Siân V. Owen, PhD

Harvard Medical School; Michael Baym Group

Siân Owen is a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School working in the group of Michael Baym. Siân fell in love with phage during her PhD at the University of Liverpool, UK, where she predominantly studied the molecular biology of uncharacterised Salmonella prophages. In her postdoctoral research she retains an interest in temperate phages, and is broadly interested in all the subtle and unexpected ways that prophages can shape the lives of bacteria.

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A phage enthusiast’s highlights from ASM Microbe 2019This week, Siân Owen, a postdoctoral fellow studying prophage biology at Harvard University, gives us the scoop on the phage side of this year’s ASM Microbe conference.Issue 36Jul 11, 2019Siân V. Owen

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Research context

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The recent linked paper concerns prophage induction and bacterial resistance evolution under DNA-damaging antibiotics. [1]

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doi.org Observed 2026-10-22. abstract: cited publication-history theme

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Source-selected papers

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SOS-mediated prophage induction constrains resistance evolution to DNA-damaging antibiotics. (2026)
Listed author: Siân V. Owen. Selection: recent. 2026-06-24; Concerns prophage induction and antibiotic-resistance evolution. [1] [3] [2] [4] [5]

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doi.org Observed 2026-10-22. abstract or title: phage relevance
doi.org Observed 2026-10-22. publication_date: source-reported recent window

Reviewed by ai:codex-identities-ce68394c9be2. Reviewed the source-quoted phage relevance and 24-month dates; each native Papers ID/DOI retains an existing accepted author slot. Peripheral viral work was excluded; the set is a bounded selection from collected publications, not a complete or greatest-work claim. Draft selector: Codex delegation gpt-6-luna/xhigh; final identity/relevance review: named coordinator.