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Justin Leavitt (University of Utah) and colleagues report that the P22-encoded SieA protein is the only phage protein required for exclusion by the SieA system, blocking DNA injection by P22 and its relatives, but having no effect on infect

Researchers at the World Institute of Kimchi found that Pediococcus inopinatus is generally dominant in Mukeunji, long-term fermented kimchi in the final stage of fermentation. Its genome has a well-developed CRISPR system with an extra cop

This week we're featuring an excerpt from a new book about phages, called The Good Virus. This week we have something special: an excerpt from Tom Ireland’s excellent new book on phages, called The Good Virus. Tom Ireland is a freelance sci

The Silveira lab at the University of Miami is searching for a postdoc to investigate phage-bacteria interactions in South Florida ecosystems, like coral reefs, Sargassum blooms, and the Everglades.

CIMI - Sorbonne Université is hiring a postdoc to participate in the pre-clinical development of a synergistic phage therapy/antibiotic treatment protocol against Klebsiella pneumoniae.

The Gralka and Mulla groups (VU Amsterdam) are seeking a PhD student to study phage ecology in microbial communities.

North Carolina State University is hiring a PostDoc to contribute to several ongoing projects in the areas of microbial engineering and phage ecology.

University of Hertfordshire is hiring a Senior Lecturer in Microbiology to teach bacteriology, medical microbiology, antimicrobial resistance, identification of pathogens, phage biology and OneHealth.

Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK is hiring a Research Fellow in BioSciences to study phage biology and ecology to further develop approaches to characterise viral and bacterial communities.

Washington University is hiring a Research Technician II - Molecular Microbiology to study the molecular arms race between bacteria and these viruses by discovering and characterizing new bacterial phage defense mechanisms.

Ancilia Biosciences (New York City), a new company harnessing CRISPR to develop a new class of Live Biotherapeutics with engineered immunity against viruses, is hiring a Senior Scientist and a Scientist.

Medical-grade phage is now available for expanded access through Tolka.ai's waitlist, after a year of hard work by Johan Wikstrom, Keqing Li, Thomas Hunt, Volodymyr Kulchytskyi, and the broader phage community; phage researchers can learn m

Interested in graduate microbiome research at Penn State University? Register today for @PSUmBiome Graduate Studies Open House Oct 12th, 6-7 PM ET.

Congrats to Vivek Mutalik and colleagues, who have received funding from the BRaVE initiative (US Dept of Energy) to expand their Phage Foundry, a platform for phage countermeasures against AMR pathogens.

Cytophage Technologies has announced a distribution agreement with a leading animal health company in South Asia. The initial product for distribution will be Cytophage’s FARMPHAGE (TM) formulation for the poultry industry.

Eray Enustun (UCSD) and colleagues have used proximity labeling and localization mapping to systematically map out the protein interaction network of the ‘phage nucleus’ made by jumbo phages.

Jens Hör (Weizmann Institute of Science) and colleagues have discovered that bacteria conjugate ubiquitin-like proteins to interfere with phage assembly.

Phage researcher Pranav Johri discusses phage therapy and antimicrobial resistance in India in a recent article in The Microbiologist

Ph.D. Opportunity: "Understanding novel aspects of the phage infection process in WHO Critical pathogens using bacterial impedance cytometry at UK Health Security Agency and University of Southampton.

This week, Atif Khan, a core contributor for Capsid & Tail, tells us a bit about the history of phage work in India, and invites us to join him at the ICBRAR 2023, an upcoming phage conference in Chennai. Both Jess and I will be speaking vi