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Lyman Ngiam (University of Queensland) and colleagues published a paper in Environmental Microbiology showing that phages isolated from non-target bacteria demonstrate broad host range infectivity against multidrug-resistant bacteria.

Shen-Yuan Hsieh (Quadram Institute Bioscience) and colleagues published a new paper in Viruses showing a comparison of PCR vs. PCR-free DNA library preparation for characterising the human faecal virome.

[Thanks to the 15+ labs who have responded!! We'll be in touch soon with next steps!] We are urgently seeking Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages for a cystic fibrosis patient in Switzerland. (More than 140 phages have already been tested, but t

[Thanks to the 15+ labs who have responded!! We'll be in touch soon with next steps!] We are urgently seeking Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages for a cystic fibrosis patient in Switzerland. (More than 140 phages have already been tested, but t

[Thanks to the 3 labs who have responded!] We are urgently seeking Stenotrophomonas phages for a patient in the USA. Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strain - By receiving the strain and t

[Thanks to the 3 labs who have responded!] We are urgently seeking Stenotrophomonas phages for a patient in the USA. Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strain - By receiving the strain and t

In our PHAVES series this summer, Dr. Gina Suh, an infectious disease physician at the Mayo Clinic, and John Haverty, a phage therapy patient, spoke about phage therapy from a doctor's and patient's perspective. Here’s the recording, along

Phage Futures EU 2021 returns in-person in Brussels, Belgium on November 23-24! The theme will be 'Translating phage-based applications into clinically and commercially viable therapeutics'. Are you a student? Today (Oct 15) is the poster

Last chance to get your phage bioinformatics manuscript into PHAGE Journal's special phage AI and informatics issue! If you're working on AI in phage biology or therapy, or tools for host discovery, prediction, etc, submit your manuscript b

Jessica Sacher will chair the next Phage Phun session, which will be Wednesday Oct 27 at 9AM Pacific. Join us for this informal virtual networking session by registering here. (If you’re already signed up for the PHAVES series or a past Pha

Want to build leadership experience in a fun and low-key setting? If you'd like to chair a future Phage Phun (or PHAVES) event, email phagephun@phage.directory! We'll equip you with everything you need to know, and take care of all the tech

Intralytix, Inc. announced that its food safety product, CampyShield™, has received GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) recognition from the FDA. CampyShield™ contains naturally occurring lytic phages that selectively and specifically kill

The European Food Safety Authority panel published a new paper in EFSA Journal delivering a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting on a set of phages infecting Salmonella gallinarum (Bafasal®) for all av

Austen Terwilliger (TAILOR Labs, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas) and colleagues have published a new paper in Viruses on phage therapy related microbial succession associated with successful clinical outcome for a recurrent urinary tract

Erin Attrill (University of Exeter, UK) and colleagues published a new paper in PLOS Biology showing individual bacteria in structured environments rely on phenotypic resistance to phage.

Anne Chevallereau (University of Exeter, UK) and colleagues published a review in Nature Reviews Microbiology showing interactions between bacterial and phage communities in natural environments.

Today on the Clubhouse Phage Phridays at 2PM Eastern, Jessica and Jan from Phage Directory will continue last week's discussion on the State of Phage Survey results; come ask all your questions about what we found about who's collecting whi

Twitter call-out from Barbara Brenner; phages-to-patients: We are looking for experts to draft (inter-)national guidelines on phage therapy for medical doctors and clinics treating all aspects from "who can get it" over "how is it to be app

Jessica Sacher will chair the next Phage Phun session, which will be Wednesday Oct 27 at 9AM Pacific. Join us for this informal virtual networking session by registering here. (If you’re already signed up for the PHAVES series or a past Pha

We're compiling the results of our State of Phage 2020 Survey, and we're excited to show you a third snapshot of the findings! Today we're focusing on phage collections; which phages are labs collecting, how many do they have of each, and w