybrid frameworks for modelling reaction-diffusion processes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>04-2019 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/publications\/agenda-and-booklet-for-bamc-2019\/attachments\/bamc-2019-agenda-overview.pdf\">British Applied Maths Colloquium<\/a> &#8220;Incorporating a multistage representation of the cell cycle into models of cell migration&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>2018<\/h2>\n<p>11-2018 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/events\/event-story.aspx?id=0c6744d3-51c1-47df-9084-5984de9bbf25\">Kings College London Quantitative Systems Biology Workshop<\/a>.\u00a0&#8220;Hybrid frameworks for modelling reaction-diffusion processes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>09-2018 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/cmmb\/events\/seminar250918.aspx\">University of Nottingham Applied mathematics seminar<\/a>. &#8220;Hybrid frameworks for modelling reaction-diffusion processes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>07-2018 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecmtb2018.org\/\">ECMTB<\/a> minisymposium &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecmtb2018.org\/files\/files\/MS\/MS68.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Multi-scale models of cell behaviour<\/a>&#8220;. &#8220;Incorporating a multistage representation of the cell cycle into models of cell migration&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>05-2018 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/schools\/mathematicsstatistics\/events\/?seriesID=16\">University of Glasgow applied mathematics seminar<\/a>. &#8220;Hybrid frameworks for modelling reaction-diffusion processes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>04-2018 Speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/home\/featureevents\/2018\/uk-conference-on-multiscale-biology.aspx\">UK conference on multiscale biology<\/a>. &#8220;Hybrid frameworks for modelling reaction-diffusion processes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>03-2018 Invited Speaker at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maths.ed.ac.uk\/school-of-mathematics\/events\/math-biology\/mathbiol\">University of Edinburgh&#8217;s mathematical biology seminar<\/a>. &#8220;Hybrid frameworks for modelling reaction-diffusion processes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>2017<\/h2>\n<p>12-2017 Invited speaker at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/maths\/research\/seminars\/applied_maths\/applied_maths_seminars.page\">University of Southampton&#8217;s applied mathematics seminar.<\/a> &#8220;Hybrid frameworks for modelling reaction-diffusion processes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>10-2017 Invited Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.imperial.ac.uk\/newsandeventspggrp\/imperialcollege\/naturalsciences\/mathematics\/biomathematicsworkinggroup\/eventssummary\/event_14-9-2017-12-23-45\">Imperial College London Biomathematics seminar<\/a>. &#8220;Hybrid frameworks for modelling reaction-diffusion processes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>09-2017\u00a0 Speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.warwick.ac.uk\/fac\/cross_fac\/zeeman_institute\/launch\/\">Zeeman Institute launch meeting<\/a>, University of Warwick &#8220;A multistage model of the cell cycle&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>05-2017 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.warwick.ac.uk\/fac\/sci\/systemsbiology\/events\/calendar\/?calendarItem=8a17841b5bd80f4f015bf6af697a7294\">University of Warwick Warwick&#8217;s Zeeman Institute for Systems Biology and Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research (SBIDER).<\/a> &#8220;Hybrid frameworks for modelling reaction-diffusion processes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>2016<\/h2>\n<p>07-2016 Invited speaker at the SMB\/ECMTB conference minisymposium &#8211;<em> Spatial patterning at the single cell level<\/em> &#8220;Connecting coarse- and fine-grained volume excluding models of diffusion&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>07-2016 Invited speaker at the Evolution group seminar series at the University of Bath Biology and Biochemistry Department. &#8220;Hybrid frameworks for modelling cell migration&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>06-2016 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newton.ac.uk\/event\/sdbw04\">Spatially Distributed Stochastic Dynamical Systems in Biology<\/a> conference, as part of the Newton Institute programme on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newton.ac.uk\/event\/sdb\">Stochastic Dynamical Systems in Biology: Numerical Methods and Applications<\/a>. &#8220;Hybrid frameworks for modelling cell migration&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>You can find a video of this talk below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hybrid frameworks for modelling cell migration\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pJ2QM49D6t8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>05-2016 Invited speaker at the Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar series at the University of Bath Biology and Biochemistry Department. &#8220;Hybrid frameworks for modelling cell migration&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>05-2016 Invited speaker at the applied non-linear mathematics Seminar at the University of Bristol Engineering Department. &#8220;Hybrid frameworks for modelling cell migration&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>04-2016 Invited speaker at the workshop on &#8220;fluctuation-driven phenomena in biological systems&#8221; at the University of Warwick Mathematics department. &#8220;Hybrid frameworks for modelling cell migration&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>2015<\/h2>\n<p>11-2015 Invited speaker at the University of Birmingham Applied Mathematics seminar, &#8220;A PDE\/compartment-based hybrid method for simulating stochastic reaction-diffusion&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>10-2015 