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The KITP Bacteriophage Forum continues (virtually) Aug 25 at noon Pacific: Luciano Marrafini (Rockefeller/HHMI) and Paul Turner (Yale) will speak. Register here.

The Pathogens journal has opened a Special Issue about "host-pathogens interactions and phage therapy". — Gabriel Almeida

Catherine Mageeney (Sandia National Labs, Livermore, California) and colleagues published a new paper in MSystems on their development of a new technology platform that enables on-demand phage production through computationally identifying

Menglu Li (Anhui University, China) and colleagues published a new paper in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics describing PredPHI (Predicting Phage-Host Interactions), a new deep learning-based tool for predic

Aurélie Fluckiger (Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, France) and colleagues published a new paper in Science showing cross-reactivity between tumor antigens and the tape measure protein encoded by an Enterococcus hirae prophage. Administering e

US phage therapy company Adaptive Phage Therapeutics has received a $9.8-million Department of Defense Award to develop phage-based vaccine candidates against SARS-CoV-2.

The Austrian phage therapy company PhagoMed has been selected as a Gold Track company (one of 5) by EIT Health, the premier biotech acceleration program in Europe.

VoM 2020 Organizers, ISVM, Phage Directory Many of us were excited about Viruses of Microbes (VoM) 2020, the conference that had been set to take place this summer in Portugal. In collaboration with the International Society for Viruses of

Phage Directory The next rendition of PHAVES will be an Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Dr. Evelien Adriaenssens on August 18 at 11:00 AM Eastern (GMT-4) / 4:00 PM UK (GMT+1). Evelien will answer your questions about phage taxonomy, viromics, an

Hanson Wade The 2nd Hanson Wade Bacteriophage Therapy Summit takes place (virtually) Aug 27-28, and registration is open! We (Jessica and Jan, Phage Directory) are excited to be participating in a panel discussion/workshop alongside Dr. Au

Phage Oxford will take place September 9-10. Register here! The meeting will feature over 20 oral presentations by an international faculty of senior & junior researchers from across the world, covering phage molecular and structural biolo

Dr. Austen Terwilliger, Director of Operations at Baylor College of Medicine's TAILOR Service Center, which produces therapeutic phages for compassionate use cases, will give a talk on ASM-TMC MicroTalks on Aug. 17 at 3:15 PM Central (GMT-5

Carmen Gu Liu (TAILΦR, Baylor College of Medicine) and colleagues published a new paper in MBio describing phage-antibiotic synography, a comprehensive method of assessing the effects of phage-antibiotic combinations. They saw that phages c

Phage genomes are usually identified based on sequence similarity to genomes already in databases. Kimmo Sirén (The GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen) and colleagues published a new preprint showing rapid discovery of novel prophage

Sylwia Bloch (Polish Academy of Sciences) and colleagues published a new review in Plasmid on phage-encoded small non-coding RNA molecules. Could they play a role similar to that of microRNAs of eukaryotic viruses?

The Mayo Clinic has been in the news lately as a major US medical institution making serious investments into phage therapy. Watch this 5-min video about how the Mayo Clinic treated its first patient, John Haverty, with phages.

Hello Everyone ! I'm in need of the MS2 bacteriophage and its host E. coli strain in India. Other than ATCC, I find no suppliers in India. Could anyone please share them or direct me to a supplier in India please? Thanks much ! drshankarman

Kavli Institute, UC Santa Barbara The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at UC Santa Barbara is hosting a series of phage talks (particularly from the eco-evolutionary perspective) called Bacteriophage Forum. The dates are: August 11,

Society for Bacteriophage Research and Therapy (SBRT) The Indian Society for Bacteriophage Research and Therapy (SBRT) is a platform where researchers working on phages and their applications share expertise & resources. SBRT is pleased to

Phage Directory Thanks to all who attended PHAVES 4 this week! We had a great turnout! Next up will be an Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Dr. Evelien Adriaenssens on August 18 at 11:00 AM Eastern (GMT-4) / 4:00 PM UK (GMT+1). Evelien will answe