Oliver Billker

10.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Oliver Billker is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Oliver Billker has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 42 papers in Immunology and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Oliver Billker's work include Malaria Research and Control (64 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (32 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (28 papers). Oliver Billker is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (64 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (32 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (28 papers). Oliver Billker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Oliver Billker's co-authors include Robert E. Sinden, Rita Tewari, Julian C. Rayner, Mathieu Brochet, Ana Gomes, L. David Sibley, Sebastian Lourido, Christian Doerig, Katarzyna Modrzynska and Ellen Bushell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Oliver Billker

86 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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

2017 366 citations Ana Gomes, Burcu Anar et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A CRISPR homing screen finds a chloroquine resistance transporter-like protein of the Plasmodium oocyst essential for mosquito transmission of malaria 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Arjun Balakrishnan, Mirjam Hunziker, Puja Tiwary, Vikash Pandey, David Drew, Oliver Billker	0
2	Cellular Hallmarks From Volume Electron Microscopy Reveal Developmental Progression of Plasmodium Ookinetes 2025 ·Advanced Science ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Thanat Chookajorn, (unknown), Jean-Karim Hèriché, Sara Henriksson, (unknown), Franziska Hentzschel, Linda Sandblad, Oliver Billker, Yannick Schwab, Friedrich Frischknecht	0
3	Extracellular ATP is an environmental cue in bacteria 2025 ·Cell Reports ·Sophie Tronnet, Vikash Pandey, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Oliver Billker, Anders Nordström, Andrea Puhar	0
4	Systematic screens for fertility genes essential for malaria parasite transmission reveal conserved aspects of sex in a divergent eukaryote 2024 ·Cell Systems ·(unknown), Vikash Pandey, Arjun Balakrishnan, Katharine A. Michie, (unknown), Mirjam Hunziker, Mercedes Pardo, Jyoti S. Choudhary, Ronnie P.‐A. Berntsson, Oliver Billker	9
5	A non-canonical sensing pathway mediates Plasmodium adaptation to amino acid deficiency 2023 ·Communications Biology ·(unknown), Sofia Marques, (unknown), Vincent Mastrodomenico, Bryan C. Mounce, Chantal T. Harris, Björn F.C. Kafsack, Oliver Billker, Vanessa Zuzarte‐Luís, Maria M. Mota	8
6	The global transcriptome of Plasmodium falciparum mid-stage gametocytes (stages II–IV) appears largely conserved and gametocyte-specific gene expression patterns vary in clinical isolates 2023 ·Microbiology Spectrum ·Jonas A. Kengne-Ouafo, Saikou Y. Bah, Alison Kemp, Lindsay B. Stewart, Lucas Amenga–Etego, Kirk Deitsch, Julian C. Rayner, Oliver Billker, Fred Binka, Colin J. Sutherland, Gordon A. Awandare, Britta C. Urban, (unknown)	2
7	A 39-Amino-Acid C-Terminal Truncation of GDV1 Disrupts Sexual Commitment in Plasmodium falciparum 2021 ·mSphere ·Marta Tibúrcio, Eva Hitz, Igor Niederwieser, Gavin Kelly, Heledd Davies, Christian Doerig, Oliver Billker, Till S. Voss, Moritz Treeck	11
8	Systematic Identification of Plasmodium Falciparum Sporozoite Membrane Protein Interactions Reveals an Essential Role for the p24 Complex in Host Infection 2021 ·Apollo (University of Cambridge) ·(unknown), (unknown), Annie Yang, Francis Galaway, Tom Metcalf, Geert‐Jan van Gemert, Robert W. Sauerwein, Julian C. Rayner, Oliver Billker, Gavin J. Wright	2
