@BarrLeeds

Virologists with Dr John N. Barr currently studying #Bunyaviruses #Flu #RSV #Hendravirus #CryoEM #confocal based at @UniversityLeeds @AstburyCentre 🦠

 Leeds, England
biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/molecular-and-cellular-biology/staff/22/dr-john-n-barr
Joined June 2018
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Calling all Bunyavirologists: the bunyavirus conference is back! 🦠 We hope to see you in Bilbao, Spain, 8-10th July 2026 ☀️ Registration will open soon. Please circulate among your networks! bunyavirus-meeting.bnitm.de
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PhD student Ros gave an excellent talk this morning on BUNV #NSm and #reassortment 🦠 #NSV2025 #Bunyaviruses
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Fantastic to see Barr alumnus Rebecca (now at Cambridge) talking about her PhD project on #Oropouche virus #NSs protein! #NSV2025 🦠
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Great talk from @haylzpea on #bunyamwera virus entry! Thanks for the interesting discussions so far and Hayley is around for the rest of the conference to chat further! #NSV2025 #Montpellier
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Last day to catch the Barr Group posters at #NSV2025 for our latest #bunyavirus research! P-068, P-070, P-120, P-121 🦠
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External Event Grant Awards of up to £750 are available for eligible members to attend an event beginning in the period 01 Sept – 31 Dec 2025. Apply now before the deadline 01 July at 23:59 GMT: microb.io/3QonfDj
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Come join this meeting for the latest in the negative-strand field. Organized by the community, for the community, since 1969. #NSV2025 @PittCVR @wendybarclay11 @WashUMicro @vsv512 see you in Montpellier!
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Exciting opportunity to gain valuable research in our lab this summer!!
Dr Hayley Pearson@haylzpea23 Jan 2025
Calling all penultimate year students! Come and work with me this summer on an exciting #virology project at University of Leeds, applications close in 2 weeks! 🦠 @UoLStudents biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.…
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New publication from our group! Our paper on the use of TNT-like connections for cell-cell spread during #arenavirus infection has been published in Scientific Reports. Have a read! nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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Team Barr/Fontana/Stacey smashing it at #Bunya2024 @UniversityLeeds 🦠🔬
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What a fantastic two days showcasing #Bunyaviruses (and #Bunyavirologists!) in all their glory! Thank you to everyone, we had a blast! Until next time… #bunya2024
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Reminder: Less than a week until the abstract deadline for #BUNYA2024, May 15th!! Registration remains open until June 28th. We’d love to see you there! 🦠 #bunyaviruses #virologyconference
Barr Lab@BarrLeeds9 Apr 2024
🚨Bunyavirologists🚨we are so excited to be hosting the 3rd Bunyavirus-specific meeting at Uni of Leeds, UK on July 15th-16th. Early bird registration closes April 15th! Register and submit your abstracts here  eu.eventscloud.com/website/1…
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Nice conference for all those interested in bunyavirales, organised by @BarrLeeds @LabFontana @ToshanaFoster Maria Rosenthal with keynote Erica Saphire from La Jolla. Early bird Registration till 15 April. eu.eventscloud.com/website/1…
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🚨Bunyavirologists🚨we are so excited to be hosting the 3rd Bunyavirus-specific meeting at Uni of Leeds, UK on July 15th-16th. Early bird registration closes April 15th! Register and submit your abstracts here  eu.eventscloud.com/website/1…
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Hey #ASV2023 be sure to check out this fantastic talk by our PhD student Owen who is presenting the first report of a #bunyavirus utilising tunnelling nanotube-like structures to spread! Pretty STED images incoming 🦠🔬 W59-3, today (Tues) @ 2pm, Athena AB
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Another exciting pre-print from our #LCMV team! The first evidence of #arenaviruses utilising TNT-like structures to perpetuate infection! If you enjoyed Owen’s talk at #ASV2023 then make sure you check out the paper! 🦠🔬 – at Georgia, USA
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Our new preprint on BioRxiv describes a novel role for COPI and AP-4 complexes during late stages of #LCMV #arenavirus infection. Great work by Owen and the team - go check it out now! 🦠 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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We also have lots more interesting Barr group research on display this afternoon (Tues) from 5pm! Come chat to our post-doc @haylzpea (P37-29) about #BUNV entry and our research tech Cherrie (P39-13) about rescuing #UUKV 🦠 #bunyaviruses #ASV2023 – at Athens, GA
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Thanks to everyone who came along to Owen’s and @DrAmeliaBriony ‘s talks! Some great comments and suggestions from the audience - we’ll be here for the rest of the conference if anyone wants to chat! #ASV2023 #bunyaviruses – at Athens, GA
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Be sure to see our post-doc @DrAmeliaBriony discuss her exciting research on how #arenaviruses utilise potassium for uncoating during entry and the potential to repurpose channel inhibitors for a pan-#bunyavirus antiviral 🦠 W59-4, today (Tues) @ 2:15pm, Athena AB #ASV2023 – at Athens, GA
Barr Lab@BarrLeeds26 Jun 2023
Out today!! Our latest research describing a novel role for K+ ions as a third essential requirement for #arenavirus entry! Check out the paper here biorxiv.org/content/10.110… or come along to see @DrAmeliaBriony talk at #ASV2023 tomorrow afternoon (W59-4)! 🦠
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