RESEARCH PROFILE

My research interests lie in the general area of Mathematical Biology and Computational Neuroscience. In particular, I am focused on the application of principles from biophysics, nonlinear dynamics and numerical analysis to the modelling and study of cellular systems.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Mathematical Neuroscience: heterogeneity, noise, delays, and plasticity in neural systems - Workshop led by Nottingham, Funded by: EPSRC, Project Start Date: 01/01/2012 Project End Date: 30/09/2012

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Iglesias, C., Meunier, C., Manuel, M., Timofeeva, Y., Delestree, N. and Zytnicki, D.(2011) 'Mixed mode oscillations in mouse spinal motoneurons arise from a low excitability state' Journal of Neuroscience 31 (15), 5829 - 5840 (0270-6474) [article]
• Coombes, S. and Timofeeva, Y.(2010) 'Special issue: mathematical neuroscience' Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 239 (9), 475 - 476 (0167-2789) [article]
• Timofeeva, Y.(2010) 'Travelling waves in a model of quasi-active dendrites with active spines' Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 239 (9), 494 - 503 (0167-2789) [article]
• Timofeeva, Y., Cox, S. J., Coombes, S. and Josic, K.(2008) 'Democratization in a passive dendritic tree: an analytical investigation' Journal Of Computational Neuroscience 25 (2), 228 - 244 (0929-5313) [article]
• S Coombes, Y Timofeeva, C-M Svensson, G J Lord, K Josic, S J Cox, C M Colbert(2007) 'Branching dendrites with resonant membrane: A "sum-over-trips" approach' Biological Cybernetics 97 137 - 149 (0340-1200) [article]