Jonathon L. Baker, Ph.D.
@jonbakerlab.bsky.social
Using Microbiology and Bioinformatics to discover how the bacteria that live in our mouth impact health and disease. Assistant Professor at Oregon Health & Science University. Tweets my own.
jonbakerlab.github.io
jonbakerlab.github.io
With my colleague Dr. Jens Kreth representing OHSU and the USA at what was a fantastic conference!
#microbiology #dentistry #immunology
#microbiology #dentistry #immunology
October 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
With my colleague Dr. Jens Kreth representing OHSU and the USA at what was a fantastic conference!
#microbiology #dentistry #immunology
#microbiology #dentistry #immunology
After spending 7 months earlier this year visiting our lab at @ohsunews.bsky.social on a scholarship, Dr. Felipe Farias da Silva recently presented his work with us at the 2025 meeting of the Brazilian Society of Dental Research. Way to go Felipe! #microbiology #dentistry
September 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
After spending 7 months earlier this year visiting our lab at @ohsunews.bsky.social on a scholarship, Dr. Felipe Farias da Silva recently presented his work with us at the 2025 meeting of the Brazilian Society of Dental Research. Way to go Felipe! #microbiology #dentistry
This summer, we hosted Sadie Drucker (Scripps Coll.) and Michelle Lee (Oregon State Univ.), through our NIH-funded DORS program. They did an amazing job, and Sadie won Best Poster at the OHSU Summer Internship Symposium! We wish them the best on the next step in their careers!
August 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This summer, we hosted Sadie Drucker (Scripps Coll.) and Michelle Lee (Oregon State Univ.), through our NIH-funded DORS program. They did an amazing job, and Sadie won Best Poster at the OHSU Summer Internship Symposium! We wish them the best on the next step in their careers!
Microbiology faculty welcoming incoming OHSU President, Dr. Shereef Elnahal, at a celebration for the Knight family’s $2B donation to our university to fight cancer.
#microbiology
#microbiology
August 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Microbiology faculty welcoming incoming OHSU President, Dr. Shereef Elnahal, at a celebration for the Knight family’s $2B donation to our university to fight cancer.
#microbiology
#microbiology
The Baker Lab at OHSU, Summer 2025. 🦠🔬🧫🧪
#microbiology
#microbiology
August 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The Baker Lab at OHSU, Summer 2025. 🦠🔬🧫🧪
#microbiology
#microbiology
The viral component of the microbiome has been understudied compared to the bacterial component, despite playing a crucial role in both microbial ecology and human health. We also discovered 478 novel species-level viruses. Congratulations to Jonah Tang on his first first-author publication!
July 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The viral component of the microbiome has been understudied compared to the bacterial component, despite playing a crucial role in both microbial ecology and human health. We also discovered 478 novel species-level viruses. Congratulations to Jonah Tang on his first first-author publication!
May 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Exciting news! Our very first hire, Jonah Tang, was accepted into and will be joining the Bioinformatics Graduate Program at the University of Oregon! After 1.5 years in the lab, Jonah is already an author on 3 submitted publications and several more that are in preparation. Congratulations Jonah!
March 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Exciting news! Our very first hire, Jonah Tang, was accepted into and will be joining the Bioinformatics Graduate Program at the University of Oregon! After 1.5 years in the lab, Jonah is already an author on 3 submitted publications and several more that are in preparation. Congratulations Jonah!
Tomorrow, 1:30pm. AADOCR in NYC.
Honored to be a speaker alongside @jmarkwelch.bsky.social and @mbio.bsky.social Editor in Chief Marvin Whiteley.
#microbiology #dentistry
Honored to be a speaker alongside @jmarkwelch.bsky.social and @mbio.bsky.social Editor in Chief Marvin Whiteley.
#microbiology #dentistry
March 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Tomorrow, 1:30pm. AADOCR in NYC.
Honored to be a speaker alongside @jmarkwelch.bsky.social and @mbio.bsky.social Editor in Chief Marvin Whiteley.
#microbiology #dentistry
Honored to be a speaker alongside @jmarkwelch.bsky.social and @mbio.bsky.social Editor in Chief Marvin Whiteley.
#microbiology #dentistry
The Baker Lab was very well represented at OHSU School of Dentistry Research Day!
I’m so proud of my team!
#microbiology
#dentistry
I’m so proud of my team!
#microbiology
#dentistry
March 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The Baker Lab was very well represented at OHSU School of Dentistry Research Day!
I’m so proud of my team!
#microbiology
#dentistry
I’m so proud of my team!
#microbiology
#dentistry
February 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A great week at FOP-UNICAMP! We brainstormed ways to get dentists involved in National Action Plans being implemented to combat antibiotic resistance (AMR), showed how to use sequencing to analyze AMR, and also practiced developing grant proposals with the students 🇳🇴🇧🇷🇺🇸
December 19, 2024 at 11:22 PM
A great week at FOP-UNICAMP! We brainstormed ways to get dentists involved in National Action Plans being implemented to combat antibiotic resistance (AMR), showed how to use sequencing to analyze AMR, and also practiced developing grant proposals with the students 🇳🇴🇧🇷🇺🇸
First start-to-finish, completely in-house RNA-seq in our lab this month, what a time to be alive.
