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Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Science, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Award Date: 1 Jan 2004
Bachelor of Science, University of Belgrade
Award Date: 1 Jan 2000
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Ciliary control of collective cell behaviour and tissue organization
Sknepnek, R. (Investigator)
Project: Research
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Regulation of Cortical Actomyosin Dynamics Driving Asymmetric Cell Division
Januschke, J. (Investigator) & Sknepnek, R. (Investigator)
Project: Research
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Early-Stage Embryo as an Active Self-Tuning Soft Material (Lead: UoD other instn: University of Oxford, University College London)
Sknepnek, R. (Investigator) & Weijer, K. (Investigator)
1/04/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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GPU-Based Machine Learning System For Fundamental Biological Research
Barton, G. (Investigator), Gilbert, I. (Investigator), Lamond, A. (Investigator), Owen-Hughes, T. (Investigator), Pisliakov, A. (Investigator), Schweikert, G. (Investigator), Sknepnek, R. (Investigator), Swedlow, J. (Investigator), Weijer, K. (Investigator) & Zachariae, U. (Investigator)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1/08/21 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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Cell and Tissue Dynamics Driving Gastrulation: Analysis using Advanced Live Imaging Computational Data Analysis and Modelling (EASTBIO)
Sknepnek, R. (Investigator) & Weijer, K. (Investigator)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
5/09/16 → 4/09/20
Project: Research
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Active Filaments on Curved Surfaces: From Single Filaments to Dilute Suspensions
Janzen, G., Mackay, E. D., Sknepnek, R. & Matoz-Fernandez, D. A. (Lead / Corresponding author), 14 Jan 2026, In: Soft Matter. 22, 2, p. 474-484 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An active matter model captures spatial dynamics of actomyosin oscillations in larval epithelial cells during Drosophila morphogenesis
Mackay, E. D., Bebbington, A., Januschke, J., Kursawe, J., Bischoff, M. & Sknepnek, R. (Lead / Corresponding author), 20 Jan 2026, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 123, 3, 12 p., e2503955123.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Emergent Dynamics of Active Systems on Curved Environments
Mackay, E. D., Janzen, G., Matoz-Fernandez, D. A. & Sknepnek, R. (Lead / Corresponding author), 17 Feb 2026, In: Physical Review Research. 8, 1, 13 p., 013172.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cell-Level Modelling of Homeostasis in Confined Epithelial Monolayers
Kanala Venkata, S. C., Sknepnek, R. (Lead / Corresponding author), Rozman, J. & Košmrlj, A., 24 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Elasticity. 157, 2, 21 p., 29.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Emergent Dynamics of Active Systems on Curved Environments
Mackay, E. D., Janzen, G., Matoz-Fernandez, D. A. & Sknepnek, R. (Lead / Corresponding author), 20 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) arXiv, 13 p.Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Preprint
File5 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Spiral-eyes: A soft active matter model of in vivo corneal epithelial cell migration - supporting dataset, software and analysis pipeline
Henkes, S. (Creator), Kostanjevec, K. (Creator), Collinson, J. M. (Creator) & Sknepnek, R. (Creator), Zenodo, 16 Jan 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14261827, https://zenodo.org/records/14261828
Dataset
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Data package for the paper "Machine learning short-ranged many-body interactions in colloidal systems using descriptors based on Voronoi cells"
Alkemade, R. (Creator), Sknepnek, R. (Creator), Smallenburg, F. (Supervisor) & Filion, L. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 7 May 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15356417, https://zenodo.org/records/15356418
Dataset
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An active matter model captures spatial dynamics of actomyosin oscillations in larval epithelial cells during Drosophila morphogenesis
Sknepnek, R. (Creator), Mackay, E. (Creator), Bebbington, A. (Contributor), Januschke, J. (Contributor), Kursawe, J. (Contributor) & Bischoff, M. (Contributor), Zenodo, 10 Dec 2025
Dataset
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Life Music exhibition and drop-in art workshop
Aitken, J. (Presenter), Cameron, A. (Organiser), Swatek, K. (Participant), Siddiqui, R. (Participant), Vats, A. (Participant), Rathod, S. (Participant), Prescott, A. (Contributor) & Sknepnek, R. (Contributor)
28 Sept 2025Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - festival/exhibition
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Accessibility Video Project - Opening our Doors to the Public
Cameron, A. (Organiser), Soave, S. (Contributor), Stanley-Wall, N. (Contributor), Rosazza, T. (Contributor), Ganley, I. (Contributor), Singh, F. (Contributor), Sammler, E. (Contributor), Filipe Soares, R. (Contributor), Spinelli, L. (Contributor), Findlay, G. (Contributor), Hogg, E. (Contributor), Espejo Serrano, C. (Contributor), Prescott, A. (Contributor), Januschke, J. (Contributor), Pelisch, F. (Contributor), Bel Borja, L. (Contributor), Horn, D. (Contributor), Ridgway, M. (Contributor), Owen-Hughes, T. (Contributor), Sundaramoorthy, R. (Contributor), Barton, G. (Contributor), Sknepnek, R. (Contributor), Zachariae, U. (Contributor), Duce, S. (Contributor), McKim, S. (Contributor), Pugh, L. (Contributor), Griffin, J. (Contributor), Hein, I. (Contributor), Gilroy, E. M. (Contributor), McKenzie, G. (Contributor), Ly, T. (Contributor), Kar, A. (Contributor), Hastie, J. (Contributor), Postis, V. (Contributor), Dawson, A. (Contributor), Fyfe, P. (Contributor), Semenova, O. (Contributor), Robinson, D. (Contributor), Gray, D. (Contributor), Cabrita Gulyurtlu, S. (Contributor), Zollman, D. (Contributor), Spiteri, V. (Contributor) & Webb, T. (Contributor)
2022 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Wrinkle patterns in active viscoelastic thin sheets
Sknepnek, R. (Speaker)
2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Wrinkle patterns in active viscoelastic thin sheets
Sknepnek, R. (Speaker)
2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk