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Really pleased to share (rdcu.be/cdnXl) our first foray into Phage experimental evolution with Duhita Sant Jeremy J Barr and Laura Woods. Duhita has written a really nice blog post here (tinyurl.com/y5gx495t) but here is the thread:

.Fer—where the sky is blue—nando and colleagues The Barr lab show that phage-resistant A. baumannii are resensitized to antimicrobials. Phage-resistant strains had diminished fitness in vivo due to loss-of-function mutations in genes related to capsule biosynthesis buff.ly/35xn0yT

Fernando spoke with The Academic Times about our recent Nature Microbiology paper. Here's the story: academictimes.com/bacteria-eatin…

A. baumannii is the newest microbe demonstrating potential in phage therapy against the antibiotic resistance crisis. Fer—where the sky is blue—nando Jeremy J Barr The Barr lab Nature Microbiology go.nature.com/2XF4e4w dlvr.it/RrxzTz

Standing ovation for @chinhoe589, who absolutely smashed his Final Review!

First PhD thesis from the lab submitted for examination!

Congratulations to School of Biological Sciences, Monash's Fer—where the sky is blue—nando who has won the Victorian International Education Award for Student of the Year in the Research category. 👏 bit.ly/2P5suff

After many months of discussion, I am very proud to present the first paper of my thesis: "Bacteriophage uptake by mammalian cell layers represents a potential sink that may impact phage therapy" iScience journal Cell Press. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Have a look👩‍🔬

Last month Marion Bichet from our lab published her 1st paper of her PhD! Using real-time microscopy we demonstrate the uptake of phages by a range of human cells. We suggest cell layers of the body are an un-recognised sink for phages during therapy sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

.Marion Bichet and colleagues The Barr lab published a new paper showing that phage uptake by mammalian cell layers represents a potential sink that may impact phage therapy buff.ly/3dcL8ep

It was great to contribute to this issue of #cobiot x2. Our PhDs Sofia Dahlman and Laura Avellaneda wrote about using phages to shape the gut microbiota sciencedirect.com/science/articl… and Fernando Gordillo about the importance of phage receptor identification sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New: Screening for Lysogen Activity in Therapeutically Relevant Bacteriophages bio-protocol.org/e3997 From Fer—where the sky is blue—nando and Jeremy J Barr Monash Science #microbiology #protocol Nature Microbiology

Fer—where the sky is blue—nando and The Barr lab found that phage therapy can resensitize superbugs to antibiotics. ed.gr/c8ny7

First PhD paper is out on @bioxrivpreprint! We showed that bacteriophages evolve and adapt directly to a mammalian mucosa, suggesting a novel trans-domain evolutionary axis! This took 3 years of coffee, microfluidics, experimental evolution & of course, phages! ⬇️Thread below⬇️🥳

The lab's latest preprint is out! Beautiful work led by @chinhoe589 demonstrates phage evolution directed towards a mammalian mucosa. There's a little bit for everyone: microfluidics, evolutionary and phage biology, glycomics, and more. Go check it out!

Wai Hoe Chin @chinhoe589 et al published a new preprint showing phage adaptation to a mammalian mucosa reveals a trans–domain evolutionary axis The Barr lab buff.ly/3hS4zfd

Congrats to Marion Bichet, who took the (virtual) stage on #2021ASM for her Nancy Millis Award presentation on phage-eukaryotic cell interactions.

Second talk from our lab at this year's ASM Meeting ASM. Wai Hoe @chinhoe589 shared his awesome results on phage adaptation to the mammalian gut mucosa #asm2021

And to wrap up our lab's contribution to this year's ASM meeting: Fer—where the sky is blue—nando shared his story on phage-antibiotic synergy against Acinetobacter baumannii. He's doing his best to bring this one to clinical use! #asm2021 #phage

The latest work from our lab answers a question we have been asked many times. Why do mammalian cells uptake bacteriophage? The quick answer - cells are eating the phages! See below for details on this work that was led by our PhD graduate Marion Bichet