9	Genome reconstructions of metabolism of Plasmodium RBC and liver stages 2021 ·Current Opinion in Microbiology ·Anush Chiappino-Pepe, Vikash Pandey, Oliver Billker	1
10	The antimalarial efficacy and mechanism of resistance of the novel chemotype DDD01034957 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·Celia Miguel-Blanco, James M. Murithi, Ernest Diez Benavente, Fiona Angrisano, Katarzyna Sala, Donelly A. van Schalkwyk, Manu Vanaerschot, Frank Schwach, Matthew J. Fuchter, Oliver Billker, Colin J. Sutherland, Susana Campino, Taane G. Clark, Andrew M. Blagborough, David A. Fidock, Esperanza Herreros, Francisco‐Javier Gamo, Jake Baum, Michael J. Delves	7
11	A Novel Chemically Differentiated Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell-Based Model to Study Liver Stages of Plasmodium berghei 2020 ·Stem Cell Reports ·Jaishree Tripathi, Charis‐Patricia Segeritz, Gareth Griffiths, Wendy Bushell, Ludovic Vallier, William C. Skarnes, Maria M. Mota, Oliver Billker	3
12	Mosquito cellular immunity at single-cell resolution 2020 ·Science ·Gianmarco Raddi, Ana Beatriz F. Barletta, Mirjana Efremova, José L. Ramírez, Rafael Cantera, Sarah A. Teichmann, Carolina Barillas‐Mury, Oliver Billker	80
13	A single-nucleotide polymorphism in a Plasmodium berghei ApiAP2 transcription factor alters the development of host immunity 2020 ·Science Advances ·Munir Akkaya, Abhisheka Bansal, Patrick W. Sheehan, Mirna Peña, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Lindsey Orchard, (unknown), Chen‐Feng Qi, (unknown), Takele Yazew, Daniel E. Sturdevant, Sarah L. Anzick, (unknown), Thomas D. Otto, Oliver Billker, Manuel Llinás, Louis H. Miller, Susan K. Pierce	13
14	Analysis of erythrocyte signalling pathways during Plasmodium falciparum infection identifies targets for host-directed antimalarial intervention 2020 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Burcu Anar, Tom Metcalf, Jean‐Philippe Semblat, Oliver Billker, Danny W. Wilson, Christian Doerig	42
15	The Malaria Cell Atlas: Single parasite transcriptomes across the complete Plasmodium life cycle 2019 ·Science ·Virginia M. Howick, Andrew J. C. Russell, Tallulah Andrews, Haynes Heaton, Adam J. Reid, Kedar Nath Natarajan, Hellen Butungi, Tom Metcalf, Lisa Verzier, Julian C. Rayner, Matthew Berriman, Jeremy K. Herren, Oliver Billker, Martin Hemberg, Arthur M. Talman, Mara Lawniczak	164
16	Single-cell RNA-seq reveals hidden transcriptional variation in malaria parasites 2018 ·eLife ·Adam J. Reid, Arthur M. Talman, Hayley M. Bennett, Ana Gomes, Mandy Sanders, Christopher J. R. Illingworth, Oliver Billker, Matthew Berriman, Mara Lawniczak	139
17	Epistasis studies reveal redundancy among calcium-dependent protein kinases in motility and invasion of malaria parasites 2018 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Ana Gomes, Natacha Klages, Paco Pino, Bohumil Maco, Eloise M. Walker, Ζήνων Ζήνωνος, Fiona Angrisano, Jake Baum, Christian Doerig, David A. Baker, Oliver Billker, Mathieu Brochet	43
18	CRISPRing the Elephant in the Room 2018 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·Oliver Billker	0
19	Decreased Rate of Plasma Arginine Appearance in Murine Malaria May Explain Hypoargininemia in Children With Cerebral Malaria 2016 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Matthew S. Alkaitis, Honghui Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Ian J. C. MacCormick, (unknown), Oliver Billker, Anthony F. Suffredini, David J. Roberts, Terrie E. Taylor, Karl B. Seydel, Hans Ackerman	22
20	Plasmodium berghei calcium‐dependent protein kinase 3 is required for ookinete gliding motility and mosquito midgut invasion 2006 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Inga Sidén‐Kiamos, Andrea Ecker, (unknown), Christos Louis, Robert E. Sinden, Oliver Billker	117

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