Aim

Computational Model of Astrocytomas

 artificialAstro

artificialAstro will reduce the period between lab to bedside by many years.

The project will make the human brain accessible to carry out research andl enable researchers to be able to view the progress of the tumour, check if the outcomes match the tumour activity in vivo. Reverse engineering the model lead to knowledge of factors are shown to be of significance it the level of malignancy. This will be achieved by first using an artificial network of astrocytes, into which will be programmed known early aberrations of astrocytomas. Once this part of the project has been achieved it is planned to add an intelligent level, by programming in options based on known pathway outcomes. Once the model has ‘learned’ these, genetic programming will be used to predict the more “random” development aspects of these tumours. This solution will allow us to carry out many experiments on what will be a virtual brain tumour, experiments which are not available to us in a biological sense.

I am currently carrying out this work on a part time basis and alone, however with funding I could build the prototype full time, with mentoring I could make contacts and build relationships with the teams who would be interested in using the final product.

This project closed unsuccessfully on 29th March 2016