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Thank you to Warwick Shortland and Dr Ian Benn for correctly identifying this image for us as Dr Shaun McElwain. Dr McElwain's interest was mathematical modelling of biological processes (circa 1983).

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c.j.b: Dr Ian Benn from the Mathematics Department? This is the 2nd year Calculus subject where we created simple models of cancer cells, and worked out how large they could grow before turning necrotic at the centre. :) UON Library,University of Newcastle, Australia: Thanks for this - would you like a credit for the information? c.j.b: That won't be necessary. I deliberately haven't provided entirely correct personal details to this site anyway.