{"id":882,"date":"2013-09-13T16:22:59","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T15:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/alsfordlab\/?page_id=882"},"modified":"2025-11-24T09:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:31:51","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/alsfordlab\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"358\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/alsfordlab\/files\/2013\/04\/Sam.jpg\" alt=\"Sam\" class=\"wp-image-567\" style=\"width:133px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/alsfordlab\/files\/2013\/04\/Sam.jpg 358w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/alsfordlab\/files\/2013\/04\/Sam-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"LSHTM profile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lshtm.ac.uk\/aboutus\/people\/alsford.sam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sam Alsford<\/strong><\/a> | <a title=\"ResearchGate profile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Sam_Alsford?ev=hdr_xprf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ResearchGate<\/a> | <a title=\"citations, metrics, etc\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.co.uk\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=_IZ9kPoAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Scholar <\/a> | <a title=\"0000-0001-8621-4920\" href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8621-4920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> ORCID iD<\/a><br \/><em>Associate Professor<\/em><br \/>PhD &#8211; Genome organisation &amp; segregation in <em>T. brucei<\/em> (University of Manchester)<br \/>MSc &#8211; Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases (LSHTM)<br \/>BSc &#8211; Microbiology (Imperial College, London)<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alumni<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PostDocs<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a title=\"ResearchGate profile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Juan_Macedo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Juan Pereira de Mac\u00eado<\/a>, 2017-2018 &#8211; <em>rDNA transcriptional regulation<\/em> (SNSF Early Mobility Research Fellowship)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Yanika Borg, 2015 &#8211; <em>visiting PostDoc <\/em>(Maths &amp; Biochemical Engineering, UCL)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ResearchGate profile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Rachel_Currier?ev=brs_highl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Rachel Currier<\/a>, 2013-2016 &#8211; <em>serum &amp; apoL1 sensitivity determinants<\/em> (MRC funded)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PhD students<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Katerina Klimankova, 2021-2024 &#8211; <em>visiting PhD student<\/em> (Drs Guy Hanke and Shane Wilkinson, QMUL)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ResearchGate profile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Aboagye-Dofuor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aboagye Dofuor<\/a>, 2018 &#8211; <em>visiting PhD student<\/em> (Dr Theresa Manful-Gwira, WACCBIP, University of Ghana, Legon)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ResearchGate profile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Khalid_Alzahrani5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Khalid Alzahrani<\/a>, 2016 &#8211; <em>visiting PhD student<\/em> (Prof Harry de Koning, University of Glasgow)<\/li>\n<li>Yanika Borg, 2013-2014 &#8211; <em>visiting PhD student<\/em> (Dr Darren Nesbeth, Maths &amp; Biochemical Engineering, UCL)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DTP rotation students<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aine Fairbrother-Browne, 2019 &#8211; <em>BBSRC LIDo<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Emily Young, 2018 &#8211; <em>BBSRC LIDo<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Heather Steele-Stallard, 2014 &#8211; <em>BBSRC LIDo<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MSc project students<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Asenia Nenkova, 2022 (<em>Medical Parasitology<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Jacob Morafka, 2021 (<em>Medical Parasitology<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ResearchGate profile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Grace-Gill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grace Gill<\/a>, 2019 (<em>Medical Parasitology<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Nathan Simpson, 2018 (<em>Medical Microbiology<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Carrie Coggon, 2016 (<em>Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ResearchGate profile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Clare_Collett2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clare Collett<\/a> &amp; Carl Kitson, 2015 (<em>Medical Parasitology<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Helen Leggis, 2014 (<em>Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research interns<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gaia Tornafol, 2019 (Universit\u00e9 Paris Sud)<\/li>\n<li>Marie Victoire-Santrot, 2015 (Universit\u00e9 de Bordeaux)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Alsford | ResearchGate | Google Scholar | ORCID iDAssociate ProfessorPhD &#8211; 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