Hugh Z. Ford

This study develops a cell-based model of intermittent attachments to explain how cell aggregates exhibit fluid-like properties and collective chemotaxis.

The paper shows that Dictyostelium cells form swarms that behave like active droplets, leading to clump deposition and differentiation through a 'musical chairs' mechanism.

The paper develops a mathematical model showing that dividing cells and lytic viruses can coexist through viral load partitioning during cell division and growth.