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Yue Clare Lou and colleagues from the University of California, Berkeley, published a new study on the persistence of infant gut DNA phage strains during the first 3 years of life.

Alan Schmalstig (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and colleagues published a new paper on phage infection and killing of intracellular Mycobacterium abscessus.

Asher Leeks (Yale University) and colleagues explore open questions in the social lives of viruses in a recent invited review, including cooperation, conflict, and their impact on the population dynamics, evolutionary trajectory, and clinic

Kishen Patel and Kimberley Seed (University of California, Berkeley) published a new preprint on how a sporadic phage defense in epidemic Vibrio cholerae (mediated by the toxin-antitoxin system DarTG) is countered by a phage-encoded antitox

University of Salford, UK is hiring a Microbiology Educational Content Developer to develop educational materials about phage and bacteria for a knowledge exchange project on tackling antimicrobial resistance.

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, USA is hiring a Biologist/Project Scientist and a Research Associate to work in the Phage Foundry, which aims to establish a high-throughput platform for rapid design and development of countermeasu

Intralytix (a phage biotech company in Columbia, Maryland) is hiring a Bioprocess Engineer and a Manufacturing Technician.

Thilo Köhler and Christian van Delden at University of Geneva and Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève offer a PhD position funded by NCCR AntiResist on clinical phage therapy of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its microbiological basis.

University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia) is hiring a faculty member in phage biology & therapy to develop research and teaching activities in close collaboration with an antibiotic resistance containment program. Please contact tanel.tenson@ut.

University of Gdansk and the Medical University of Gdansk, Poland is seeking a PhD student to study the role of prophages in the environmental adaptation and virulence of pectinolytic bacteria.

University of Pittsburgh, USA is hiring a Research Specialist to perform experiments aimed at understanding phages and their infection of Mycobacterium hosts.

Durham University, UK is hiring a postdoc to study the biochemistry of phage defence with a focus on Bacteriophage Exclusion (BREX) defence mechanisms.

We are urgently seeking Campylobacter phages for a patient in the USA. 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 helping spre

We are urgently seeking Campylobacter phages for a patient in the USA. 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 helping spre

This week, we learn from David and Lorenzo from BioNTech (formerly PhagoMed) about their experience with phage inhibition of S. aureus phages by plasma and synovial fluid. Read our papers for more details: Saez et al., 2021; Mutti et al 202

MBIE Endeavour Research Programme (Christchurch, New Zealand) is hiring a Programme Manager to coordinate research projects for the Phage-Based Biocontrol Programme, which involves establishing a pipeline for phage-based biocontrol discover

We are urgently seeking Burkholderia multivorans and Pandoraea species phages for a patient. 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 ph

Ann Gregory, PhD via Twitter: Does anyone have any advice for where to purchase start-up equipment with a tight budget? (1) Class II Biosafety Cabinet, (2) Benchtop Microcentrifuge, (3) Anaerobic Chamber, (4) Autoclavable Micropipettes sets

This week Phagecast podcast published a new episode featuring an interview with Jean-Paul Pirnay! Dive into the world of phage therapy in Belgium – how it started, current practices, and future perspectives. This episode is the first of a t

Han Altae-Tran (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) and colleagues discovered over 200 new CRISPR-associated systems, including Cas14, an enzyme that cuts RNA precisely.