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The 6th World Congress on Targeting Phage Therapy 2023 will take place in Paris, France June 1-2, 2023. The conference will highlight the recent innovations and clinical applications of phages, validation and limitations. Targeting Phage T

KU Leuven is looking for a motivated candidate with experience in systems biology and bioreactor process modelling to fill their Postdoc position on advanced modelling of phage-host dynamics in bioreactors.

The Singapore Center for Environmental Life Sciences and the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at the National University of Singapore (NUS) are recruiting a full-time Principal Research Scientist / Senior Principal Research Scientist t

Central European Institute of Technology of Masaryk University (Czech Republic) is seeking a postdoctoral scientist to use cryo-electron microscopy and tomography to determine three-dimensional structures of viruses and bacteriophages and c

The National Research Council of Canada is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to develop a cell-free expression system for rapid and cost-effective host-independent production of therapeutic and engineered phages for multidrug-resistant bacteria

The University of California San Diego is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to investigate the role of bacteriophages as members of the human microbiome. The work will be conducted under the mentorship of Dr. David Pride, MD PhD, Professor of P

Save the date! The Evergreen International Phage Meeting is back this year (and back on campus)! Confirmed dates: Aug 6-11th 2023. 500 people max. Details to come!

The 28th Biennial Conference on Phage/Virus Assembly will be held at Shrigley Hall in Macclesfield, UK from 18-23 June 2023.

On Feb 28 at 5 PM East Africa Time, the Africa Phage Forum will be hosting a talk by Dr. Evelien Adriaenssens (Quadram Institute; Chair of ICTV Bacterial Viruses Committee) on the recently announced changes to phage taxonomy, including the 

In this new paper in Virus Evolution, Eric Olo Ndela (Université Clermont Auvergne, France) and colleagues report the discovery of sixteen complete microvirus genomes that represent two novel groups of microviruses, tentatively named Reekee

In a new paper in Cell, Brianna Duncan-Lowey (Harvard Medical School) and colleagues determined the cryo-EM structures of the RADAR defense complex, revealing RdrA as a heptameric, two-layered AAA+ ATPase and RdrB as a dodecameric, hollow c

A new paper by Pablo Quirós (Universitat de Barcelona) and colleagues published in The ISME Journal reports the isolation of the first phage infecting some Nitrosomonas species. This polyvalent virulent phage (named ΦNF-1) infected Nitrosom

Soo Khim Chan (University of California San Diego) and colleagues have developed peptides which bind specifically to Pseudomonas phage Good Vibes, which may enable real-time analysis of phage in vivo and monitor the efficacy of phage therap

In a new paper in Biotechnology Advances, Wajid Hussain (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) and colleagues review genetic engineering approaches for bacteriophages, with a focus on their potential applications.

This week, Jessica Sacher shares learnings from setting up a pipeline for phage production/purification/QC at Phage Australia, and using it to provide phage therapy for our first 3 patients in 2022! Biggest learning: the hardest part about

KU Leuven is hiring a Postdoc to work on a bacterial synthetic biology research project involving phage-host dynamics and bioprocess modelling.

From A-Z of phage development, the 5th Bacteriophage Therapy Summit is the definitive commercial-orientated conference to accelerate phage-based applications for organizations pioneering with phage pipelines. Explore advancements in clinic

On Feb 28 at 5PM East Africa Time, Phage Kenya Consortium will be hosting a talk by Dr. Evelien Adriaenssens (Quadram Institute; Chair of ICTV Bacterial Viruses Committee) on the recently announced changes to phage taxonomy, including the a

On February 8 at 9:30am GMT the UK Parliament Science and Technology Committee will be holding a public oral evidence session for "The antimicrobial potential of bacteriophages."

The MDPI Journal 'Cells' is hosting a special issue entitled Phage Therapy and Phage-Derived Enzymes as Antibacterial Agents led by Guest Editors Drs. Stephen Abedon, Katarzyna Danis-Wlodarczyk, Razi Kebriaei, and Aleksandra Petrovic Fabija