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In a new paper in Nature, Joseph Kreitz (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) and colleagues show that Photorhabdus virulence cassette (PVCs), part of a class of syringe-like nanomachines resembling phage tails, can be reprogrammed for protein

By analyzing metagenomic samples from IBD patients, Shaqed Carasso (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology) and colleagues identified invertible regions that correlate with disease, including Bacteroides fragilis polysaccharide-A, which is

This week's EMDB (Electron Microscopy Data Bank) release includes this beautiful 4.4 Å single particle CryoEM structure of a phicrAss001 virion!

This review by Fazal Mehmood Khan (Shenzhen University) and colleagues provides an update on the use of animal models in phage therapy, summarizing preclinical approaches in various in-vivo models and highlighting the need for pharmacokinet

Research and Teaching Post-doc at University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) at the University of Connecticut (UConn) in Storrs seeks to fill a non-tenure track PhD Research and Teaching Schol

The Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (Singapore) is seeking a Research Assistant to work with Dr. Kevin Pethe on evaluating therapeutic phages in animal models of bacterial infections.

The US FDA is seeking applications for three phage therapy-related research opportunities (open to post-baccalaureate, post-masters, and postdocs). Projects are aimed at evaluating the use of phage to treat Staphyloccocus aureus colonizatio

The Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology at Karolinska Institutet is seeking a Principal Researcher to focus on phage therapy and microbiota in women’s health.

The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Facilities (India) are seeking an MSc final-year student for a 6-month project on the isolation and characterization of phages from environmental samples. The position is open only for Indian nationals.

Hello Phage People, Does anyone use Phage DNA Isolation Kit from Norgen Biotek? I'm using this kit and trying to increase the DNA concentration. I already did all the additional steps but does anyone have any tricks for increasing concentra

The recording of the recent Clubhouse audio conversation on GMP phage therapy production (’Just say no to GMP?’) has just been posted! This was a talk hosted last week by Sabrina Green, Adriana Hernandez, Jean-Paul Pirnay, Patrick Druggan,

The UK parliament recently heard evidence on phages for AMR. According to Stephanie Lesage via LinkedIn: “There was a general consensus on the need to embrace the biological and unique nature of phages and find more suitable approaches to s

Viruses of Microbes is happening this year in Tbilisi, Georgia July 3rd-7th. The deadline for abstract submission is May 1st.

The Canadian Society of Microbiologists conference (CSM) is hosting a phage session (Bacteriophage and bacterial defense systems). This year, the conference is hosted in Halifax from June 25th-28th, and the abstract deadline is April 17th.

The International Workshop on Ecophage is happening in Valencia, Spain from Sept 12-13, 2023. Join experts in phage research, farmers, food companies, policy makers, and consumer reps in a workshop on phage-based strategies for preventing A

This month we featured a new phage startup out of Shanghai, and massive write-ups on lab automation, working with tabular data, and using qPCR for phage therapy. March was an action-packed month! We had a great post about a new phage startu

Dalhousie University is seeking applicants for an Assistant/Associate Professor position with a focus on Virus-Host Interactions, restricted to individuals who self-identify as women. The position is closing on April 1st and is open to phag

The University of Ljubljana's Biotechnical Faculty (Slovenia) has an open position for a Researcher to work on a project focused on control of bacteria by temperate phages, considering phenotypic changes, molecular mechanisms and evolutiona

The University of Connecticut seeks to fill a non-tenure track Research and Teaching Scholar position (Assistant Research Professor) beginning in August 2023 who is interested in studying biochemical and biophysical aspects of dsDNA virus a

Intralytix is seeking an experienced Research Scientist to participate in various research projects focused on the development of bacteriophage-based products and the genetic characterization required for commercialization.