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Associate Professor Jeremy Barr (Monash University) received $500,000 USD from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to investigate how phages interact with the human immune system and their potential implications for treating inflammatory di

Phage protein moonlighting alert! Abdulrazak Alsaleh (Liverpool John Moores University) and colleagues published a new paper on how large serine integrases utilize scavenged phage proteins to control the directionality of integration.

Amit Rimon (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and colleagues published a new paper on combinatorial treatment of pulsed blue light and phage therapy for antibiotic-resistant P. aeruginosa, showing a synergistic bactericidal effect on plankton

Matt McEnany (U Colorado) and Kevin Outterson (Boston University, Founder and Executive Director of CARB-X) published a new paper on evaluating Germany's new antimicrobial reimbursement reforms. They compare these reforms to delinked pull i

This month, we recap what we learned about AI spreadsheet tools, how phage funding has changed over the years, and the rise of phage research in Latin America! Hi phage friends! It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these — Jan has

David Pride, Douglas Conrad (UC San Diego) and Daria Van Tyne (University of Pittsburgh) received a $1,487,500 research grant from Emily's Entourage, a CF nonprofit to launch a phage clinical trial for combatting CF infections.

Cytophage Technologies (Winnipeg, Canada) has announced a launch of ready-to-use lyophilized phage tablets for poultry.

Paul Kim (Locus Biosciences, Inc.) and colleagues published a paper on the results of the first phase of their Phase 2 ELIMINATE clinical trial, where they used a CRISPR-Cas3-enhanced phage cocktail to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infe

Tea Glonti (Queen Astrid Military Hospital) and colleagues published a new paper on designing therapeutic phage cocktails based on naturally occurring phage groupings. They transferred naturally occurring phage groups directly from their so

Joshua Jones (UK Phage Therapy, University of Edinburgh) and colleagues have provided guidelines for assessing patient suitability for unlicensed phage therapy in the UK, showing clinical and microbiological considerations for local clinica

The Société Française de Bioinformatique, Lyon, France is hiring a Master's level bioinformatician to study the phageomes and counter-defensomes of microbial communities.

A hydrogel loaded with a phage cocktail and vancomycin gave a 99.72% reduction in MRSA biofilm in vitro and maintained activity for eight days. In vivo, the co-delivery hydrogel with systemic antibiotic reduced bacterial load by 0.99 log10

'Phage Option 2024' in Cartagena, Colombia is happening this December! This week we learn the story of its organizers, a group of mostly female Latin American scientists, and how they've advanced phage science by forming networks and hostin

Attention phage scientists seeking their next awesome role! Eligo Bioscience (Paris, France) is recruiting for several positions! At Eligo, we are passionate about developing new drugs to address microbiome-associated unmet medical needs,

Friedrich Schiller University Jena is hiring a PhD student to study phage-host interactions and single-cell transcriptomics in microbial infections.

Archana Anand has announced that the BRaVE Phage Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is hiring postdocs and research assistants. The team is particularly interested in candidates with a passion for viruses, wastewater research,

The Westmead Institute for Medical Research is hiring a Senior Research Assistant to assist in developing therapeutic plasmids targeting antimicrobial resistance in bacteria.

The University of Otago is hiring a postdoc to contribute to phage-based biocontrol research for agricultural pathogens in Dunedin, New Zealand.

The University of Otago is hiring a postdoc to contribute to phage-based biocontrol research for agricultural pathogens in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Tolka AI Therapeutics (now backed by Khosla Ventures!) is a biotech startup in Miami, Florida focused on developing phage therapy for M. abscessus infections. Tolka is hiring a Microbiology Intern to assist in phage hunting and developing t