Welcome
Hello, I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at The University of Sydney. My PhD was in "The mathematics of individual-based modelling: developing a realistic model of simple epithelial tissue", where I was supervised with A/Prof. James Osborne, Dr Stuart Johnston and Prof. Edmund Crampin, at The University of Melbourne. Afterwards, I had a six-month research position with Prof. Jennifer Flegg at The University of Melbourne, where, with Dr. Alexander Zarebski, we developed the Jump-Switch-Flow method (see below).
I am interested in Mathematical Biology and Applied Mathematics, and research problems within Tissue Dynamics and Dynamical systems. My current research interests include understanding how dendritic cells self-organise to result in an improved immune response to certain cancers, and continuing my previous work on developing the Jump-Switch-Flow method.
If you're interested in my work and/or would like to chat, please feel free contact me at domenic.germano (at) sydney.edu.au !
Publications
Modelling tissue boundaries
Realistic deformable tissues
Cell fate selection
Active tissue remodelling
Software
Jump-Switch-Flow
Developed with Dr Alexander Zarebski
Engagment
- I was an organiser for a week long MATRIX Research Program, titled Mathematics of Tissue Dynamics" (2022).
- I was an organiser for a one-day conference, titled "Frontiers of Mathematical Biology: A workshop honouring Prof Edmund Crampin" (2022).