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DBSCAN-SWA is a new tool for prophage detection, recently published as a preprint by Rui Gan (Harbin Institute of Technology, China) and colleagues. Preprint | Github.

Katja Šuster (Valdoltra Orthopaedic Hospital, Slovenia) and colleagues published a new paper in The New Microbiologica describing their use of phage K to speed up Staphylococcus detection in prosthetic joint fluid.

Oriana Flores (Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile) and colleagues published a new paper in Microorganisms showing the isolation and characterization of 13 phages with the potential to control Pseudomonas syringae pv. Actini

We are urgently seeking Propionibacterium acnes phages for a patient in Europe. Ways to help at this stage: - By receiving the strain and testing your phages - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strain - By providing info

We are urgently seeking Propionibacterium acnes phages for a patient in Europe. Ways to help at this stage: - By receiving the strain and testing your phages - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strain - By providing info

ISVM ISVM's bi-annual conference Viruses of Microbes is back in Guimarães, Portugal, in 2020 Guimarães, Portugal

The 2020 PhageAI preprint describes a genome-sequence classifier for lytic and lysogenic life cycles. It reports 98.90% validation accuracy and 97.18% average test accuracy, and describes access through a REST service and Python package. Ph

This week, Donna May Papa, Assistant Professor at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines, tells us about her lab's journey into phage research, and their plans for the future. Since the global antimicrobial resistance crisis h

Ignacio Mir-Sanchis at the IMS-Lab at Umeå University in Sweden offers a PhD position to study gene expression and DNA replication of staphylococcal mobile genetic elements (including phages) using a multidisciplinary approach: genetics and

There are open positions at NCATS (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, within the NIH) for a postdoc and research scientist working on phage panning and antibody discovery. Send a direct message to Matt Hall (@cispt2) on T

My client, a Northeast US-based CRO, wants to hire a Microbiologist with phage experience for their phage and other contract research programs to provide lab-bench and technical support, especially taking a lead with phage-based programs.

Phage Directory Thanks so much to everyone who joined us for PHAVES earlier this week, where Elyse Stachler talked about her research into combining phages with disinfectants. We had a great time meeting so many of you at the breakout sessi

Vitalis Phage Therapy This Sunday, Dr Vinod Kumar CS will share his expertise of 20yrs working w/ #Bacteriophage & #AMR on Ep. 8 of #AllAboutPhageTherapy! His recent studies include #PhageKinetics of #MRSA phages & #Phage as alternative to

Innovative Solutions Canada Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC) has an open grant call for "Detection of food borne pathogenic bacteria using field deployable instruments". Any phage companies in Canada working on such things? Apply by July 2

Dr. Saima Aslam of IPATH in San Diego received funding from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to initiate and maintain a multicenter clinical cohort of cystic fibrosis patients and lung transplant recipients infected with Burkholderia cepacia

Not much is known about filamentous phages, which chronically infect their hosts and can dramatically affect host physiology, but their genomes are starting to be detected by the hundreds. Jason Shapiro and Catherine Putonti (Loyola Univers

Liang Li (Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center) and colleagues published a new paper in MSystems showing the critical impact of the novel prophage ϕSA169 on MRSA persistence in the bloodstream.

Yoon Hwang of the Naval Medical Research Unit in San Antonio received the Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year Award for his research into the development of a handheld device that uses phages to detect and identify

Studying phage lambda has brought countless insights to the phage field and beyond. In a new review, Jodi Brewster and Gökhan Tolun (University of Wollongong, Australia) go over key in vitro experiments from the last half-century of researc

Austen Terwilliger (TAILΦR Initiative, Baylor College of Medicine) and colleagues have published a paper outlining the concept, structure, and process behind TAILΦR's method of addressing bacterial infections in vulnerable patients through