Alice Ford is a graduate student in the lab. She is in the Neuroscience Graduate Group, and is currently in her third year of the combined MD/PhD program at the University of Pennsylvania. Alice grew up in Goshen, NY, and received a BA in mathematics from the University of Vermont in 2010.

Publications

Kim, H.J., N.C.Kim, Y.D. Wang, E.A. Scarborough, J. Moore, Z. Diaz, K.S. MacLea, B. Freibaum, S. Li, A. Molliex, A.P. Kanagaraj, R. Carter, K.B. Boylan, A.M. Wojtas, R. Rademakers, J.L. Pinkus, S.A. Greenberg, J.Q. Trojanowski, B.J. Traynor, B.N. Smith, S. Topp, A.S. Gkazi, J. Miller, C.E. Shaw, M. Kottlors, J. Kirschner, A. Pestronk, Y.R. Li, A.F. Ford, A.D. Gitler, M. Benatar, O.D. King, V.E. Kimonis, E.D. Ross, C.C. Weihl, J. Shorter, and J.P. Taylor. (2013). Mutations in prion-like domains in hnRNPA2B1 and hnRNPA1 cause multisystem proteinopathy and ALS. Nature. 495:467-473. pdf file link

Ford, A. F., and J. J. Schall. (2011). Relative clonal proportions over time in mixed-clone infections of the lizard malaria parasite Plasmodium mexicanum. International Journal for Parasitology. 41:731-738. pdf file link

Ford, A. F., A. M. Vardo-Zalik, and J. J. Schall. (2010). Relative clonal density of malaria parasites in mixed-genotype infections: validation of a technique using microsatellite markers for Plasmodium falciparum and P. mexicanum. Journal of Parasitology. 96:908-913. pdf file link

Vardo-Zalik, A. M., A. F. Ford, and J. J. Schall. (2009). Detecting number of clones, and their relative abundance, of a malaria parasite (Plasmodium mexicanum) infecting its vertebrate host. Parasitology Research. 105:209-215. pdf file link