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University of Toronto, Canada is hiring a Sessional Lecturer to teach the Principles of Genetic Analysis I Laboratory.

University of Otago, New Zealand is hiring a postdoc to contribute to research on enhancing seed inoculants with phages, adaptable phage solutions for biocontrol, and understanding phage-pathogen specificity for phage therapy.

The Bordenstein lab (Penn State University) is hiring a Research Technologist to conduct research in host-microbe symbioses and the microbiome sciences, spanning insect endosymbionts, phages, and animal-associated microbiomes.

Registration is now open for the 2024 International Soil Virus Conference! Soil virologists and enthusiasts will gather to explore the multifaceted roles of soil viruses within a One Health framework, with a special focus on meta-omics cha

Meow! A cat named Squeaks needed phage therapy after falling 3 stories, and thanks to Ronen Hazan’s lab in Jerusalem, she got it, and it saved her leg!

Stephen Tang (Columbia University, USA) and colleagues published a new preprint on de novo gene synthesis by an antiviral reverse transcriptase. They demonstrate bacterial creation of extrachromosomal genes via rolling-circle reverse transc

Toomas Mets (Lund University, Sweden) and colleagues published a new paper on the mechanism of phage sensing and restriction by toxin-antitoxin-chaperone systems. They show how E. coli TAC systems detect and neutralize phages by targeting m

Toshiki Nagakubo (University of Tsukuba, Japan) and colleagues published a new paper on how contractile injection systems promote Streptomyces spore formation via a phage tapemeasure-related protein.

Phages spotted on the big screen! "The Good Doctor" TV series finale apparently involves treatment of an important character with phage therapy!

We are urgently seeking Klebsiella pneumoniae phages for a patient in Nepal. Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strains - By receiving the patient's strain and testing your phages - By helpin

We are urgently seeking Klebsiella pneumoniae phages for a patient in Nepal. Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strains - By receiving the patient's strain and testing your phages - By helpin

This week, we hear from Gabor Apjok, who has responded to many of our Phage Alerts. Working out of his lab in Hungary, he has successfully isolated and supplied phages that have gone on to treat several patients around the world. Most resea

Join us for the Viruses of Microbes 2024 conference in beautiful Cairns, Australia to hear all about the latest advances in the field and reconnect with friends & colleagues. Early bird registration rates close on the 24th of May, so please

Registration is now open for the 2024 International Soil Virus Conference! Soil virologists and enthusiasts will gather to explore the multifaceted roles of soil viruses within a One Health framework, with a special focus on meta-omics cha

Dimi Boeckaerts and colleagues have developed a new AI model, PhageHostLearn, which predicts Klebsiella phage-host interactions at the strain level, and in a ‘ranking format’ that is directly actionable in the lab. Paper | Behind-the-paper

Cristina Howard-Varona (Ohio State University) and colleagues used a systems biology approach to show how virocells (virus-infected cells) reprogram their metabolism according to different nutrient conditions like low phosphate, and how the

Svenja Thöneböhn (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany) and colleagues have identified new components of the Shewanella phage LambdaSo lysis system, including a pinholin/signal-anchor-release (SAR) endolysin system and a two-component

M. J. N. Thomas (University of Manchester) and colleagues published a new paper in mSystems called ‘What makes a temperate phage an effective bacterial weapon?’. They combine mathematical models and experimental work to reveal how temperate

Niels Vander Elst (Karolinska Institute, Sweden) has reviewed the potential of phage-derived endolysins against bovine mastitis caused by streptococci and staphylococci, highlighting recent progress in engineering endolysins for robust acti

The University of Chemistry and Technology (Prague, Czech Republic) is hiring a postdoc to develop next-generation methods for highly sensitive and fast detection of fecal contamination and antibiotic resistance for circular water managemen