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Lisa C. Ranford-Cartwright

Lisa C. Ranford-Cartwright

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
7745
World Ranking
15852
National Ranking
1245

Overview

Lisa C. Ranford-Cartwright is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on areas within medicine, particularly public health, environmental and occupational health, immunology, parasitology, insect science, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work centers around several main topics, including:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Parasites and Host Interactions

Recent publications demonstrate a focus on malaria vectors, parasite biology, and molecular mechanisms related to Plasmodium falciparum and mosquitoes. Selected recent papers include:

  • The regulatory genome of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae: integrating chromatin accessibility and gene expression, 2021, published in NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics
  • Influx of diverse, drug resistant and transmissible Plasmodium falciparum into a malaria-free setting in Qatar, 2020, published in BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Estimation of parasite age and synchrony status in Plasmodium falciparum infections, 2020, published in Scientific Reports
  • The Transcription Factor PfAP2-O Influences Virulence Gene Transcription and Sexual Development in Plasmodium falciparum, 2021, published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Mosquito host-seeking diel rhythm and chemosensory gene expression is affected by age and Plasmodium stages, 2022, published in Scientific Reports

The work has appeared frequently in venue series such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Parasitology
  • NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics

Collaboration is evident in the scientist's frequent co-authors, including:

  • Amal Gadalla (5 collaborations)
  • Hamza A. Babiker (5 collaborations)
  • Prince Chigozirim Ubiaru (4 collaborations)
  • Elena Gómez-Díaz (3 collaborations)
  • Abir Al-Rumhi (3 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Mating patterns in malaria parasite populations of Papua New Guinea

    R. E. L. Paul;M. J. Packer;M. Walmsley;M. Lagog

  • Random mating in a natural population of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    H. A. Babiker;L. C. Ranford-Cartwright;D. Currie;J. D. Charlwood

  • Indels, structural variation, and recombination drive genomic diversity in Plasmodium falciparum

    Alistair Miles;Zamin Iqbal;Paul Vauterin;Richard Pearson

  • Real-time quantitative PCR in parasitology

    Andrew S. Bell;Lisa C. Ranford-Cartwright

  • Spreading the seeds of million-murdering death: metamorphoses of malaria in the mosquito

    Luke A. Baton;Lisa C. Ranford-Cartwright

  • A NIMA-related protein kinase is essential for completion of the sexual cycle of malaria parasites.

    Luc Reininger;Oliver Billker;Rita Tewari;Arunima Mukhopadhyay

  • Chloroquine increases Plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis in vitro.

    A. Buckling;Lisa.C. Ranford-Cartwright;A. Miles;A.F. Read

  • Measurement of Plasmodium falciparum Growth Rates in Vivo: A Test of Malaria Vaccines

    Qin Cheng;Gregor Lawrence;Carol Reed;Anthony Stowers

  • Characteristics of Plasmodium falciparum parasites that survive the lengthy dry season in eastern Sudan where malaria transmission is markedly seasonal.

    Hamza A. Babiker;Abdel Muhsin A Abdel-Muhsin;Lisa C. Ranford-Cartwright;Gwiria Satti

  • Genotyping of Plasmodium falciparum infections by PCR: a comparative multicentre study

    A. Färnert;A.P. Arez;H.A. Babiker;H.P. Beck

  • Commitment to sexual differentiation in the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum

    T. G. Smith;P. Lourenço;R. Carter;D. Walliker

  • Plasmodium falciparum Accompanied the Human Expansion out of Africa

    Kazuyuki Tanabe;Toshihiro Mita;Thibaut Jombart;Anders Eriksson

  • Detection of human disease conditions by single-cell morpho-rheological phenotyping of blood.

    Nicole Toepfner;Nicole Toepfner;Christoph Herold;Oliver Otto;Oliver Otto;Philipp Rosendahl

  • The Plasmodium eukaryotic initiation factor-2α kinase IK2 controls the latency of sporozoites in the mosquito salivary glands

    Min Zhang;Clare Fennell;Lisa Ranford-Cartwright;Ramanavelan Sakthivel

  • Frequency of cross-fertilization in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

    L. C. Ranford-Cartwright;P. Balfe;R. Carter;D. Walliker

  • An Essential Role for the Plasmodium Nek-2 Nima-Related Protein Kinase in the Sexual Development of Malaria Parasites

    Luc Reininger;Rita Tewari;Rita Tewari;Clare Fennell;Zoe Holland

  • Rapid and simple method for isolating malaria DNA from fingerprick samples of blood.

    Michael Foley;Lisa C. Ranford-Cartwright;Hamza A. Babiker

  • Functional characterization of both MAP kinases of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum by reverse genetics.

    Dominique Dorin-Semblat;Neils Quashie;Jean Halbert;Audrey Sicard

  • Molecular analysis of recrudescent parasites in a Plasmodium falciparum drug efficacy trial in Gabon

    L.C. Ranford-Cartwright;J. Taylor;T. Umasunthar;L.H. Taylor

  • PfeIK1, a eukaryotic initiation factor 2α kinase of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, regulates stress-response to amino-acid starvation

    Clare Fennell;Clare Fennell;Shalon E Babbitt;Ilaria Russo;Jonathan M Wilkes

Frequent Co-Authors

David Walliker
David Walliker University of Edinburgh
Christian Doerig
Christian Doerig RMIT University
Richard Carter
Richard Carter University of Edinburgh
Oliver Billker
Oliver Billker Umeå University
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski University of Oxford
Eleanor M. Riley
Eleanor M. Riley University of Edinburgh
Anders Björkman
Anders Björkman Karolinska Institute
Arnab Pain
Arnab Pain King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Ananias A. Escalante
Ananias A. Escalante Temple University
Harry P. de Koning
Harry P. de Koning University of Glasgow

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