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An Atlas of Mosquito Hemocytes

Posted onMay 5, 2020May 10, 2020Leave a comment

Our atlas of immune cells from Anopheles and Aedes mosquitoes is now available as a preprint from bioRxiv. Mosquito cellular immunity at single-cell resolution This very productive collaboration with the lab of Carolina Barillas-Mury at NIAID was led by our Read More …

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Liver stage screen

Posted onNovember 28, 2019May 10, 2020Leave a comment

The next PlasmoGEM screen is out! Taking >1300 mutants through the lifecycle, we discover many parasite genes essential at the liver stage and produce a stage-specific model of metabolism. An incredibly stimulating collaboration with our colleagues in the Heussler, Hazimanikatis, Read More …

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Wallenberg grant awarded

Posted onNovember 12, 2018May 10, 2020Leave a comment

We are delighted to have been awarded 30 mio kronor over 6 years by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to screen for the genes in malaria parasite that are involved in mosquito transmission and study interaction with the mosquito Read More …

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Next Director of Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden

Posted onApril 24, 2018April 24, 2018Leave a comment

I am delighted that Umeå University has announced my appointment as future Director of the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS). Umeå University has since the very beginning of its 50-year history built a strong reputation in infectious disease Read More …

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ERC Advanced Grant

Posted onApril 8, 2018April 24, 2018Leave a comment

The lab has been awarded € 2.5 mio for genetic screens to identify Plasmodium berghei fertility genes at Umeå University. Sexual reproduction of malaria parasites is essential for their transmission by mosquitoes and it is expected that the funded project Read More …

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Malaria Cell Atlas Launched

Posted onMarch 28, 2018April 9, 2018Leave a comment

The Billker lab has contributed to a paper in Elife which marks the lauch of the Malaria Cell Atlas by our colleages at the Sanger Institute. Adam Reid and Arthur Talmann are the lead authors and Mara Lawniczak is the Read More …

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Rapid signalling in malaria parasites

Posted onNovember 15, 2017April 9, 2018Leave a comment

Cell Reports has today published our paper describing a rapid phosphoproteomic time course of the activated gametocytes. The analysis sheds new light on how transmission stages of malaria parasites respond rapidly to xanthurenic acid, the compound that signals their arrival Read More …

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Bringing Transfection to Africa

Posted onMay 23, 2017April 9, 2018Leave a comment

It has been a privilege to take our Wellcome Trust Advanced Course in Malaria Experimental Genetics to the University of Ghana this year. Co-directors were Drs. Ellen Bushell, Julian Rayner and Marcus Lee. We were impressed by a group of Read More …

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Genome scale screen finds many essential genes

Posted onMarch 7, 2017April 9, 2018Leave a comment

We are delighted to announce the publication of the first genome scale screen in a malaria parasite in Cell. This paper is the culmination of many years of work by the PlasmoGEM team, led by Ellen Bushell, which started with Read More …

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