M. F. Barber

Adaptation to skin mycobiota promotes antibiotic tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus

This study shows that Malassezia sympodialis reduces Staphylococcus aureus colonization on human skin and identifies Rel variants that confer antibiotic tolerance in response to fungal antagonism.

Dynamic evolution of bacterial ligand recognition by formyl peptide receptors

This study examines genetic variation in primate and carnivore formyl peptide receptors (FPRs) and its impact on bacterial ligand recognition, finding that sequence differences modulate immune responses to microbial ligands.

Diversification of CD1 molecules shapes lipid antigen selectivity

This study shows that CD1 molecule diversification in primates affects lipid antigen selectivity and T-cell interactions, highlighting lipid-protein conflicts in host-pathogen evolution.

A rapidly evolving polybasic motif modulates bacterial detection by guanylate binding proteins

The paper shows that a rapidly evolving polybasic motif in primate GBP proteins modulates bacterial detection, specifically targeting Shigella flexneri through evolutionary changes.

Molecular basis for the evolution of species-specific hemoglobin capture by pathogenic Staphylococcus

The paper shows that hemoglobin evolution in primates affects bacterial iron acquisition by Staphylococcus aureus, with adaptive mutations impairing bacterial binding.