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This week, we're highlighting the four feature articles we published in April: virtual event recaps by volunteers Rohit Kongari and Stephanie Lynch, a guide on responding to phage therapy requests, and an opinion piece by Mert Selimoglu on

Alice Rothnie (Aston University) is hiring Ph.D. students to work on bacterial nano-syringes, which are evolutionarily related to bacteriophages, and function in a very similar way. The application deadline is May 6, 2021.

Malcolm White (University of St Andrews) has received an Advanced Grant from ERC Research to investigate the mechanisms of cyclic nucleotide signalling in bacteria/phage conflict. Postdoc positions will be available from 1st August - please

Nathan Ahlgren (Clark University) is seeking a Postdoc: Marine microbiology & ecology, who will conduct research on host range, community dynamics, and comparative genomics of marine cyanobacteria (Synechococcus) and their phages (cyanophag

PhagePro is looking for a Principal Scientist to lead their preclinical research on PVC as we prepare for clinical trials. The position is located at PhagePro’s lab space at the Tufts Launchpad in Boston, MA and will include domestic/intern

The World Microbe Forum 2021 (June 20-24, online; an ASM and FEMS collaboration) this year will include a session on viruses of microbes convened by Madalena Pimental and Rob Lavigne, on behalf of the Viruses of Microbes 2020 team and ISVM,

We cordially invite you to participate in the 2nd German Phage Symposium, which will take place Sept 13-14, 2021 at the University of Hohenheim, and will include keynote speakers Prof. Anat Herskovits, Prof. Ian J. Molineux and Prof. Dr. Jo

Next week on Clubhouse Phage Phridays (audio-only, casual drop-in discussions), our guest will be Dominic Sauvageau from the University of Alberta, who will chat with us about the 'phage virulence index' his lab has developed to quantify ph

PHAVES #17 will be May 18, 5pm CEST (Paris time). Quentin Lamy-Besnier, a PhD student in the Debarbieux lab at the Institut Pasteur in Paris will present their team's newly launched Viral Host Range Database, an online tool for recording, a

Update from the PhageAI crew: We're proud to announce to you the release of PhageAI 0.8.0: extended repository and two new features: closest phages and Expert form! What's new: - uploading your sample and discovering top-10 closest phages

Courtney Davies (Massey University, New Zealand) and colleagues published a new paper in Frontiers in Microbiology showing that Mycobacteriophage endolysins can kill Mycobacteria when fused to 'PLAN-M' biodegradable nanobeads, which can be

Not one but THREE new papers published today in Science on phage DNA modications; they collectively describe a new pathway for purine biosynthesis and substitution of adenine by diaminopurine, found to be widespread in phages! Check out thi

Most tests for Lyme Disease detect antibodies, which are often not present until weeks after infection by the causative pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi. Jinyu Shan (University of Leicester) published a new paper in Frontiers in Microbiology

Jutta Kasurinen (University of Helsinki) and colleagues published a paper in Viruses on a new method for screening for phage-encoded toxic proteins using a Next Generation Sequencing-based assay.

Pappu Mandal (University of Technology Sydney) and colleagues published a new paper in Microbiology showing that phage infection of E. coli leads to the formation of membrane vesicles via both explosive cell lysis and membrane blebbing.

This week, we've got highlights and recordings for 3 webinars we hosted this month: An interview with Dr. Randy Fish on clinical phage therapy for diabetic foot wounds, a talk by Dr. Clara Torres-Barceló on plant pathogen phage research, an

The Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota) is hiring a scientist or physician engaged in research with expertise or primary interest in phage therapy or phage basic science. The role will involve clinical and laboratory-based efforts toward pha

Adaptive Phage Therapeutics (APT) is hiring a Curator/Bioinformatician! APT is a group of seasoned veterans coupled with crazy smart biologists and engineers working to solve the problem of antibiotic resistant infections. Each day is diffe

Adaptive Phage Therapeutics (APT) is hiring a Curator/Bioinformatician! APT is a group of seasoned veterans coupled with crazy smart biologists and engineers working to solve the problem of antibiotic resistant infections. Each day is diffe

Inviting applications for a full-time Research Fellow position (Postdoctoral Fellowship) in the laboratory of John Chen at the National University of Singapore. Research in the Chen lab focuses on bacteriophages and pathogenicity islands of