Kirstin Bilham
DPhil
Research Assistant
Short Biography: I obtained my BSc in Biology from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, before moving to Oxford to study for an MSc in Biology. I stayed in Oxford for my DPhil, investigating the roles of innate immunity and oxidative stress in shaping life history traits in the European badger, a joint project between Prof David Macdonald at the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit and Dr Adrian Smith’s lab in Zoology. I joined the Genome Integrity Lab as a research assistant in January 2017, where I provide research support for post-docs as well as running a project investigating protein interactions between the members of the SHIELDIN complex.
Research interests: Transgenic models, protein purification and biochemistry.
Recent publications
In situ behavioral plasticity as compensation for weather variability: implications for future climate change
Journal article
Noonan MJ. et al, (2018), Climatic Change, 149, 457 - 471
53BP1 cooperation with the REV7–shieldin complex underpins DNA structure-specific NHEJ
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Ghezraoui H. et al, (2018), Nature, 560, 122 - 127
Effects of Weather Conditions on Oxidative Stress, Oxidative Damage, and Antioxidant Capacity in a Wild-Living Mammal, the European Badger ( Meles meles )
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Bilham K. et al, (2018), Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 91, 987 - 1004
Badger macrophages fail to produce nitric oxide, a key anti-mycobacterial effector molecule
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Bilham K. et al, (2017), Scientific Reports, 7
An example of life history antecedence in the European badger (Meles meles): rapid development of juvenile antioxidant capacity, from plasma vitamin E analogue
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Bilham K. et al, (2013), Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 25, 330 - 350