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We've already sent out two emergency phage alerts this week! If you can help, we're looking for Acinetobacter baumannii (patient in India) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (patient in Australia). Please email staff@phage.directory ASAP if you can

BiomX, a phage therapy company in Israel, just announced the completion of its very own phage manufacturing facility! The facility will support clinical manufacturing of BiomX's candidate phage products, and could expand to support commerci

This is a fantastic, endearing, in-depth interview with Betty Kutter, "The First Lady of Phage Research"! Martha Clokie asks the questions, and Betty talks about her life as a phage scientist, how she started out, where her career took her,

Catherine Hernandez and Britt Koskella of UC Berkeley have shown that they do not observe Pseudomonas syringae phage resistance in planta, no matter what they try, even though they see it in vitro. Also, phage-resistant mutants didn't have

Microbes and their Viruses 2019 is an upcoming conference hosted at the Eliava Institute in Tbilisi, Georgia Sept. 22-27, 2019. Register until Sept. 1!

After a successful phage workshop in Ghana this summer, the nonprofit Phages for Global Health is beginning preparations for a workshop in Tanzania January 12 - 25, 2020. The call for applications will begin in early Sept. Subscribe to the

Question: Hello phage people, does anyone have an improved method to physically remove #phages from liquid broth? Thank you! — @PetrovicFabijan A subset of the answers to date: - We use Amicon filters in my lab to concentrate phage and we

We are urgently seeking Acinetobacter baumannii phages for a patient in India. Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strain - By receiving the strain and testing your phages - By receiving the s

We are urgently seeking Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages for a patient with osteomyelitis in Australia. Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strain - By receiving the strain and testing your phage

Catherine Hernandez and Britt Koskella of UC Berkeley have shown that they do not observe Pseudomonas syringae phage resistance in planta, no matter what they try, even though they see it in vitro. Also, phage-resistant mutants didn't have

This is a fantastic, endearing, in-depth interview with Betty Kutter, "The First Lady of Phage Research"! Martha Clokie asks the questions, and Betty talks about her life as a phage scientist, how she started out, where her career took her,

After a successful phage workshop in Ghana this summer, the nonprofit Phages for Global Health is beginning preparations for a workshop in Tanzania January 12 - 25, 2020. The call for applications will begin in early Sept. Subscribe to the

We are urgently seeking Pandoraea pulmonicola phages for a cystic fibrosis patient in the USA. Ways to help at this stage: - By receiving the strain and testing your phages - By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages a

This week, Paulina Deptula, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen, shares her experience using Twitter to find both phages for her research and a supportive community ready to help. ## Non-emergency phage requests are im

Associate Professor Ruby Lin of the Westmead Institute for Medical Research (last week's Capsid & Tail guest writer! has been awarded a grant from BGI Australia to build Australia's first "phage biobank"! The phage bank will give Australian

The journal Viruses will be awarding two travel awards for Postdoctoral Researchers and PhD students. Each award will consist of 800 Swiss Francs for travel to a virology conference in 2020. Apply here by Oct. 31, 2019! To help you find a

Fort Detrick, Maryland The Bio-Behavioral Research Operation of Leidos is currently looking for a Research Assistant to support biological research in support of the Biological Defense Research Directorate (BDRD) at the Naval Medical Resear

#### Question Any advice on how to store phages/ viruses? I know there are quite a few methods for long-time storage but I'd like to hear your advice. Thanks! 😀 — @LeptihnLab #### A few of the answers: "Easiest way that our lab uses is t

Fatma Abdelrhman Dear phage community, I've created a What’s App group for scientists who work on phage and AMR, to gather them, benefit and share experience, knowledge, and research of phage worldwide. Please join and share the link (https

What's the path forward when it comes to phage therapy? According to Shawna McCallin of the University Hospital of Geneva and Phages4All, clinical data is the priority, but it won't be enough. "The recent bankruptcy of Achaogen, a biotech