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The Rao lab at Stanford is seeking Mycobacterium phages for testing the new point-of-care phage-based diagnostic device they are developing. If anyone has any to share, or wants to collaborate, please reach out to Dr. Jianghong Rao!

Atif Khan published a new blog post on the Phage Collection Project blog about phage-based biofouling control in power plants. He explains how phages can eliminate biofilms that encourage barnacle larvae settlement, offering a sustainable a

Kate Harding (University of Otago) and colleagues published a new paper on genome-wide identification of bacterial genes for nucleus-forming phage infection, showing flagella and lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis genes are major contributors

Amit Rimon (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and colleagues published a new paper on comparing methods for assessing phage activity against biofilms, showing several promising techniques including calorimetry, extracellular ATP measurement,

Sisi Lin (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) and colleagues published a new paper on coating phage-infected bacteria with polymers, showing this preserves phage vitality and improves therapeutic outcomes in mouse models of bacterial infection c

Su Jin Jo (Seoul National University) and colleagues published a paper on a new model they've developed for standardizing and optimizing an agar plate-based method for phage production based on plaque size and inoculum concentration.

Hanzada Nour El-Din (National Research Council Canada) and colleagues published a new paper on isolation and characterization of phages against Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis patients, showing four phages with broad host range

The Rao lab at Stanford is seeking Mycobacterium phages for testing the new point-of-care phage-based diagnostic device they are developing. If anyone has any to share, or wants to collaborate, please reach out to Dr. Jianghong Rao!

In vitro, curcumin (400 ug/mL) combined with the newly isolated phage vB_AbaSI_1 reduced multidrug-resistant A. baumannii to undetectable levels within 1 hour, and a double dose extended this to 5 hours, whereas phage alone rebounded within

Zachary Baker (Virginia Tech) and colleagues published a new paper on engineered phages for gut protein delivery, showing that T4 phages can be modified to express therapeutic proteins released during bacterial lysis in the mammalian gut, r

Richard Henshaw (Tufts University) and colleagues published a new paper on chemotaxis of marine bacteria toward virus-infected cyanobacteria, showing that metabolites released during phage infection attract heterotrophic bacteria, likely in

Maciej Żaczek (Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy) and colleagues published a new paper on Polish perceptions of phage therapy, showing awareness of phage therapy varies significantly by education level, with 84.4% o

Tanita Wein (Weizmann Institute of Science) and colleagues published a new paper on bacterial CARD domains in anti-phage defense, showing that CARD domains are essential for protease-mediated activation of bacterial gasdermins that trigger

Siti Adil (La Trobe University) and colleagues published a new phage purification methods comparison paper, showing Triton X-100 was most effective for endotoxin removal and phage recovery compared to CsCl ultracentrifugation and endotoxin

I'm a chronic prostatitis patient who has tried Georgian & Russian phages before. While they did help, there was no lasting effect. I studied microbiology and so have faith in phages. I'd be looking for a place that could treat me, includin

I'm a chronic prostatitis patient who has tried Georgian & Russian phages before. While they did help, there was no lasting effect. I studied microbiology and so have faith in phages. I'd be looking for a place that could treat me, includin

After an announcement last month that Canada would close its phage therapy research program at the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg, Michael Parcey and colleagues have announced a ‘stunning reversal’: a set of unexpected, last-minute c

I'm a chronic prostatitis patient who has tried Georgian & Russian phages before. While they did help, there was no lasting effect. I studied microbiology and so have faith in phages. I'd be looking for a place that could treat me, includin

I'm a chronic prostatitis patient who has tried Georgian & Russian phages before. While they did help, there was no lasting effect. I studied microbiology and so have faith in phages. I'd be looking for a place that could treat me, includin

Evergreen 2025 is happening, and for the first time in its 50-year history, we're taking it on the road! Register now for the 26th Biennial Evergreen International Phage Meeting, which will be held August 3-8, 2025, at the University of Te