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Adaptive Phage Therapeutics was named one of five biotech companies to watch in 2020 by BioBuzz.

Hannah Hampton (University of Otago) and colleagues published a review in Nature on the arms race between bacteria and phages.

Johanna Sweere (Stanford University) and colleagues developed a mouse model of chronic Pseudomonas wound infection that does not rely on impaired immunity and lasts 10 days without causing sepsis/excessive morbidity. Advances in Wound Care

A nice Inside Science article on the underestimated roles of viruses in chemical cycles and climate, and the research that's amassing on the subject. Phage researchers Lindsey Solden, Gary Trubl, Jennifer Brum, Martha Clokie and more are in

The 4th Phages for Global Health workshop started this week in Tanzania! The 25 participants come from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

Save the date for Viruses of Microbes 2020, which will be hosted in Guimarães, Portugal July 13-17, 2020. Also, students and postdocs, stay tuned: Phage Directory will be giving out travel awards!

Australia is becoming a hotspot for phage therapy research and innovation. In this in-depth Sydney Morning Herald feature, Jeremy Barr describes his role in Tom Patterson's phage therapy case (Jeremy now runs his own phage research lab at M

Johanna Sweere (Stanford University) and colleagues developed a mouse model of chronic Pseudomonas wound infection that does not rely on impaired immunity and lasts 10 days without causing sepsis/excessive morbidity. Advances in Wound Care

The Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH) at UCSD has published the second issue of its quarterly newsletter. This issue describes the speaker series they hosted in 2019, which you can watch online, along with i

Hannah Hampton (University of Otago) and colleagues published a review in Nature on the arms race between bacteria and phages.

The Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH) at UCSD has published the second issue of its quarterly newsletter. This issue describes the speaker series they hosted in 2019, which you can watch online, along with i

Save the date for Viruses of Microbes 2020, which will be hosted in Guimarães, Portugal July 13-17, 2020. Also, students and postdocs, stay tuned: Phage Directory will be giving out travel awards!

A nice Inside Science article on the underestimated roles of viruses in chemical cycles and climate, and the research that's amassing on the subject. Phage researchers Lindsey Solden, Gary Trubl, Jennifer Brum, Martha Clokie and more are in

Adaptive Phage Therapeutics was named one of five biotech companies to watch in 2020 by BioBuzz.

The 4th Phages for Global Health workshop started this week in Tanzania! The 25 participants come from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

PhagoMed attended the Biotech Showcase 2020 this week in San Francisco, and announced it is looking to raise $16 million from US and European investors to bring its phage products to the clinic (watch this interview with CEO Alexander Belcr

ASM Microbe will be in Chicago June 18-22, and will include a session on virocells co-hosted by Simon Roux and Matthew Sullivan!

Cristina Howard-Varona (Ohio State University) and colleagues published a new paper on phage-specific metabolic reprogramming of 'virocells' (infected cells). This work digs into the question of how phage-infected cells affect their surroun

Adaptive Phage Therapeutics was awarded a $10.2-million contract with the US Department of Defense. The funds will go toward developing PhageBank™️, the company's personalized phage therapy system, including conducting a clinical trial.

Locus Biosciences announced it has opened enrollment for a Phase 1b clinical trial evaluating a CRISPR Cas3-enhanced phage (crPhage™) product that will target E. coli causing urinary tract infections. This is the world's first controlled cl