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Benler and colleagues at San Diego State University published a new paper that shows that diversity-generating retroelements (which lead to hypervariable proteins) are present in many prophages found in bacteria that live in the human gut.

You may have heard that phages "still haven’t made it through clinical trials.” What does this mean, and is anyone making any progress on this? Do you have experience with or knowledge of clinical trials? If you have anything to add, ple

Dr. Urmi Bajpai invited phage researchers to join a newly unveiled global research consortium for promoting phage and lysin therapy: the International Bacteriophage Research Consortium. This is a collaboration between Acharya Narendra Dev C

Chen et al. published a groundbreaking new study on the discovery of a new kind of phage transduction that leads to genome hypermobility. You’ve heard of generalized and specialized transduction—now there's "lateral transduction."

Dr. Darren Smith posted a new 24-month postdoc position at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. The postdoc will study the ecology and biology of phages in the guts of pre-term infants. Apply by Nov 30, 2018.

Eric Boodman wrote a great article on the background of Adaptive Phage Therapeutics (paywall)

Dr. Darren Smith We are now seeking applications from highly committed, motivated and talented postdoctoral researchers to join the phage research team at Northumbria University for a fixed term, 24 months project in collaboration with clin

Welcome to the first issue of Capsid & Tail, a mini-periodical of links, topics, and commentary that covers the ins and outs of the phage world. Phage therapy has been around for almost a century, but has had its various starts and stops. T

Pherecydes published the long-awaited results of PhagoBurn, the first blinded, controlled, randomized phage trial on burn patients.

AmpliPhi just received positive FDA feedback for phase 2 clinical trials using their phage cocktails against Pseudomonas aeruginosa (AB-PA01) and Staphylococcus aureus (AB-SA01).

Steffanie Strathdee and Urmi S. Bajpai announced a new 12-month postdoc position starting July 2019. The postdoc will work on phages in Dr. Bajpai’s lab at ANDC in Delhi. Contact urmibajpai@andc.du.ac.in to apply (fellowship application dea

Phage Futures (January 29-30, 2019) is a translational phage therapy conference where Steffanie Strathdee, Tom Patterson, the FDA, and others will discuss how we move phage therapy forward in the US. Registration is open to all - use code “

Hi all, We are seeking Escherichia coli phages for a 20-year-old patient in Miami, Florida, to be tested on his abdominal wound isolates. Ways to help at this stage: - By providing samples of your phages for testing (you send your phages

We are urgently seeking Burkholderia phages for a 20-year-old cystic fibrosis patient. Ways to help at this stage: - By providing samples of your phages for testing (you send your phages to another lab that receives the patient’s isolate)

We are seeking Staphylococcus epidermidis phages for a patient with an antibiotic-resistant knee infection in Switzerland. Ways to help: - By providing samples of your phages for testing (you send your phages to another lab that receives t

UC San Diego announced the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH) in June 2018, with a three-year, $1.2 million launch grant and plans to validate phage therapy for multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. Steffa

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Massey’s Hendrickson Lab and the American Foulbrood Management Agency are developing cocktails of native New Zealand bacteriophages as a preventive measure against American foulbrood in honey-bee hives. www.massey.ac.nz

Hi all, We are seeking Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium & Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages for an 18-year-old cystic fibrosis patient in Los Angeles, to be tested on her lung isolates. Email us at staff@phage.directory if: - you have any Mycoba

Hi all, Thanks for joining Phage Directory. We need your help. We urgently need Burkholderia cepacia phages for a lung transplant patient in Marseille, France. Email us at staff@phage.directory if: - you have B. cepacia phages - you are n