Professor Mary Myerscough
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Professor Mary Myerscough

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9351 3724
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9351 4534
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F07 - Carslaw Building
The University of Sydney
Professor Mary Myerscough

Mathematical biology, mathematical models for atherosclerosis and carcinogenesis,self-organisation in social insects.

Mary Myerscough is a member of the Applied Mathematics Research Group.

Project titleResearch student
Mathematical Modelling of Human EvolutionAsim FAROOQ
Mathematical Modelling of Cancer EvolutionShanta KHATUN
Mathematical modelling of Corneal Epithelial CellsNeda KHODABAKHSH JONIANI

Publications

Journals

  • Chambers, K., Watson, M., Myerscough, M. (2024). A Lipid-Structured Model of Atherosclerosis with Macrophage Proliferation. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 86(104), 1-29. [More Information]
  • Chambers, K., Myerscough, M., Watson, M., Byrne, H. (2024). Blood Lipoproteins Shape the Phenotype and Lipid Content of Early Atherosclerotic Lesion Macrophages: A Dual-Structured Mathematical Model. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 86(9), Article 112-44 pages. [More Information]
  • Ahmed, I., Myerscough, M. (2024). HDL and plaque regression in a multiphase model of early atherosclerosis. Mathematical Biosciences, 373(July 2024), 109208-1-109208-21. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Schaerf, T., Makinson, J., Myerscough, M., Beekman, M. (2010). Making a Decision in Spite of the Noise: Nest-Site Selection by Apis Florea. XVI Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects IUSSI 2010, Denmark: International Union for the Study of Social Insects.

2024

  • Chambers, K., Watson, M., Myerscough, M. (2024). A Lipid-Structured Model of Atherosclerosis with Macrophage Proliferation. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 86(104), 1-29. [More Information]
  • Chambers, K., Myerscough, M., Watson, M., Byrne, H. (2024). Blood Lipoproteins Shape the Phenotype and Lipid Content of Early Atherosclerotic Lesion Macrophages: A Dual-Structured Mathematical Model. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 86(9), Article 112-44 pages. [More Information]
  • Ahmed, I., Myerscough, M. (2024). HDL and plaque regression in a multiphase model of early atherosclerosis. Mathematical Biosciences, 373(July 2024), 109208-1-109208-21. [More Information]

2023

  • Watson, M., Chambers, K., Myerscough, M. (2023). A Lipid-Structured Model of Atherosclerotic Plaque Macrophages with Lipid-Dependent Kinetics. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 85(9), 1-42. [More Information]
  • Chambers, K., Myerscough, M., Byrne, H. (2023). A new lipid-structured model to investigate the opposing effects of LDL and HDL on atherosclerotic plaque macrophages. Mathematical Biosciences, 357, 108971 - 1-108971 - 16. [More Information]
  • Germano, D., Khuu, S., Jenner, A., Osborne, J., Myerscough, M., Flegg, M. (2023). ACTIVE REMODELLING OF TISSUES TO DESCRIBE BIPHASIC RHEOLOGICAL RESPONSES. ANZIAM Journal, 65(3), 195-214. [More Information]

2021

  • Lui, G., Myerscough, M. (2021). Modelling Preferential Phagocytosis in Atherosclerosis: Delineating Timescales in Plaque Development. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 83, Article 96-18 pages. [More Information]

2020

  • Watson, M., Byrne, H., Macaskill, C., Myerscough, M. (2020). A multiphase model of growth factor-regulated atherosclerotic cap formation. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 81(2), 725-767. [More Information]
  • Zeaiter, Z., Myerscough, M. (2020). Poor hive thermoregulation produces an Allee effect and leads to colony collapse. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 503(October 2020), 1-12. [More Information]

2019

  • Ford, H., Byrne, H., Myerscough, M. (2019). A lipid-structured model for macrophage populations in atherosclerotic plaques. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 479, 48-63. [More Information]
  • Thon, M., Myerscough, M., Gee, M. (2019). A Spatially Resolved and Quantitative Model of Early Atherosclerosis. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 81(10), 4022-4068. [More Information]
  • Ford, H., Zeboudj, L., Purvis, G., ten Bokum, A., Zarebski, A., Bull, J., Byrne, H., Myerscough, M., Greaves, D. (2019). Efferocytosis perpetuates substance accumulation inside macrophage populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1904), 1-9. [More Information]

2018

  • Thon, M., Ford, H., Gee, M., Myerscough, M. (2018). A Quantitative Model of Early Atherosclerotic Parameterized Plaques Using In Vitro Experiments. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 80(1), 175-214. [More Information]
  • Watson, M., Byrne, H., Macaskill, C., Myerscough, M. (2018). A two-phase model of early fibrous cap formation in atherosclerosis. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 456, 123-136. [More Information]

2017

  • Hogan, A., Myerscough, M. (2017). A model for the spread of an invasive weed, Tradescantia fluminensis. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 79(6), 1201-1217. [More Information]
  • Richardson, A., Lobo, E., Delic (nee Roue), N., Myerscough, M., Lyons, J., Wakefield, D., Di Girolamo, N. (2017). Keratin-14-Positive Precursor Cells Spawn a Population of Migratory Corneal Epithelia that Maintain Tissue Mass throughout Life. Stem Cell Reports, 9(4), 1081-1096. [More Information]
  • Chalmers, A., Bursill, C., Myerscough, M. (2017). Nonlinear dynamics of early atherosclerotic plaque formation may determine the efficacy of high density lipoproteins (HDL) in plaque regression. PloS One, 12(11), 1-23. [More Information]

