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This week on PhageCast, the team talked to Paul Turner about how his lab is predicting the trade-offs of bacterial resistance to phage, to achieve killing by reversing the antibiotic resistance. They also covered how these findings are tran

The International Society of Microbiota will host their 11th Annual Meeting, Targeting Microbiota, on October 17-18 at the Corinthia Palace Malta, to explore the role of microbiota in health and disease, advancements in microbiome medicine,

Returning to Boston next week (February 27-29), the Bacteriophage Therapy Summit is the only global platform for industry-dominated phage drug developers. Check the agenda & get your ticket ASAP! Join 18+ expert speakers from Merck, Pfize

PhageCast recently interviewed Lorenzo Corsini about why Staph phages don’t work well in plasma or synovial fluid, and talked to Jean-Paul Pirnay (2-part series) about the Queen Astrid Military Hospital’s first 100 documented cases of phage

Greg German (Unity Health Toronto) has been awarded a Professorship at the University of Toronto for Bacteriophage Research and Innovation with a five year term. Congrats Greg!

In an article featured in BioSpectrum India, Atif Khan, a scientist at the Biofouling and Biofilm Processes Section of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India discusses the likely establishment of phage infrastructure in India within the n

Michael Shamash, a gut phageome PhD student at McGill University, explores the influence of gut phages on the human microbiome and their potential impact on health in a podcast interview with Justine Dees at the Joyful Microbe.

Hugo Oliveira (University of Minho) will share insights from in vitro and in vivo studies on a phage-derived protein on February 29th at 11 AM GMT as part of the Africa Phage Forum series. Register here.

Only 4 months remain until the Viruses of Microbes 2024 Meeting takes place (July 15-19, 2024). Phage researchers are encouraged to confirm their participation early to plan for the trip down under!

From David Bikard via Twitter: A question to the phage aficionado. Do you have clear examples of anti-phage defense systems that block the production or assembly of phage particles without targeting the phage DNA and without resulting in ce

Dear phage researchers, for receptor-binding experiments, we are looking for phage T2. If anyone is still actively working with T2, we'd appreciate a small sample. With best wishes, Mark van Raaij, mjvanraaij@cnb.csic.es

Dear researchers and Professors: This is a small bio-technology company in China. We urgently need to buy or share some Streptococcus mutant phage M102, M102AD, e10, f1, SMHBZ8, APCM01, phiKSM96, to continue our research, If you got some or

Hi, everyone in phage community, my name is Dr. Prince, I belong to India, and I completed my doctorate in phage characterization and its application. I am looking for a postdoc position in phage biology. Please help me for the postdoc posi

Phage Phriday on Clubhouse returns for a holiday special on Dec 22, featuring Amanda Burkardt, CEO of new therapeutic phage company Phiogen, and Iddo Weiner, VP of research at BiomX, who recently generated some exciting new phage clinical t

The International Bacteriophage Research Consortium (IBRC) & Open Source Pharma Foundation (OSPF) in association with the Indian Society for Bacteriophage Research and Therapy (SBRT) have started a series of talks by clinicians with experie

Did you know that VoM is heading down under? The Viruses of Microbes (VoM) Conference will take place in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, July 15-19th, 2024. Registration is open now!

Ann Gregory, PhD via Twitter: Does anyone have any advice for where to purchase start-up equipment with a tight budget? (1) Class II Biosafety Cabinet, (2) Benchtop Microcentrifuge, (3) Anaerobic Chamber, (4) Autoclavable Micropipettes sets

This week Phagecast podcast published a new episode featuring an interview with Jean-Paul Pirnay! Dive into the world of phage therapy in Belgium – how it started, current practices, and future perspectives. This episode is the first of a t

The Nobrega lab at the University of Southampton has launched phagecollection.org, the home of their new initiative to unite citizen scientists searching for phages to combat bacterial infections. They aim to educate the public about AMR an

Phage researchers from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Poland recently gathered at the 2nd BSVoM hands-on workshop on personalized phage therapy, organized by Jean-Paul Pirnay, Maya Merabishvili, and Tea Glonti and held at the Queen