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalmers.se\/en\/departments\/math\/research\/research-groups\/biomathematics-biostatistics-and-other-bioapplications\/Biomathematics\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Biomath seminar series<\/a>, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden, &#8220;Developing PDE-compartment hybrid frameworks for modeling cell migration&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>09-2015 Contributed talk at the IMA Conference on Numerical Methods for Simulation, University of Oxford, &#8220;The pseudo-compartment method for coupling PDE and compartment-based models of diffusion&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>06-2015 Speaker, chair and organizer at SMB mini-symposium on \u201cMultiscale hybrid modelling of stochastic reaction-diffusion systems\u201d, Atlanta, Georgia, &#8220;The pseudo-compartment method for coupling PDE and compartment-based models of diffusion&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>03-2015 Speaker at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/math-sci\/postgraduate\/samba\/\">SAMBa<\/a> student seminar, University of Bath. &#8220;Developing biologically-inspired stochastic methodologies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>2014<\/h2>\n<p>11-2014 Invited speaker at the BIRS workshop <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birs.ca\/events\/2014\/5-day-workshops\/14w5103\">&#8220;Particle-Based Stochastic Reaction-Diffusion Models in Biology&#8221;<\/a> in Banff, Canada. &#8220;A PDE\/compartment-based hybrid method for simulating stochastic diffusion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can see me giving the talk below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My Talk on hybrid reaction-diffusion simulation at the BIRS international research station\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E_3jBm1EE4E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>10-2014 Invited Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.imperial.ac.uk\/newsandeventspggrp\/imperialcollege\/naturalsciences\/mathematics\/biomathematicsworkinggroup\/eventssummary\/event_8-8-2014-15-53-31\">Imperial College London Biomathematics seminar<\/a>. &#8220;Adaptive, discrete-state multi-level simulation for biochemical reaction networks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>06-2014 Organiser of and speaker at the mini-symposium <a href=\"http:\/\/people.bath.ac.uk\/cy386\/Mini_symposium_page.pdf\">&#8220;Position-jump models of biological processes on irregular lattices&#8221;<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/ecmtb2014.org\/\">9th European Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Biology<\/a> at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg. &#8220;Relevance of the Voronoi domain partition for position-jump reaction-diffusion processes on nonuniform rectilinear lattices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>06-2014 Invited Speaker at the mini-symposium <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/collectivemotionof100particles\/\">&#8220;Collective motion of about 100 particles&#8221;<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/ecmtb2014.org\/\"> 9th European Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Biology<\/a> at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg. &#8220;Spatial &#8220;self-propelled particle&#8221; and non-spatial &#8220;reaction-network&#8221; models explain locust swarm cohesion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>05-2014 Invited speaker, CoMPLEX, University College London, \u201cModelling Melanocyte cell migration\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>03-2014 Invited speaker, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester. \u201cRevisiting locust switching behaviour\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>2013<\/h2>\n<p>11-2013 Invited speaker at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex. \u201cModelling Melanocyte cell migration\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>10-2013 Invited speaker, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester. \u201cModelling Melanocyte cell migration\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>2012<\/h2>\n<p>11-2012 Invited speaker at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ma.hw.ac.uk\/maths\/maths.html\">Herriot Watt University, Department of Mathematics<\/a> in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>10-2012 Invited speaker at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stats.ox.ac.uk\/people\/academic_staff\/alison_etheridge\/informal_workshops\/tt12\">statistic workshop<\/a>, University of Oxford. <b>&#8220;From Antigenic variation to antZ&#8221;<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>07-2012 Invited speaker at the workshop &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/people.bath.ac.uk\/cy386\/HakodateSwedenProgram.pdf\">Ethology and Rheology of Physarum and its related topics<\/a>&#8220;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hakodate-u.ac.jp\/index.php\">Future University, Hakodate, Japan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>05-2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.2020science.net\/\">2020 science seminar series<\/a>. <b>&#8220;From Antigenic variation to AntZ&#8221;<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>05-2012 Departmental research update <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maths.ox.ac.uk\/groups\/mathematical-biology\">Centre for Mathematical Biology, University of Oxford<\/a>. <b>&#8220;From Antigenic variation to AntZ&#8221;<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>03-2012 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.math.uu.se\/Research\/Seminars\/CoSy\/?languageId=1\">CoSy Lunch Seminar series, University of Uppsala, Sweden<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/people.bath.ac.uk\/cy386\/Uppsala_talk\/Uppsala_20_03_12.pptx\"><b>&#8220;Modelling cell migration: from discrete to