Jamie Rickman is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is currently studying for a PhD in Biophysics at the Francis Crick Institute, where her research focuses on mathematical and computational modelling of the microtubule cytoskeleton. Previously, she studied Physics at Imperial College London, and went on to obtain an MRes in Modelling Biological Complexity from University College London's Centre for Computation, Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology.
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