Glyn Barrett
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+44 (0) 118 378 8893
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Lecturer
- Programme Director BSc Zoology
- Co-ordinating and delivering teaching programmes within the School of Biological Sciences
- Module Convenor for: Marine Biology & Conservation; Mechanisms for Microbial Function; Marine Biology Field Course; Microbiology Field Course
- PhD supervisor (8 current PhD students
Teaching
- Part 1 - Introductory Microbiology; Bacteriology & Virology; Zoology Field Course
- Part 2 - Infectious Diseases; Invertebrate Zoology; Marine Biology & Conservation
- Part 3 - Mechanisms for Microbial function; Research Project Supervisor
Research centres and groups
Member of Impact, Enterprise and Outreach
- Lead Academic Educator of the Open Online Course (OOC) Small & Mighty: Introduction to Microbiology available on the FutureLearn platform
- Analysis of the microbial ecology of computer keyboards
- Contributor to Cheltenham Science Festival
Research projects
- Funding from BBSRC and NERC with CASE sponsorship
- Environmental Microbiology
- Disease Transmission in Forest Ecosystems
- Bioprospecting and Biocontrol
- Synthesis of Novel Peptides for use as Antimicrobial Agents
- Member of the Microbiology Research Group
Awards and honours
Esteem Factors
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- North Middlesex Hospital on a trial for a UV keyboard-sanitising lamp that was tested in hospital wards, also Hypotech, Genus Pharma and Bartletts Tree Experts
Professional bodies/affiliations
National Collaborators
- Prof Rob Jackson, University of Birmingham
- Prof Dawn Arnold, University of the West of England, Bristol
- Dr Charlotte Edwards-Gayle, Diamond Light Source
- Dr Richard Harrison, NIAB EMR
- Dr Richard Broughton, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
- Dr Tim Mauchline, Rothamsted Research, Wallingford
- Dr James McCullagh, University of Oxford
- Dr Gail Preston, University of Oxford
- Dr Karsten Schönrogge, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford
- Dr Malte Storm, Diamond Light Source, Didcot
- Dr David Studholme, University of Exeter
International Collaborators
- Dr Erika Cuellar, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
- Dr Klaus Stiefel, Silliman University, Philippines
- Prof Jesus Murillo, Universidad Publica de Navarra, Spain
- Dr Mark Silby, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
- Prof Oddur Vilhelmsson, University of Akureyri, Iceland
Publications
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Paliwal, D.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6891-0778
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Hamilton, A.
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Barrett, G.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1509-0179
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Alberti, F.
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Van Emden, H.
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Monteil, C.
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Machuline, T.
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Nauen, R.
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Wagstaff, C.
ORCID: 0000-0001-9400-8641
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Bass, C.
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Jackson, R.
(2021)
Identification of novel aphid-killing bacteria to protect plants.
Microbial Biotechnology
ISSN:
1751-7915
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doi:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13902
- Cuellar-Soto, E. , Johnson, P. , Macdonald, D. , Barrett, G. , Segundo, J. (2020) Woody plant encroachment drives habitat loss for a relict population of a large mammalian herbivore in South America. Therya , 11 (3). pp. 484-494. ISSN: 2007-3364 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.12933/therya-20-1071
- Edwards-Gayle, C. , Barrett, G. , Roy, S. , Castelletto, V. , Seitsonen, J. , Ruokolainen, J. , Hamley, I. (2020) Selective antibacterial activity and lipid membrane interactions of arginine-rich amphiphilic peptides. ACS Applied Bio Materials , 3 (2). pp. 1165-1175. ISSN: 2576-6422 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.9b00894
- Castelletto, V. , Edwards-Gayle, C. , Hamley, I. , Barrett, G. , Seitsonen, J. , Ruokolainen, J. , de Mello, L. , da Silva, E. (2020) Model self-assembling arginine-based tripeptides show selective activity against Pseudomonas bacteria. Chemical Communications , 56 pp. 615-618. ISSN: 1364-548X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9cc07257h
- Rabiey, M. , Hailey, L. , Roy, S. , Grenz, K. , Al-Zadjali, M. , Barrett, G. , Jackson, R. (2019) Endophytes vs tree pathogens and pests: can they be used as biological control agents to improve tree health?. European Journal of Plant Pathology , 155 (3). pp. 711-729. ISSN: 0929-1873 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10658-019-01814-y
- Barrett, G. , Revell, D. , Harding, L. , Mills, I. , Jorcin, A. , Stiefel, K. (2019) Tool Use by Four Species of Indo-Pacific Sea Urchins. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering , 7 (3). ISSN: 2077-1312 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse7030069
- Edwards-Gayle, C. , Castelletto, V. , Hamley, I. , Barrett, G. , Greco, F. , Hermida-Merino, D. , Rambo, R. , Seitsonen, J. , Ruokolainen, J. (2019) Self-assembly, antimicrobial activity, and membrane interactions of arginine-capped peptide bola-amphiphiles. ACS Applied Bio Materials , 2 (5). pp. 2208-2218. ISSN: 2576-6422 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.9b00172
- Castelletto, V. , Edwards-Gayle, C. , Hamley, I. , Barrett, G. , Seitsonen, J. , Ruokolainen, J. (2019) Peptide-stabilized emulsions and gels from an arginine-rich surfactant-like peptide with antimicrobial activity. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces , 11 (10). pp. 9893-9903. ISSN: 1944-8244 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b00581
- Stiefel, K. and Barrett, G. (2018) Sea urchins as an inspiration for robotic designs. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering , 6 (4). ISSN: 2077-1312 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse6040112
- Dorati, F. , Barrett, G. , Sanchez-Contreras, M. , Arseneault, T. , San Jose, M. , Studholme, D. , Murillo, J. , Caballero, P. , Waterfield, N. , Arnold, D. , Shaw, L. , Jackson, R. (2018) Coping with environmental eukaryotes; identification of pseudomonas syringae genes during the interaction with alternative hosts or predators. Microorganisms , 6 (32). pp. 1-23. ISSN: 2076-2607 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms6020032
- Denman, S. , Barrett, G. , Kirk, S. , McDonald, J. , Coetzee, M. (2017) Identification of Armillaria species on declined oak in Britain: implications for oak health. Forestry , 90 (1). pp. 148-161. ISSN: 0015-752X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpw054
- Kowalczyk, A. , Eyice, Ö. , Schäfer, H. , Price, O. , Finnegan, C. , van Egmond, R. , Shaw, L. , Barrett, G. , Bending, G. (2015) Characterization of para-Nitrophenol-degrading bacterial communities in river water by using functional markers and stable isotope probing. Applied and Environmental Microbiology , 81 (19). pp. 6890-6900. ISSN: 0099-2240 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01794-15
- Alsohim, A. , Taylor, T. , Barrett, G. , Gallie, J. , Zhang, X. , Altamirano-Junqueira, A. , Johnson, L. , Rainey, P. , Jackson, R. (2014) The biosurfactant viscosin produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 aids spreading motility and plant growth promotion. Environmental Microbiology , 16 (7). pp. 2267-2281. ISSN: 1462-2920 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12469