continuous&#8221;<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>02-2012 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.ox.ac.uk\/activities\/compbio\/\">Computational biology group meeting , University of Oxford<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/people.bath.ac.uk\/cy386\/Comp_bio_meeting\/Stochastic_modelling.pptx\"><b>&#8220;Stochastic modelling: From Locusts to Egg-shells&#8221;<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>2011<\/h2>\n<p>10-2011 Invited speaker at the stochastic modelling discussion group series, University of Oxford. <b>&#8220;Efficient and Accelerated Stochastic Simulation Algorithms&#8221;<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>06-2011 Invited speaker at the Doctoral Training Centre summer conference, University of Oxford. <b><a href=\"http:\/\/people.bath.ac.uk\/cy386\/DTC_conference_talk\/DTC_conference_talk_23_06_11.pptx\">&#8220;Modelling cell migration: A D.Phil. in movies&#8221;<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>05-2012 Departmental research update <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maths.ox.ac.uk\/groups\/mathematical-biology\">Centre for Mathematical Biology, University of Oxford<\/a>. <b><a href=\"http:\/\/people.bath.ac.uk\/cy386\/DTC_conference_talk\/DTC_conference_talk_23_06_11.pptx\">&#8220;Modelling cell migration: A D.Phil. in movies&#8221;<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>04-2011 Invited speaker at the individual based modelling discussion group series, University of Oxford. <b><a href=\"http:\/\/people.bath.ac.uk\/cy386\/IBM_group_talk\/Return_to_Eden2.pptx\">&#8220;Return to Eden: How biologically relevant can on-lattice models really be?&#8221;<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<h2>2010<\/h2>\n<p>10-2010 Invited speaker at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maths.leeds.ac.uk\/research\/mathbiomed\/index.html\">Math-Bio-Medicine (MBM) seminars series, University of Leeds<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/people.bath.ac.uk\/cy386\/Culham_Locust_Talk\/Culham_Talk.pptx\"><b>&#8220;United by noise: Randomness helps swarms stay together&#8221;<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>09-2010 Invited speaker at Culham Science Centre (home of UK&#8217;s fusion research programme, and JET). <a href=\"http:\/\/people.bath.ac.uk\/cy386\/Culham_Locust_Talk\/Culham_Talk.pptx\"><b>&#8220;United by noise: Randomness helps swarms stay together&#8221;<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>06-2010 Invited speaker at the Fourth annual Systems Biology Inter-DTC Conference (University of Warwick Systems Biology Centre) <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.maths.ox.ac.uk\/ociam\/JAMS\/Talks\/yates.pdf\"><b>&#8220;A comparison of stochastic and analytical models for cell migration&#8221;<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>04-2010 Invited speaker at the Manchester SIAM student chapter conference <b>&#8220;Comparing Stochastic and Continuum Models For Cell Migration&#8221;<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h2>2009<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-146 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kityates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/talk.jpg\" alt=\"Talk\" width=\"232\" height=\"322\" \/>11\/2009 &#8211; Junior Applied Mathematics Seminar <a href=\"http:\/\/people.bath.ac.uk\/cy386\/Transfer_talk.pdf\"><b> &#8220;A comparison of stochastic and analytical models for cell migration<\/b><\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>10\/2009 &#8211; Departmental Transfer of Status talk <a href=\"http:\/\/people.bath.ac.uk\/cy386\/Transfer_talk.pdf\"><b>&#8220;A comparison of stochastic and analytical models for cell migration<\/b><\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>06\/2009 &#8211; Invited speaker at the third annual Systems Biology Inter-DTC Conference (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcisb.org\/\">University of Manchester Systems Biology Centre<\/a>) <a href=\"http:\/\/people.bath.ac.uk\/cy386\/Machestercellmigration.pdf\"><b>&#8220;A comparison of stochastic and analytical models for cell migration during early embryo somitogenesis.<\/b><\/a><b>*<\/b>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>05\/2009 &#8211; Invited speaker at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/main\/\"> Princeton University<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/engineering\/\">Department of Engineering<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/people.bath.ac.uk\/cy386\/SIAMsnowbirdtalk.pdf\"><b>&#8220;United by noise: Randomness helps swarms stay together&#8221;<\/b><\/a>*.<\/p>\n<p>05\/2009 &#8211; Mini-symposium speaker at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siam.org\/meetings\/ds07\/\"> SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems<\/a>, Snowbird, Utah: <a href=\"http:\/\/people.bath.ac.uk\/cy386\/SIAMsnowbirdtalk.pdf\"><b>&#8220;United by noise: Randomness helps swarms stay together&#8221;<\/b><\/a>*.<\/p>\n<p>02\/2009 &#8211; Invited speaker at the 2nd Annual Oxford SIAM Student Chapter Conference: <a href=\"http:\/\/people.maths.ox.ac.uk\/%7Esiamstudentchapter\/webpages\/2009_Conference\/Talks\/Yates.pdf\"><b>&#8220;United by noise: Randomness helps swarms stay together&#8221;<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>2008<\/h2>\n<p>10\/2008 &#8211; Junior Applied Mathematics Seminar <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.maths.ox.ac.uk\/ociam\/JAMS\/Archive\/jams009.shtml\"><b>&#8220;Locust Pocus: How Does Randomness Help Swarms Stay Together&#8221;<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a list of many of the talks I&#8217;ve given over the years. 2026 03-26 Life Sciences Institute distinguished speaker seminar, University of Exeter: \u201cAdventures in Mathematical Biology\u201d. 2025 01-25 Invited speaker at the Centre for Mathematical Biology seminar series, University of Oxford: \u201cAdventures in Mathematical Biology\u201d. 2024 07-24 Organiser and 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