Adam Barker,
PhD
Languages Spoken: English
Dr. Barker is interested in mycobacterial pathogenesis and improving early diagnosis of emerging pathogens in this area. He wants to lead the field in mass spectrometry in the clinical microbiology laboratory. In particular, rapid identification and classification of difficult pathogens for a fraction of the cost.
Dr. Barker’s lab researches Mycobacterium abscessus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis. He is interested in identifying unknown, unclassified virulence factors that contribute to pathogenesis. He also is interested in the biochemistry of gamma interferon inducible lysosomal thiol reductase (GILT) in collaboration Dr. Peter Jensen.
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Pathology
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Associate Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Clinical Pathology |
| Board Certification | American Board of Medical Microbiology |
Dr. Barker is the medical director of Mycobacterial testing, R&D Special Operations, and co medical director of Technical Transfer at ARUP. He is also an assistant professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Barker received his PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Colorado. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University and completed a medical microbiology fellowship (ABMM) at the University of Utah. He is board certified in medical microbiology.
Academic Locations
Emma Eccles Jones Medical Research Building
801-213-4077
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Pathology
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Associate Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Clinical Pathology |
| Board Certification | American Board of Medical Microbiology |
Education History
| Fellowship | University of Utah, Pathology Department Medical Microbiology Fellow |
| Fellowship | Harvard Medical School, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Fellow |
| Doctoral Training | University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Microbiology and Immunology Department Ph.D. |
| Undergraduate | Colorado State University, Department of Microbiology B.S. |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Abstract
- Tardiff KD, Barker AP (2013). Identification of Rapidily Growing Mycobacteria by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry [Abstract]. 53rd ICAAC Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Denver CO.
- Slechta ES, Hamula C, Barker AP, Hanson KE (2012). Differentiation of Mycobacterium abscessus group isolates by sequence analysis of the Inducible Macrolide Resistance Gene erm [Abstract]. 113th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Denver, CO.
- Hamula CLA, Slechta ES, Barker AP, Hanson KE (2012). Development of a novel high-resolution melt PCR assay for detection of inducible macrolide resistance in bacteria from the Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus complex [Abstract]. 113th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Denver, CO.
- Barker AP, Siady SH, Slechta ES, Cohen S, Hanson KE (2012). Differentiation of the Species in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption lonization Time of Flight [Abstract]. Presented at the 112th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, San Francisco, CA.
- Hansen J, Barker AP, Johnson S, Case K, Slechta ES, Meary B, Bauman S, Hanson KE (2012). Evaluation of a newly developed lateral flow and enzyme-linked immunoassay (EIA) for detection of cryptococcal antigen [Abstract]. 112th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, San Francisco, CA.
- Barker AP, Nguyen AP, Smith GL, Cohen S, Hanson KE (2011). Differentiation of M. Chelonae from M. abscessus using Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight [Abstract]. 111th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology.