Search

Ushanandini Mohanraj (University of Helsinki) and colleagues have published a paper showing a screen they've developed to identify hypothetical phage proteins with antibacterial activity. They've used it to identify four Yersinia phage prot

Mainstream news outlets are covering antibiotic resistance as a result of the two major antibiotic resistance reports just released (which we covered last week). CBS News gets into why the system for antimicrobial development is broken. Glo

Emmanuel Nnadi, Plateau State University We have been attempting to get the titre of our phage but don't seem to know where we are getting it wrong. What's your preferred protocol? We use the double-layer plaque assay and a McFarlands stand

Emmanuel Nnadi, Plateau State University We have been attempting to get the titre of our phage but don't seem to know where we are getting it wrong. What's your preferred protocol? We use the double-layer plaque assay and a McFarlands stand

Felix Biotechnology is a new phage company using phages to target antibiotic resistant bacteria based on their mechanism of antibiotic resistance (working with Yale University). They just won this year's Falling Walls Venture competition in

The first meeting of Boston PFU (Phage Fanatics United) will be Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 at the Countway Medical Library, Harvard Medical School. Find details and join the mailing list here! This is a social and general meeting, and is open t

The first meeting of Boston PFU (Phage Fanatics United) will be Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 at the Countway Medical Library, Harvard Medical School. Find details and join the mailing list here! This is a social and general meeting, and is open t

Yi Duan (UCSD) and colleagues have published an incredibly exciting paper showing that cytotoxin-secreting Enterococcus faecalis in the mouse gut is a cause of alcohol-induced liver disease in mice. Most excitingly, they used phages to targ

Shelley Gibson (Baylor College of Medicine) and colleagues have published a paper describing the generation of phage libraries against three pathogens: E. coli, P. aeruginosa and Enterobacter cloacae. They've characterized the phages system

Diane Shader Smith wrote a beautiful article commemorating the two-year anniversary of her daughter Mallory’s passing. Mallory passed away due to drug-resistant Burkholderia and cystic fibrosis. Diane remarks that Mallory's legacy lives on

BiomX just presented preclinical data on its development of a phage cocktail active against Klebsiella pneumoniae strains correlated with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) severity. PSC is a liver disease with no FDA-approved treatment t

One of Intralytix's phage products, EcoShield (which targets E. coli O157:H7), has been approved by the FDA to be used more broadly. Now it can be used on ground beef (plus other meat cuts and on carcasses). Previously, it could only be use

The Open Health Systems Colloquium and the International Bacteriophage Research Consortium will be hosting a lecture and panel discussion on "Charting a Path Toward Bacteriophage Therapy" on Nov. 19 from 6-8:30 PM at the India International

Edze Westra of the University of Exeter has been awarded the 2020 Fleming Prize from the Microbiology Society for his work on CRISPR-CAS molecular mechanisms and evolutionary ecology. This award is the oldest prize awarded by the Microbiolo

BiomX just presented preclinical data on its development of a phage cocktail active against Klebsiella pneumoniae strains correlated with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) severity. PSC is a liver disease with no FDA-approved treatment t

Diane Shader Smith wrote a beautiful article commemorating the two-year anniversary of her daughter Mallory’s passing. Mallory passed away due to drug-resistant Burkholderia and cystic fibrosis. Diane remarks that Mallory's legacy lives on

One of Intralytix's phage products, EcoShield (which targets E. coli O157:H7), has been approved by the FDA to be used more broadly. Now it can be used on ground beef (plus other meat cuts and on carcasses). Previously, it could only be use

Shelley Gibson (Baylor College of Medicine) and colleagues have published a paper describing the generation of phage libraries against three pathogens: E. coli, P. aeruginosa and Enterobacter cloacae. They've characterized the phages system

Yi Duan (UCSD) and colleagues have published an incredibly exciting paper showing that cytotoxin-secreting Enterococcus faecalis in the mouse gut is a cause of alcohol-induced liver disease in mice. Most excitingly, they used phages to targ

Edze Westra of the University of Exeter has been awarded the 2020 Fleming Prize from the Microbiology Society for his work on CRISPR-CAS molecular mechanisms and evolutionary ecology. This award is the oldest prize awarded by the Microbiolo