2016

  • Lobo, E., Delic (nee Roue), N., Richardson, A., Raviraj, V., Halliday, G., Di Girolamo, N., Myerscough, M., Lyons, J. (2016). Self-organized centripetal movement of corneal epithelium in the absence of external cues. Nature Communications, 7, 1-8. [More Information]

2015

  • Chalmers, A., Cohen, A., Bursill, C., Myerscough, M. (2015). Bifurcation and dynamics in a mathematical model of early atherosclerosis: How acute inflammation drives lesion development. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 71(6-7), 1451-1480. [More Information]
  • Perry, C., Sovic, E., Myerscough, M., Barron, A. (2015). Rapid behavioral maturation accelerates failure of stressed honey bee colonies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(11), 3427-3432. [More Information]

2014

  • Ougrinovskaia, A., Myerscough, M., Thompson, R. (2014). Athero-protective Effects of High Density Lipoproteins (HDL): An ODE Model of the Early Stages of Atherosclerosis. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 76(5), 1117-1142. [More Information]

2013

  • Schaerf, T., Makinson, J., Myerscough, M., Beekman, M. (2013). Do small swarms have an advantage when house hunting? The effect of swarm size on nest-site selection by Apis mellifera. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 10(87), 1-10. [More Information]
  • Khoury, D., Barron, A., Myerscough, M. (2013). Modelling Food and Population Dynamics in Honey Bee Colonies. PloS One, 8(5), 1-7. [More Information]

2012

  • Brito, R., Schaerf, T., Myerscough, M., Heard, T., Oldroyd, B. (2012). Brood comb construction by the stingless bees Tetragonula hockingsi and Tetragonula carbonaria. Swarm Intelligence, 6(2), 151-176. [More Information]

2011

  • Khoury, D., Myerscough, M., Barron, A. (2011). A Quantitative Model of Honey Bee Colony Population Dynamics. PloS One, 6(4), 1-6. [More Information]
  • Diwold, K., Schaerf, T., Myerscough, M., Middendorf, M., Beekman, M. (2011). Deciding on the wing: In-flight decision making and search space sampling in the red dwarf honeybee Apis florea. Swarm Intelligence, 5(2), 121-141. [More Information]
  • Schaerf, T., Myerscough, M., Makinson, J., Beekman, M. (2011). Inaccurate and unverified information in decision making: a model for the nest site selection process of Apis florea. Animal Behaviour, 82(5), 995-1013. [More Information]

2010

  • Ougrinovskaia, A., Thompson, R., Myerscough, M. (2010). An ODE model of early stages of Atherosclerosis: Mechanisms of the inflammatory response. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 72(6), 1534-1561. [More Information]
  • Schaerf, T., Makinson, J., Myerscough, M., Beekman, M. (2010). Making a Decision in Spite of the Noise: Nest-Site Selection by Apis Florea. XVI Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects IUSSI 2010, Denmark: International Union for the Study of Social Insects.

2008

  • Cameron, D., Ivers, D., Evans, T., Myerscough, M. (2008). Optimal reproduction strategies in two species of mound-building termites. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 70(1), 189-209. [More Information]

2007

  • Lyons, J., Lobo, E., Martorana, A., Myerscough, M. (2007). Clonal diversity in carcinomas: its implications for tumour progression and the contribution made to it by epithelial-mesenchymal transitions. Clinical and Experimental Metastasis, online DOI 10.1007/s10585-007-9134-2((printed version 2008 25 (6) 665-677)), 1-13. [More Information]
  • Perdriau, B., Myerscough, M. (2007). Making good choices with variable information: a stochastic model for nest-site selection by honeybees. Biology Letters, 3(2), 140-143. [More Information]

2006

  • Graham, S., Myerscough, M., Jones, J., Oldroyd, B. (2006). Modelling the role of intracolonial genetic diversity on regulation of brood temperature in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies. Insectes Sociaux, 53(2), 226-232. [More Information]
  • Merrifield, A., Myerscough, M., Weber, N. (2006). Statistical tests for analysing directed movement of self-organising animal groups. Mathematical Biosciences, 203(1), 64-78. [More Information]

2004

  • Jones, J., Myerscough, M., Graham, S., Oldroyd, B. (2004). Honey Bee Nest Thermoregulation: Diversity Promotes Stability. Science, 305(5682), 402-404. [More Information]
  • Myerscough, M., Oldroyd, B. (2004). Simulation Models Of The Role Of Genetic Variability In Social Insect Task Allocation. Insectes Sociaux, 51(2), 146-152. [More Information]
  • Vincent, A., Myerscough, M. (2004). The Effect Of A Non-Uniform Turning Kernel On Ant Trail Morphology. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 49(4), 391-432. [More Information]

2003

  • Cox, M., Myerscough, M. (2003). A flexible model of foraging by a honey bee colony: the effects of individual behaviour on foraging success. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 223(2), 179-197. [More Information]
  • Myerscough, M. (2003). Dancing for a decision: a matrix model for nest-site choice by honeybees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 270(1515), 577-582. [More Information]
  • O'Toole, D., Robinson, P., Myerscough, M. (2003). Self-organized criticality and emergent oscillations in models of termite architecture with crowding. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 221(1), 15-27. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2019

  • New mathematics for lipids and cells: structured models for atherosclerosis, Myerscough M, Byrne H, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2016

  • Exploring the relationship between variables in day-to-day data using simple analytics: Shark bites, Mobile phones and Unemployment (Open Learning Environment - Undergraduate), Warren D, Yang J, Myerscough M, Stewart M, DVC Education/Small Educational Innovation Grant
  • Continuum models of atherosclerotic plaques , Byrne H, Myerscough M, DVC Research/International Research Collaboration Award (IRCA)