Damien G. Hicks

Xenon and nitrous oxide induced changes in resting EEG activity can be explained by systematic increases in the relaxation rates of stochastically driven alpha band oscillatory activity

This paper models EEG activity under xenon and nitrous oxide as alpha band relaxation oscillators, finding increased damping correlates with reduced alpha power and 1/f scaling.

DeepKymoTracker: A tool for accurate construction of cell lineage trees for highly motile cells

DeepKymoTracker constructs accurate cell lineage trees for highly motile cells by combining tracking and segmentation with 3D CNNs, outperforming existing tools in benchmark tests.

Cell Tree Rings: the structure of somatic evolution as a human aging timer

This paper introduces a method to estimate biological age using cell lineage trees derived from somatic mutations in scRNA-seq data, showing strong correlation with chronological age.

Alpha blocking and 1/fβ spectral scaling in resting EEG can be accounted for by a sum of damped alpha band oscillatory processes

This paper proposes a model where resting EEG's alpha band activity and 1/fβ noise are explained by damped alpha oscillators with varying damping rates, showing that alpha blocking results from increased damping of the weakest mode.

Inferring a simple mechanism for alpha-blocking by fitting a neural population model to EEG spectra

The paper fits a neural population model to EEG spectra from 82 subjects to identify a simple mechanism for alpha blocking, finding that a single parameter explains the reduction in alpha rhythm upon eye opening.

Parameter estimation and identifiability in a neural population model for electro-cortical activity

This paper estimates parameters of a neural population model using EEG data and finds only one parameter related to inhibition is identifiable.

Maps of variability in cell lineage trees

The paper introduces lineage variability maps to quantify variation in cell lineage trees, showing how phenotype is determined by founder cells and how cell fate becomes more restricted over generations.