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In this episode of the Phage Therapy Today podcast, host Steven Yang sits down with Dr. Steven Theriault from Cytophage Technologies Inc. to discuss how he is building and expanding businesses in both clinical and agricultural markets acros

In a new preprint, Medeea Popescu and colleagues report that the bacteriophage Pf4, produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, dampens inflammatory responses in response to either P. aeruginosa airway infection in a mouse model of acute pneumonia

In a new paper in Current Opinion in Microbiology, Aisylu Shaidullina and Alexander Harms present an overview of recent breakthroughs in the systematic investigation of phage-host interactions. They highlight recent work on the molecular ba

This preprint by Séraphine Degroux et al. presents the electron cryo-microscopy structure of bacteriophage T5 RBPpb5 in complex with its E. coli receptor, the iron ferrichrome transporter FhuA.

In a new paper in Nature Microbiology, Benjamin Adler et al. show that the CRISPR-Cas13a protein from Leptotrichia buccalis has robust antiviral activity against a wide range of phages and can be applied as a generalizable tool for editing

Guy Mason and Enrique R. Rojas published a new preprint entitled Mechanical compression induces persistent bacterial growth during bacteriophage predation. The paper discusses how bacteria can grow persistently when perfused with high-titer

This week, we highlight our October feature articles: Dive down the rabbit hole with us on designing phage data systems, building sustainable phage therapy, and get excited for this year's World Phage Week! Here's what we published this mon

The Dragos lab at the University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty is looking for a postdoc in microbiology with experience in microscopic analysis of bacterial cells, Bacillus sp gene regulation, genetic engineering of microbes and phage-

Edze Westra (University of Exeter) is looking for a PhD student to work on the evolution of viral communication systems.

This PhD project at the University of Exeter aims to understand mechanisms of synergy between bacterial anti‐phage defences.

This PhD project, co-supervised by Tiffany Taylor (University of Bath), Edze Westra (University of Exeter), and Andrew Preston (University of Bath), with collaborators Ben Ashby (Simon Fraser University) will study the interplay between a n

The SWBio DTP is advertising a PhD project on how biofilms protect themselves against bacteriophage infection and how they fail.

Dear ISVM Members, We are pleased to announce the results of our 2022 ISVM Executive Board election. Thank you to 292 of you who participated in the election of the new Board members. The New ISVM Board members for 2023-2024 are listed belo

Stephanie Lesage, Richard James and Francesca Hodges have spearheaded Phage-UK, which has >45 clinicians interested in phage therapy, who work in 15 different UK Hospital Trusts; with a Phage-UK Clinical Steering Group of 18 members. Their

Viruses Journal is now accepting nominations for their 2022 Early Career Investigator Award. The prize will be awarded to two early-career investigators demonstrating excellence in virology, and will include an invitation to speak at the Vi

Craig MacLean on Twitter: "Quick question: does anybody know of fluorescent dyes that can be used to stain phage? Want to measure ability of phage to adsorb to bacterial cells they cannot infect."

Micreos, a Dutch/Swiss biotech company, has secured its next funding round of €25 million in growth capital for clinical development of its endolysin technology platform, set to replace antibiotics in many areas.

Adi Millman et al. published a new paper in Cell Host & Microbe entitled An expanded arsenal of immune systems that protect bacteria from phages. They report the discovery of 21 defense systems that protect bacteria from phages, based on co

In a new paper in mBio, Eugen Pfeifer and colleagues report that phage-plasmids commonly encode different and multiple types of resistance genes of high clinical importance, often in integrons.