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Viperins are known to function in the eukaryotic antiviral response, and now they've been found in prokaryotes. Aude Bernheim (Weizmann Institute of Science) and colleagues published a new paper in Nature on prokaryotic viperins, which prot

The use and selection of excipients are critical to stabilize phages in solid formulations. Yajie Zhang (University of Texas at Austin) and colleagues have reviewed the current classes of phage excipients, outstanding challenges with phage

Niels Vander Elst (Ghent University) and colleagues published a new paper in Antibiotics on the characterization of two phage lysins, PlySs2 and PlySs9, which have in vitro lytic activity against bovine mastitis pathogen Streptococcus uberi

What's the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes and virulence genes in complete/near-complete phage genomes? The Millard Lab did an analysis; here are the results.

Clément Girardot wrote a new piece on phage therapy for The Guardian's Global Development section; in it he interviews Tobi Nagel and Martha Clokie of Phages for Global Health.

Micreos has initiated a clinical trial to evaluate a topically-applied phage endolysin as a therapy for Atopic Dermatitis.

The Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, an Indian research institute, has been developing phage cocktails for aquaculture. They've now transferred their phage technology to Salem Microbes Private Ltd, so it can be made available

An international team of scientists are calling for the European Union to enforce non-animal antibody production, and phage display may be the ideal replacement. Report | Press release.

The next rendition of PHAVES will be a seminar/Q&A with Dr. Emma Bell, Principal Bacteriophage Scientist at FixedPhage, and will take place October 6th at 4PM GMT+1. She'll discuss their phage immobilization technology and how they've impro

Hello fellow phage workers - are you modifying phages, genetically or chemically, to improve their ability to act as therapeutics? Attaching toxins so the phage capsid provides specificity to target bacteria? Creating phage based vaccines?

Hi everybody, would anyone be kind enough to share bacterial strain BLT5403? It's part of Novagen's T7 phage kit. Unfortunately it didn't make the move with me and I don't want to buy a whole kit to just get the bacteria. — @Kean_Research v

The longest river of India, the Ganges, is reported for the richest diversity of bacteriophages compared to any other river across the globe. This diversity was formed when bacteriophages were trapped at the origin of the river millions of

Lorenz Leitner (Balgrist University Hospital, Switzerland) and colleagues published a new paper in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on the results of a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial to investigate intravesical ph

Tao Zuo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) and collegues published a new paper in Cell Host & Microbe on the fecal DNA virome of 930 healthy adults from two regions in China spanning six ethnicities, including urban and rural residents.

Jānis Rūmnieks (Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center, Latvia) and colleagues published a new paper in Science Advances showing the 3D structure of 22 uncultured ssRNA phages.

Kaat Schroven (KU Leuven, Belgium) and colleagues published a new review in FEMS Microbiology Reviews on phages as drivers of bacterial virulence and their potential for biotechnological exploitation.

Alejandro González-Mora (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico) and colleagues published a new review in Vaccines on phage-based vaccines for antigen delivery.

This teaching module uses PHASTER and other freely available tools for phage genome identification and phylogenetic analysis in undergraduate microbiology courses. The exercises were field-tested in classes and undergraduate directed resear

The next rendition of PHAVES will be a seminar with Dr. Panos Kalatzis (University of Copenhagen) on Sept 22 at 11:00 AM Eastern / 5:00 PM (GMT+2). Panos will tell us about the potential of phage therapy in aquaculture. Small group networki

Elections for the International Society for Viruses of Microorganisms (ISVM) Officers will take place in October 2020. We are still looking for more candidates who wish to serve on the ISVM Board and are extending the candidate application