Matt Barber

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Scientist fascinated by evolution, microbes, and immunity | Husband & dad | Associate Professor at the University of Oregon | Currently on sabbatical at the Roslin Institute, UK | He/him
Websitebarberlab.org
Happy 35th birthay to the #LTEE! 🎂 🎼 Started #OTD in 1988 at UC-Irvine, raised at #MSU, now residing at UT-Austin in Jeff Barrick's lab and approaching 77,000 generations!!
#evolution #science #microbiology #experiments #time #TimeTravel

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.02.15.528439v1

A diverse repertoire of anti-defense systems is encoded in the leading region of plasmids

65 Fellows Elected into the American Academy of Microbiology

The American Academy of Microbiology elected 65 new Fellows to the Class of 2023. Fellows are elected annually based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology.

ASM.org

To all postdocs and postdoc mentors in the U.S.:

NIH seeks input on factors influencing postdoc training: “Re-envisioning U.S. Postdoctoral Research Training and Career Progression within the Biomedical Research Enterprise”

Submit comments by April 14.

#NIH #postdoc

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-23-084.html

NOT-OD-23-084: Request for Information (RFI): Re-envisioning U.S. Postdoctoral Research Training and Career Progression within the Biomedical Research Enterprise

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI): Re-envisioning U.S. Postdoctoral Research Training and Career Progression within the Biomedical Research Enterprise NOT-OD-23-084. OD

Old Man of Storr was hiding in the fog today on #Skye
#Scotland #ScotlandSabbatical

Last year, I had a tweet about my dad leaving $ to send my mom flowers for Valentine’s Day go semi-viral on the bird site, local npr interview and all

This year I’m not on twitter anymore, but I’m still thinking about my parents on Valentine’s Day….

Phylotranscriptomic Analyses of Mycoheterotrophic Monocots Show a Continuum of Convergent Evolutionary Changes in Expressed Nuclear Genes From Three Independent Nonphotosynthetic Lineages https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/15/1/evac183/6965378 appearing in @GenomeBiolEvol
Phylotranscriptomic Analyses of Mycoheterotrophic Monocots Show a Continuum of Convergent Evolutionary Changes in Expressed Nuclear Genes From Three Independent Nonphotosynthetic Lineages

Abstract. Mycoheterotrophy is an alternative nutritional strategy whereby plants obtain sugars and other nutrients from soil fungi. Mycoheterotrophy and associa

OUP Academic
Took a detour in Glencoe on the way to Skye, did not disappoint
#ScotlandSabbatical
Beach hiking on the Isle of Mull #ScotlandSabbatical
Happy Darwin Day!
#DarwinDay #evolution