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In a new article for The Microbiologist magazine, Jessica Sacher reflects on her experience helping set up systems (like Phage Directory and Phage Australia) to make phage therapy more accessible. She comments on shifting phage therapy perc

We are urgently seeking Klebsiella aerogenes 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 phages - By helping spread t

We are urgently seeking Klebsiella aerogenes 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 phages - By helping spread t

We are urgently seeking Klebsiella aerogenes 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 phages - By helping spread t

Round up time! This month Jan released Open Phage Data Sheet (google sheet full of phage tools/links/resources, open to all to contribute!) and shared a walkthrough on using ChatGPT for data work. And Libby Duignan wrote about her recent Au

Tim Blower (Durham University) and Jay Hinton (University of Liverpool) have an opening for a PhD student funded by BBSRC NLD Doctoral Training Partnership to study cyclic nucleotide signalling and BREX phage defence.

The Le Roux lab at the Université de Montréal is hiring a postdoc in Microbial Genomics to investigate Vibrio phage-bacteria coevolution and phage satellites.

Vetophage (Lyon, France) is hiring a director of development to help commercialize its first diagnostic phage products.

Phage Research Progress Assessment for Collective Funding Application Dear Phage Research Community, We invite you to participate in this brief survey to assess the current state of phage research in various labs. Your valuable insights w

Abstract submissions are OPEN for #VoM2024 Meeting in Cairns, Australia! Join us July 15-19, 2024 to explore the expanding frontiers in virology. Check the website for details & to submit an abstract, & watch the video invitation to get eve

Call for Organizers: VoM 2026! The ISVM invites enthusiastic members to organize the Viruses of Microbes 2026 conference, #VoM2026. Submit your application by April 30, 2024, to board@isvm.org. Be at the forefront of this exciting conferenc

iVoM Season 3, the ISVM’s webinar series, kicks off this December with its first session on "Ecological & Functional Roles of Viruses in Contrasting Environments." Mark your calendars: Dec 12, 2023, 8 PM CET.

Phage Oxford 2024, the longest running phage conferences series in Europe, and the second longest running phage conference globally, will be held on 02-03 September 2024 as a ‘virtual/in-person’ hybrid event at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, UK.

The Sustainable Microbiology journal has a themed collection focused on phage diversity and contributions to improving animal, environmental, and human health. Submit your research by January 1, 2024.

Oxford Silk Phage Technology, in collaboration with the University of Exeter and the University of Hertfordshire, has been awarded 2 million British pounds via a new Collaborative Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst grant. The funds will accele

Fagofarma, a Czech microbiological and pharmaceutical company, has been authorized by the Czech State Institute for Drug Control to produce GMP phages for clinical use, making it the second Czech company to do so.

Justin Boeckman (Center for Phage Technology, Texas) and colleagues published a protocol detailing methods for phage DNA extraction, genome assembly, and genome closure.

Erez Yirmiya (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) and colleagues analyzed groups of closely related Bacillus phages that showed differential sensitivity to bacterial defense systems, and discovered four distinct families of anti-defense

Rachel Samson (National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms, India) and colleagues wrote a new review on the status quo and emerging trends of phages in a One Health context.

We are urgently seeking Staphylococcus epidermidis phages for a patient in the UK. 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