Jeremy Barr
Bacteriophage biologist and enthusiast. Associate Professor at the School of Biological Sciences, Monash University.
- Reposted by Jeremy BarrIsolation, engineering and ecology of temperate phages from the human gut Out now in Nature, by Sofia Dahlman, Jeremy Barr & colleagues. @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social #microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Very excited to share the latest work from our lab, which was published today in Nature! nature.com/articles/s41... PhD graduate and now post-doc Sofia Dahlman, along with co-senior author Sam Forster from The Hudson and other researchers from our lab and others.
- This was a really challenging study where we attempted to characterise the biology of hundreds of temperate bacteriophages from the human gut - in the lab! This required anaerobic chambers to grow the gut bacteria, entirely new methods to induce and study the bacteriophages.
- A couple of highlights from the paper: - We find >100 new bacteriophages, many of which had never been isolated before and we're only 'discovered' through metagenomic sequencing approaches.
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View full threadIm really excited for this work as it sets up a platform for us to study, characterise, and eventually determine what impacts temperate phages may have on the human gut microbiome. Future work may even allow us to manipulate the gut using these unique viruses.
- Excited to annouce the latest research published by our lab, which is led by Dinesh Subedi and is out today in Nature Microbiology. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- In this work, we developed, for the first time, a phage cocktail personalised to a hospital's multidrug-resistant pathogen profile. This product, which we call Entelli-02, offers a frontline treatment option against Enterobacter infections that are resistant to most antibiotics.
- We believe this approach offers a strong middle-ground between personalised phage therapy and broader spectrum antimicrobial agents.
- This hospital-specific phage cocktail can be replicated across many institutions and pathogens, and we hope it will improve treatment outcomes for patients suffering from these multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens.
- Reposted by Jeremy Barr... and don't miss the opportunity to meet @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social and other great speakers at the upcoming Seeon Conference in June ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ www.dghm.org/seeon/
- The T-series bacteriophages have impacted my career and are microbes our lab's research continues to use as model organisms. You can read more as part of @natmicrobiol.nature.com 'Microbes Matter' series below: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Jeremy BarrHurray, it is finally out! Meet bacteriophage Bxb1 - the subject of my first full-phage cryo-EM study. My structures are beautifully complemented by the Park Lab’s cryo-ET analysis, shedding light on mycobacteriophage structural changes during infection. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- The T-series bacteriophages have impacted my career and are microbes our lab's research continues to use as model organisms. You can read more as part of @natmicrobiol.nature.com 'Microbes Matter' series below: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Jeremy Barr🚨Jeremy Barr discusses how he began studying #bacteriophages, the historic use of the T-series #phages, and how they have shaped the field. #MicroSky #PhageSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Jeremy BarrCheck out this list of awesome #virome tools and be sure to add yours! github.com/shandley/awe... #phagesky #microsky
- Reposted by Jeremy Barr📣📣Are you looking for a postdoc? 📣📣 Does a EU or Horizon Europe assoc country (eg UK, S Korea) seem like a good destination? These fellowships a great funding option for anyone in the 🌎 👀 Check them out - next call opens 8 May 🧪 👨🔬👩🔬 marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
- Our lab was featured on the RRR Radio show @einstein_agogo to talk about recent phage research and its application to treat antibiotic-resistant infections Have a listen! www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog... Fernando Gordillo Altamirano, Natasha Smith, @drshanerrr.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jeremy BarrOur 2024 monthly issue covers at Nature Microbiology (www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/):
- Reposted by Jeremy BarrHappy New Year! 🎉 We are excited to officially kick off the countdown to the #VoM2024 conference (July 15)! Looking forward to insightful discussions, ground-breaking research, and fostering collaborative connections. Abstract submissions are open: vom2024.org ⏰ bit.ly/VoM2024count...
- Reposted by Jeremy BarrDid you know that VoM is heading down under? 🌏🦘 Join us for the Viruses of Microbes (VoM) Conference, set against the stunning backdrop of Cairns, QLD - July 15-19th, 2024 🏝️ Follow us for news & updates! 📅 #VoM2024
- Reposted by Jeremy BarrTWiV 1067: Heads or tails, you win a phage lunch Pheaturing #phage work from the @ivanerill.bsky.social team as well as the @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social lab on the @microbetv.bsky.social This Week in Virology #podcast plus a shoutout to David Goodsell #sciart #phagesky #microsky
- Reposted by Jeremy Barr✨#VoM2024 KEY DATES ✨ Head over to our website to check out the key dates and add them to your calendar 📅 Time to start thinking about your #abstract submissions! vom2024.org/key-dates
- Reposted by Jeremy BarrFor microbiologists seeking faculty jobs: Rutgers has 4+ faculty searches in microbiology right now! Please share widely and see below for details and links on the individual positions 1/5
- Reposted by Jeremy Barr🚨 Please share 🚨 The Suez Lab @JohnsHopkins is recruiting! We're seeking a senior bioinformatician with established (papers/preprints) experience in #microbiome #metagenomics. The position can be local, fully remote, or hybrid. DM me for questions, apply here: jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimor...
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- Our latest work, out today in PLOSBiology suggests that not only do mammalian cells absorb bacteriophages, but they appear to use them as a resource to enhance growth! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... This work was led by PhD Marion Bichet and is out on World Phage Week! #WorldPhageWeek
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- Reposted by Jeremy Barr#inktober 2023 Day 21, Chains. Phages rely on their hosts for survival and cannot replicate without them. #phage #SciArt
- Check me out on Spotify! (thankfully for everyone's sake I'm not singing 😅) Latest episode of Phage Cast spotify.link/EitQP71wPCb
- Reposted by Jeremy Barr😮 Retrospective, observational analysis of the first one hundred consecutive cases of personalized bacteriophage therapy of difficult-to-treat infections facilitated by a Belgian consortium www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Jeremy Barr* #Phage paper🎉* www.nature.com/articles/s43... An awesome collaboration with @ HansCarlson and Adam Arkin Adam Deutschbauer labs; where we ask a simple question of how different carbon sources & ionic strength influence phage infection & microbiome manipulation #ENIGMA_SFA
- Reposted by Jeremy BarrGenomic diversity and biogeographic distributions of a novel lineage of bacteriophages that infect marine OM43 bacteria journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
