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- Engineering phage ΦX174's genome: a recap of November's PHAVES talkThis month, we hosted episode 10 of PHAVES, a talk on phage engineering by Dr. Paul Jaschke, Lecturer at Macquarie University! Here's the recording, along with a recap written by Stephanie Lynch, PhD candidate at La Trobe University (and…
- Ibadan Bacteriophage Research Team: A SEA-PHAGES team with a differenceThis week, Tolulope Oduselu and Olubusuyi Adewumi of the Ibadan Bacteriophage Research Team describe their recently-launched initiative to foster research participation for undergraduate students at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria.
- Finding the good in phage resistance, and balancing research with conference organizing: a Q&A with Prof. Zuzanna Drulis-KawaFor this week's feature article, Rodrigo Monteiro and Graça Pinto interviewed University of Wroclaw Professor Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa about her phage therapy and phage depolymerase enzyme research. She shares how she navigates complex grant…
- Training phage scientists in developing countries: An interview with Prof. Martha Clokie💯 It’s our 100th issue and 2nd birthday!! Thanks so much to all of you for reading and sharing Capsid & Tail; we wouldn’t have gotten this far without your support!
- C&T Round Up for October 2020This week, we're highlighting the three feature articles we published in October: an interview, a guest blog post, and a recap of the two PHAVES events we hosted this month. Enjoy!
- From phage scale-up to phage piracy: October's PHAVES talksThis month, we hosted two episodes of PHAVES! Here are the recordings, along with brief summaries. Thanks very much to our special guests, Gordon Smith (Fixed Phage), Chloe Jerrold-Jones (Cellexus), and Dr. Rodrigo Ibarra-Chavez (University…
- Phage evolution: an ancient solution to a modern problemThis week's feature article was written by Andrew Favor, Nextbiotics bioinformatics advisor and University of Washington PhD student. He takes us behind his recent Scientific Reports paper on a rapid in vitro platform for enhancing phage…
- A phage biologist's path from academia to industry and back — an interview with Dr. Ben BurrowesFor this week's feature article, Dr. Rohit Kongari interviewed Dr. Ben Burrowes, Senior Scientist at the Center for Phage Technology at Texas A&M University, about his path from phage PhD to industry scientist, to running his own…
- C&T Round Up for September 2020This week, we're highlighting the four feature articles we published in September: two guest blog posts, an interview, and a recap of the two PHAVES events we hosted this month. Enjoy!
- From gut phages to fish phages: a recap of September's PHAVES talksThis month, we hosted two episodes of PHAVES! Here's your recap of both, along with links to the recordings. Thanks very much to our special guests, Dr. Sabrina Green and Dr. Panos Kalatzis.
- Women in Phage — an initiative to encourage female phage scientistsThis week, Fatma Abdelrahman, a research assistant at Zewail City of Science and Technology in Egypt, announces the launch of her new initiative for supporting women who work with phage.
- Using the CellMaker to manufacture phage: Q&A with TechnoPhage's Manuel GarridoThis week, we interviewed Dr. Manuel Garrido, a Production Specialist at TechnoPhage, about how they've scaled their phage manufacturing with the help of the Cellexus CellMaker.
- Pharmacists and phage therapy: two pharmacy students weigh inThis week, two PharmD students from different countries, Christine Thompson (USA) and Yasmine Bendimrad (Morocco), share their views on pharmacists' roles in antimicrobial stewardship and how phages could fit into their scope as future…
- C&T Round Up for August 2020This week, we're highlighting the three feature articles we published in August: two interviews and a recap of the two PHAVES events we hosted this month. Enjoy!
- From phage therapy to viromics and phage careers: a recap of August's PHAVESThis month, we hosted two episodes of PHAVES! Here's your recap of both, along with links to the recordings. Thanks very much to our special guests, Pranav Johri, Apurva Virmani Johri, and Dr. Evelien Adriaenssens.
- High-throughput genetic tools for phage biology: An interview with Dr. Vivek MutalikThis week, Dr. Rohit Kongari interviewed Dr. Vivek Mutalik of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory about his journey to become a phage researcher, and how he's using his engineering background and penchant to develop tools to answer…
- How the Félix d'Hérelle Center manages its phagesSince 2003, Denise Tremblay has managed the phage collection at the Félix d'Hérelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruses at the Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada. We interviewed Denise about how the center collects, stores and…
- C&T Round Up for July 2020This week, we're rounding up an extra helping of July 2020's phage news and research.
- From phage-disinfectant combos to phage AI: a recap of July's PHAVESThis month, we hosted two episodes of PHAVES! Here's your recap of both, along with links to the recordings. Thanks very much to our special guests, Dr. Elyse Stachler and Piotr Tynecki!
- Scaling up phage production: Q&A with Cellexus CEOThis week, we interviewed Gavin Hands, CEO of Cellexus, about the company's history of helping phage researchers and biotech companies scale up their phage production.
