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The International Bacteriophage Research Consortium (IBRC) and Phage Directory are co-hosting a series of Phage Bioinformatics Webinars. The second speaker in the series will be March 2 at 9.00 pm IST / 7.30 am PST, with a talk by Katelyn

phageSuisse is hosting its second webinar on March 2nd at 20h00 CET on "Temperate bacteriophages and the evolution of the Staphylococcus aureus lineage 398" by Dr. Floriane Laumay from Geneva, Switzerland. Register here!

The NIH Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS) is hosting Prof. Paul Turner on Wednesday, March 10 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm, who will give a webinar entitled "Phage Therapy to Combat Infections by Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria". Watch at https

The Centre for Microbiology and Phage Therapy (Zewail City of Science, Technology and Innovation) is organizing their first Annual Phage International Conference on March 12-13, 2021. Register here (conference already in progress!).

[Date change!] The sixth iVoM event will be Thursday, Mar 4, 11AM GMT (note earlier time than usual too!), and the theme will be "Biotechnology applications in health care". It will feature talks by: Laurent Debarbieux: Phages (in)action i

The 3rd Bacteriophage Therapy Summit is taking place virtually on March 23-25. With expert speakers from the FDA, BiomX, Cytophage, Loughborough University and Eligo Bioscience, join us online to progress fundamental bacteriophage research

Next week is Phage Futures 2021 (Feb 24-26)! Jessica and Jan of Phage Directory will be there, along with two dedicated social media assistants, Curtis Hoffmann and Atif Khan, to help keep you all in the loop via Twitter! (Another of our vo

Registration is open for (online) VEGA, Viral EcoGenomics & Applications, 2021. Hosted by the JGI, the goal of this series of online seminars is to bring together a “Viral Ecogenomics” community to foster discussion on how to best capture a

Phage/Virus Assembly 2021 will take place online July 27-30. Register here!

[Date change!] The sixth iVoM event will be Thursday, Mar 4, 11AM GMT (note earlier time than usual too!), and the theme will be "Biotechnology applications in health care". It will feature talks by: Laurent Debarbieux: Phages (in)action i

Prof. Mansel Griffiths (University of Guelph) and Dr. Hany Anany (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph Research and Development Center) are editing a special issue of Viruses entitled "Bacteriophages in Food Applications".

Call for papers for our special issue topic in Microorganisms, "Bacteriophages-Based Technologies for a One Health Society: Applications in Clinical, Veterinary, and Industrial Settings". Guest editors: Dr. Karen D. Weynberg, Dr. Sabrina Gr

This issue was sponsored by Kisaco Research for Phage Futures 2021.

Analysis of phage genomes replete with hypothetical genes is a challenge. Given the importance of genomic characterization of phages to understand their biology and for their safe use, International Bacteriophage Research Consortium (IBRC)

Phage enthusiasts need to take a 3-min break and watch this awesome student-made video breaking down phage lysogeny and the 'Piggyback the winner' hypothesis, set to the tune of a Justin Timberlake song... (no sound until around 0:26; then

Listen to soil phage ecologist Gary Trubl talk soil microbes and viral ecology on the Storytellers of STEMM podcast!

Viruses has an upcoming Special Issue on 'State-of-the-Art Phage Therapy Development in Europe'. They are looking for research articles, review articles and short communications related to: experimental and applied phage therapy; host–patho

The first Africa Phage Forum recording is now on YouTube! Catch Prof. Paul Turner's talk on phage therapy, from environment to bedside if you missed it! Great job organizers Emmanuel Nnadi & Angela Makumi of APF; it was a pleasure to collab

Dear iVoM participants, If you've attended at least two iVoM events, you're invited to participate in a contest! The contest aims at having the audience feedback regarding the iVoM: Viruses of Microbes 2020 Webinar Series: Take a walk on th

The sixth iVoM event will be Thursday, February 18, 11AM GMT (note time change!), and the theme will be "Biotechnology applications in health care". It will feature talks by: Laurent Debarbieux: Phages (in)action in the gut Krystyna Dabrows