December 19, 2024 at 11:22 PM
First start-to-finish, completely in-house RNA-seq in our lab this month, what a time to be alive.
Last month I hosted the annual Symposium for our RESISFORCE Project here at @OHSUNews. We hosted 25 researchers from 🇳🇴🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇦🇯🇵🇺🇸 to share their research and build collaborations to address the global challenge of #AntimicrobialResistance. Thanks to @forskningsradet for funding!
December 19, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Last month I hosted the annual Symposium for our RESISFORCE Project here at @OHSUNews. We hosted 25 researchers from 🇳🇴🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇦🇯🇵🇺🇸 to share their research and build collaborations to address the global challenge of #AntimicrobialResistance. Thanks to @forskningsradet for funding!
Here, we go a step further, and show that across multiple human saliva and nares (i.e., nasal) microbiome communities, certain opportunistic pathogens, such as Klebsiella, significantly increase in abundance during starvation of the community.
December 19, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Here, we go a step further, and show that across multiple human saliva and nares (i.e., nasal) microbiome communities, certain opportunistic pathogens, such as Klebsiella, significantly increase in abundance during starvation of the community.
And then there were 6!
The Baker Lab at OHSU, Summer 2024
The Baker Lab at OHSU, Summer 2024
December 19, 2024 at 11:21 PM
And then there were 6!
The Baker Lab at OHSU, Summer 2024
The Baker Lab at OHSU, Summer 2024
New lab website is live...not the flashiest, but not bad from a guy that didn't know any html as of last Tuesday 🤣
jonbakerlab.github.io
jonbakerlab.github.io
December 19, 2024 at 11:21 PM
New lab website is live...not the flashiest, but not bad from a guy that didn't know any html as of last Tuesday 🤣
jonbakerlab.github.io
jonbakerlab.github.io
Great work by several of my neighbors and collaborators at OHSU, supporting taxonomic reclassification of Fusobacterium nucleatum subspecies into distinct species, and the association of Fn animalis, specifically, with abcesses & disease #microbiology
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
December 19, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Great work by several of my neighbors and collaborators at OHSU, supporting taxonomic reclassification of Fusobacterium nucleatum subspecies into distinct species, and the association of Fn animalis, specifically, with abcesses & disease #microbiology
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
December 19, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Rising science all-star Jonah Tang did a great job presenting our research at OHSU School of Dentistry Research Day! 🔬🧫🧬
#microbiology
#dentistry
#microbiology
#dentistry
December 19, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Rising science all-star Jonah Tang did a great job presenting our research at OHSU School of Dentistry Research Day! 🔬🧫🧬
#microbiology
#dentistry
#microbiology
#dentistry
We had a great time in Cabo sharing science and learning how to make ceviche at the Mark Wilson Oral Microbiology & Immunology Conference!
#microbiology
#microbiology
December 19, 2024 at 11:20 PM
We had a great time in Cabo sharing science and learning how to make ceviche at the Mark Wilson Oral Microbiology & Immunology Conference!
#microbiology
#microbiology
At a time when some academic journals are (rightfully) under fire, I want to acknowledge how much I appreciate the rigor and professionalism I have experienced working with @ASMicrobiology, and I am proud to be receive this award from one of my favorite ASM journals, @mSystemsJ
December 19, 2024 at 11:20 PM
At a time when some academic journals are (rightfully) under fire, I want to acknowledge how much I appreciate the rigor and professionalism I have experienced working with @ASMicrobiology, and I am proud to be receive this award from one of my favorite ASM journals, @mSystemsJ
The Baker Lab at Oregon Health & Science University is hiring, both postdocs and research assistants. DM me if you know someone who is interested in learning to apply ‘omics and molecular biology to learn how the #micriobiome impacts our health.
#microbiology
#bioinformatics
#microbiology
#bioinformatics
December 19, 2024 at 11:20 PM
The Baker Lab at Oregon Health & Science University is hiring, both postdocs and research assistants. DM me if you know someone who is interested in learning to apply ‘omics and molecular biology to learn how the #micriobiome impacts our health.
#microbiology
#bioinformatics
#microbiology
#bioinformatics
Recent advancements in #sequencing, #MassSpectrometry, #bioinformatics, #ComputationalBiology, and #MachineLearning are revolutionizing oral #microbiome research, enabling analysis at an unprecedented scale and level of resolution using 'omics approaches.
December 19, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Recent advancements in #sequencing, #MassSpectrometry, #bioinformatics, #ComputationalBiology, and #MachineLearning are revolutionizing oral #microbiome research, enabling analysis at an unprecedented scale and level of resolution using 'omics approaches.
We also discuss recent advances in our understanding of the microbial etiology of dental caries and periodontal disease, as well as the growing evidence linking the oral #microbiome to a myriad of systemic diseases.
December 19, 2024 at 11:19 PM
We also discuss recent advances in our understanding of the microbial etiology of dental caries and periodontal disease, as well as the growing evidence linking the oral #microbiome to a myriad of systemic diseases.