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Simon Roux (DOE Joint Genome Institute) and colleagues published a new preprint on diversity-generating retroelements (DGRs), which were first identified in a phage host recognition protein. They analyzed >30,000 metagenome-derived DGRs, an

This Science news article talks about COVID-related increases in antibiotic use, possible impacts on AMR, and mentions a multicenter US Department of Defense study that will look into secondary infections and antibiotic use in COVID patient

University of Waterloo researchers are working toward a phage-delivered COVID vaccine. The vaccine is designed to both produce virus-like particles that will stimulate an anti-SARS-CoV-2 immune response, and also to bind to SARS-CoV-2 recep

Viruses of Microbes 2020 will be postponed by one year: the proposed new dates are 05-09 July 2021. Read more at www.vom2020.org.

Simon Roux (DOE Joint Genome Institute) and colleagues published a new preprint on diversity-generating retroelements (DGRs), which were first identified in a phage host recognition protein. They analyzed >30,000 metagenome-derived DGRs, an

Susana Costa (University of Minho, Portugal) and colleagues published a paper in Scientific Reports on developing a novel flow cytometry assay for detection of Staphylococcus in blood culture samples based on phage-derived proteins. Utilizi

Franck Bouchart (Univ. Polytechnique Hauts-de-France) and colleagues published an interdisciplinary paper in Materials Science and Engineering: C showing the potential of 3D-printed calcium phosphate-based ceramics filled with phage cocktai

Researchers at Wayne State University led by Dr. Lobelia Samavati have secured a grant worth $1.98 million from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (part of the National Institutes of Health) to develop a novel T7 phage display te

This Science news article talks about COVID-related increases in antibiotic use, possible impacts on AMR, and mentions a multicenter US Department of Defense study that will look into secondary infections and antibiotic use in COVID patient

University of Waterloo researchers are working toward a phage-delivered COVID vaccine. The vaccine is designed to both produce virus-like particles that will stimulate an anti-SARS-CoV-2 immune response, and also to bind to SARS-CoV-2 recep

Catherine M. Loc-Carrillo, MSc, PhD Director, Micro-Phage Epi Laboratory Dear phageophiles – I’m hoping that one of you has or knows someone who has Pseudomonas phi6 (ATCC 21781-B1). I’m trying to get hold of this phage so I can use it as a

The phage community may have a key role to play in the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Patients hospitalized with respiratory viruses including flu and this current coronavirus get bacterial co-infections, and these co-infections correlate with mo

Jennifer Sun, a postdoc from the Bassler lab at Princeton, writes about how our knowledge of phage biology could aid our approach to tackle COVID-19.

Daniel Lauster (Freie Universität Berlin) and colleagues published a Nature Nanotechnology paper showing their use of phage capsid nanoparticles to block influenza virus entry into cells, leading to inhibition of infection in vitro and in v

Nikoline Olsen and colleagues at Aarhus University published a preprint on a new high throughput screening method (HITS) for isolating distinct phages at a large scale against multiple hosts.

Nathan Porter (University of Michigan) and colleagues published a new preprint on how phase-variable mechanisms alter phage susceptibility in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.

BiomX announced positive results from its Phase 1 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled cosmetic clinical study in 75 subjects with mild to moderate acne. Their phage product (a topical gel comprised of a cocktail of naturally-occurr

Amit Vikram (Intralytix, Inc) and colleagues published a paper showing that their company's EcoShield phage cocktail reduces E. coli O157:H7 levels by 97% in eight types of foods (including meats, fish, cheese and lettuce), including reduci

HHMI's Science Education Alliance, Gene-function Exploration by a Network of Emerging Scientists (SEA-GENES) project is designed to expand the work conducted in the SEA-PHAGES course. In the SEA-GENES project, students will generate express

A couple of phage therapy podcasts for you this week: one with John Haverty, who received phages from Adaptive Phage Therapeutics to prevent amputation of his leg in 2019. Another with Alexander Belcredi, CEO of PhagoMed.