Dr David Ballard Academics Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science Contact details david.ballard@kcl.ac.uk +44 (0) 20 7848 4161
Biowarfare, bioterrorism and biocrime: A historical overview on microbial harmful applications Oliveira, M., Mason-Buck, G., Ballard, D., Branicki, W. & Amorim, A., Sep 2020, In: Forensic Science International. 314, 110366. Research output: Contribution to journal - Review article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110366 Classification of STR allelic variation using massively parallel sequencing and assessment of flanking region power Devesse, L., Davenport, L., Borsuk, L., Gettings, K., Mason-Buck, G., Vallone, P. M., Syndercombe Court, D. & Ballard, D., Sep 2020, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 48, 102356. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2020.102356 A Comparison of Forensic Age Prediction Models Using Data From Four DNA Methylation Technologies Freire-Aradas, A., PoÅ›piech, E., Aliferi, A., Girón-Santamaría, L., Mosquera-Miguel, A., Pisarek, A., Ambroa-Conde, A., Phillips, C., Casares de Cal, M. A., Gómez-Tato, A., Spólnicka, M., Woźniak, A., Ãlvarez-Dios, J., Ballard, D., Court, D. S., Branicki, W., Carracedo, Ã. & Lareu, M. V., 19 Aug 2020, In: Frontiers in Genetics. 11, 932. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.00932 Massive parallel sequencing in forensics: advantages, issues, technicalities, and prospects Ballard, D., Winkler-Galicki, J. & WesoÅ‚y, J., 1 Jul 2020, In: International Journal of Legal Medicine. 134, 4, p. 1291-1303 13 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Review article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-020-02294-0 Body fluid identification and assignment to donors using a targeted mRNA massively parallel sequencing approach - results of a second EUROFORGEN / EDNAP collaborative exercise Ingold, S., Dørum, G., Hanson, E., Ballard, D., Berti, A., Gettings, K. B., Giangasparo, F., Kampmann, M. L., Laurent, F. X., Morling, N., Parson, W., Steffen, C. R., Ulus, A., van den Berge, M., van der Gaag, K. J., Verdoliva, V., Xavier, C., Ballantyne, J. & Haas, C., 1 Mar 2020, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 45, 102208. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2019.102208 Report from the STRAND Working Group on the 2019 STR sequence nomenclature meeting Gettings, K. B., Ballard, D., Bodner, M., Borsuk, L. A., King, J. L., Parson, W. & Phillips, C., 1 Nov 2019, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 43, 102165. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2019.102165 Development and validation of the EUROFORGEN NAME (North African and Middle Eastern) ancestry panel Pereira, V., Freire-Aradas, A., Ballard, D., Børsting, C., Diez, V., Pruszkowska-Przybylska, P., Ribeiro, J., Achakzai, N. M., Aliferi, A., Bulbul, O., Carceles, M. D. P., Triki-Fendri, S., Rebai, A., Court, D. S., Morling, N., Lareu, M. V., Carracedo, Ã. & Phillips, C., 1 Sep 2019, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 42, p. 260-267 8 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2019.06.010 Implementing a biogeographic ancestry inference service for forensic casework Jin, S., Chase, M., Henry, M., Alderson, G., Morrow, J. M., Malik, S., Ballard, D., McGrory, J., Fernandopulle, N., Millman, J. & Laird, J., Nov 2018, In: Electrophoresis. 39, 21, p. 2757-2765 9 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1002/elps.201800171 DNA methylation-based age prediction using massively parallel sequencing data and multiple machine learning models Aliferi, A., Ballard, D., Gallidabino, M. D., Thurtle, H., Barron, L. & Syndercombe Court, D., 8 Sep 2018, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 37, p. 215-226 Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2018.09.003 Towards broadening Forensic DNA Phenotyping beyond pigmentation: Improving the prediction of head hair shape from DNA PoÅ›piech, E., Chen, Y., Kukla-Bartoszek, M., Breslin, K., Aliferi, A., Andersen, J. D., Ballard, D., Chaitanya, L., Freire-Aradas, A., van der Gaag, K. J., Girón-Santamaría, L., Gross, T. E., Gysi, M., Huber, G., Mosquera-Miguel, A., Muralidharan, C., Skowron, M., Carracedo, Ã., Haas, C., Morling, N. & 17 others, Parson, W., Phillips, C., Schneider, P. M., Sijen, T., Syndercombe-Court, D., Vennemann, M., Wu, S., Xu, S., Jin, L., Wang, S., Zhu, G., Martin, N. G., Medland, S. E., Branicki, W., Walsh, S., Liu, F. & Kayser, M., 29 Aug 2018, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 37, p. 241-251 Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2018.08.017 View all publications
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