Rob Barringer
robbarringer.bsky.social
Rob Barringer
@robbarringer.bsky.social
Fibrillar adhesins, microbial adherence and crystallography.
Overjoyed to finally have our isopeptide bond paper out! If you're interested in the types of proteins and organisms that use a cool intramolecular covalent bond, check it out:

bit.ly/4od3ux8

Plenty of future SynBio/EngBio applications planned! Thanks to all involved (character limits suck).
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Happy to say that I have a preprint out! This one is a big step as it's my first last author paper. It focusses on assessing the distribution and key characteristics of intramolecular isopeptide bonds in nature, thanks to a really great collaborative effort:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A global survey of intramolecular isopeptide bonds
Many protein domains harbour covalent intramolecular bonds that enhance their stability and resistance to thermal, mechanical and proteolytic insults. Intramolecular isopeptide bonds represent one suc...
www.biorxiv.org
April 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Exciting, fully-funded PhD opportunity aimed at turning biofilms as weapons against bacteria in the fight to combat antimicrobial resistance. Don’t miss out! bit.ly/40HYabo
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PhD Project - The sugar catchers: computational design of carbohydrate-binding proteins as novel antimicrobial agents at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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January 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM