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Janina Rahlff (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) and colleagues published a paper in Nature Communications on how lytic archaeal viruses infect abundant primary producers in Earth’s crust. They used a combination of metagenomics and a

Sooyeon Song (Pennsylvania State Universtiy, Pennsylvania) and colleagues published a preprint on how CRISPR-Cas controls cryptic prophages. They demonstrated that the E. coli CRISPR-Cas system is active and inhibits its nine defective prop

Xiaoqing Wang (Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute, China) and colleagues published a new preprint on how phage resistance mechanisms increase colistin sensitivity in Acinetobacter baumannii.

Xu Peng (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) is looking for a postdoc to work on CRISPR and anti-CRISPR of phages and archaeal viruses. Interested candidates may email the PI at peng@bio.ku.dk or DM her on Twitter (@XuPeng01770032).

Last week, in collaboration with Dr. Betty Kutter and her unstoppable team, we helped run the iconic Evergreen International Phage Meeting — but with a twist — this time it was a hybrid virtual/in-person event! We are overjoyed with how it

The Edwards lab at Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia) is hiring a research associate in bioinformatics. As part of the new Flinders Accelerator for Microbiome Exploration, the research associate will advance understanding of IBD by a

### Special student writing opportunity! Did you attend Evergreen this year? Did you have a favourite talk (or two?). In collaboration with PHAGE Journal, we are looking for 2-3 students to help us provide a window into the Evergreen confe

San Diego, California The Pride Lab at the University of California, San Diego is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to investigate the role of bacteriophages as members of the human microbiome and to assist in the efforts to identify bacterioph

Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) is hiring an assistant professor. Candidates with expertise in any area of microbiology are encouraged to apply. Research interests of faculty include physiology, ecology, molecular biology, cell biolo

The Leibniz Institute DSMZ (Braunschweig, Germany) is hiring a Postdoctoral research associate to study new concepts in prokaryotic virus-host interactions – from single cells to microbial communities. For further information and more detai

San Diego, California The Pride Lab at the University of California, San Diego is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to investigate the role of bacteriophages as members of the human microbiome and to assist in the efforts to identify bacterioph

Interested in contributing a blog post about your phage work (or your phage initiative) to C&T? Check out our Guest Writer Guide! In keeping with our 4x per year draft submission deadline system, our next deadline is approaching! - For Ja

Ricardo Pascal, a bioinformatics engineer in Denmark, is tracking the phage software ecosystem. Feel free to add a link or two to his list!

Dr. Chip Schooley is leading an International Antiviral Society-USA webinar on phage therapy Aug 17 at 10AM. This is designed for clinical decision makers actively involved in HIV care and research, including physicians, physician assistant

We had so much fun with you all at the 'Phage Phun' sessions at Evergreen, that we've decided to incorporate these at the end of each month for the phage community at large! We will announce the first one soon! Phage Phun: informal, self-s

Proteon Pharmaceuticals announced an investment of 21 million Euro to accelerate commercialization of its phage products, which aim to reduce reliance on antibiotics in aquaculture and livestock farming, improve on-farm performance and incr

Ameneh Khatami (The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and University of Sydney) and colleagues published a new paper in EMBO Molecular Medicine on bacterial lysis, autophagy and innate immune responses during adjunctive phage therapy in a chi

Christopher Turkington (University of California, Merced) and colleagues published a preprint on hafeZ, a tool able to identify ‘active’ prophages within bacterial genomes through genomic read mapping. They've applied hafeZ to publicly avai

Quentin Leclerc (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) and colleagues published a preprint on the dual nature of phage: growth-dependent predation and generalized transduction of antimicrobial resistance. They developed mathematical

Kristen LeGault (University of California, Berkeley) and colleagues published a paper in Science on how temporal shifts in antibiotic resistance elements govern phage-pathogen conflicts. They used time-shift experiments to look at co-evolut