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Oliver Billker

Oliver Billker

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Biology and Biochemistry
Sweden
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
12372
World Ranking
12541
National Ranking
185

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Oliver Billker is a researcher affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden, with a focus on studies related to malaria parasites, mosquito immunity, and host-pathogen interactions. Their work intersects multiple disciplines, primarily within medicine, immunology, microbiology, and molecular biology.

Their research spans several main fields of study:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Additionally, Billker's investigations delve into subfields including:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Parasitology
  • Epidemiology

The core topics of their research involve:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Complement system in diseases
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies

Oliver Billker has a substantial publication record with recent contributions including:

  • "Mosquito cellular immunity at single-cell resolution," 2020, Science
  • "Regulators of male and female sexual development are critical for the transmission of a malaria parasite," 2023, Cell Host & Microbe
  • "Analysis of erythrocyte signalling pathways during Plasmodium falciparum infection identifies targets for host-directed antimalarial intervention," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "A 39-Amino-Acid C-Terminal Truncation of GDV1 Disrupts Sexual Commitment in Plasmodium falciparum," 2021, mSphere
  • "Systematic screens for fertility genes essential for malaria parasite transmission reveal conserved aspects of sex in a divergent eukaryote," 2024, Cell Systems

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Host & Microbe
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports
  • Wellcome Open Research

Billker has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Vikash Pandey
  • Julian C. Rayner
  • Frank Schwach
  • Ellen Bushell
  • Burcu Anar

Best Publications

  • Identification of xanthurenic acid as the putative inducer of malaria development in the mosquito

    Oliver Billker;V. Lindo;M. Panico;A. E. Etienne

  • Calcium and a Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase Regulate Gamete Formation and Mosquito Transmission in a Malaria Parasite

    Oliver Billker;Sandrine Dechamps;Rita Tewari;Gerald Wenig

  • Functional Profiling of a Plasmodium Genome Reveals an Abundance of Essential Genes

    Ellen Bushell;Ana Rita Gomes;Theo Sanderson;Burcu Anar

  • A cascade of DNA-binding proteins for sexual commitment and development in Plasmodium

    Abhinav Sinha;Katie R. Hughes;Katarzyna K. Modrzynska;Thomas D. Otto

  • The conserved plant sterility gene HAP2 functions after attachment of fusogenic membranes in Chlamydomonas and Plasmodium gametes

    Yanjie Liu;Rita Tewari;Rita Tewari;Jue Ning;Andrew M. Blagborough;Andrew M. Blagborough

  • The systematic functional analysis of Plasmodium protein kinases identifies essential regulators of mosquito transmission

    Rita Tewari;Ursula Straschil;Ursula Straschil;Alex Bateman;Ulrike Böhme

  • Calcium-Dependent Signaling and Kinases in Apicomplexan Parasites

    Oliver Billker;Sebastian Lourido;L. David Sibley

  • Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans Provide a Signal to Plasmodium Sporozoites to Stop Migrating and Productively Invade Host Cells

    Alida Coppi;Rita Tewari;Joseph R. Bishop;Brandy L. Bennett

  • A comprehensive evaluation of rodent malaria parasite genomes and gene expression

    Thomas D Otto;Ulrike Böhme;Andrew P Jackson;Martin Hunt

  • Single-cell RNA-seq and computational analysis using temporal mixture modelling resolves Th1/Tfh fate bifurcation in malaria

    Tapio Lönnberg;Tapio Lönnberg;Valentine Svensson;Kylie R. James;Daniel Fernandez-Ruiz

  • Gametogenesis in Malaria Parasites Is Mediated by the cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase

    Louisa McRobert;Cathy J Taylor;Wensheng Deng;Quinton L Fivelman

  • The Malaria Cell Atlas: Single parasite transcriptomes across the complete Plasmodium life cycle.

    Virginia M. Howick;Andrew J. C. Russell;Tallulah Andrews;Haynes Heaton

  • Phosphoinositide metabolism links cGMP-dependent protein kinase G to essential Ca²⁺ signals at key decision points in the life cycle of malaria parasites.

    Mathieu Brochet;Mark O. Collins;Terry K. Smith;Eloise Thompson

  • The dynamics of interactions between Plasmodium and the mosquito: a study of the infectivity of Plasmodium berghei and Plasmodium gallinaceum, and their transmission by Anopheles stephensi, Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti.

    Y. Alavi;M. Arai;J. Mendoza;M. Tufet-Bayona

  • The roles of temperature, pH and mosquito factors as triggers of male and female gametogenesis of Plasmodium berghei in vitro.

    Oliver Billker;M K Shaw;G Margos;R E Sinden

  • Single-cell RNA-seq reveals hidden transcriptional variation in malaria parasites

    Adam J. Reid;Arthur M. Talman;Hayley M. Bennett;Ana R. Gomes

  • A Knockout Screen of ApiAP2 Genes Reveals Networks of Interacting Transcriptional Regulators Controlling the Plasmodium Life Cycle

    Katarzyna Modrzynska;Claudia Pfander;Lia Chappell;Lu Yu

  • A cyclic GMP signalling module that regulates gliding motility in a malaria parasite.

    Robert W. Moon;Cathy J. Taylor;Claudia Bex;Rebecca Schepers

  • Regulation of infectivity of Plasmodium to the mosquito vector

    R E Sinden;G A Butcher;Oliver Billker;S L Fleck

  • Plasmodium berghei calcium-dependent protein kinase 3 is required for ookinete gliding motility and mosquito midgut invasion.

    Inga Siden-Kiamos;Andrea Ecker;Saga Nybäck;Christos Louis;Christos Louis

Frequent Co-Authors

Julian C. Rayner
Julian C. Rayner University of Cambridge
Christian Doerig
Christian Doerig RMIT University
Robert E. Sinden
Robert E. Sinden Imperial College London
Rita Tewari
Rita Tewari University of Nottingham
Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow
Sarah A. Teichmann
Sarah A. Teichmann University of Cambridge
Mandy Sanders
Mandy Sanders Wellcome Sanger Institute
Thomas D. Otto
Thomas D. Otto University of Glasgow
Jyoti S. Choudhary
Jyoti S. Choudhary Institute of Cancer Research
David Baker
David Baker University of Washington

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