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This week, Madhav Madurantakam Royam interviewed Dr. Branko Rihtman and Dr. Richard Puxty about their new paper describing an unusual nucleotide substitution from deoxythymidine to deoxyuridine in a novel family of phages belonging to Naomi

The Hill lab at APC Microbiome (Cork, Ireland) is hiring a research assistant to collaborate with a major pharma company to explore the role of phages in shaping the human gut microbiome.

The Mostowy lab at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland is hiring a postdoc to work on bioinformatics and genomics of phages that infect opportunistic bacterial pathogens like Klebsiella pneumoniae and interact with their polysacch

## There's still time to register for Evergreen! Sign up here to be part of the longest running phage meeting. Phagebiotics Research Foundation and Phage Directory present the 24th biennial Evergreen International Phage Meeting August 2-5

Tired of manually counting plaques on petri dishes? Harness the power of AI to count plaques in near real-time with OnePetri, an automated plaque counting iOS app. Here’s a short clip of the app in action. I am looking for beta testers to

The FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and NIH's NIAID have announced a public workshop entitled “Science and Regulation of Bacteriophage Therapy.” The purpose of the public workshop is to exchange information with the medi

I observed lysis plaques all over ATCC P. aeruginosa 27853 soft agar overlay prepared from overnight bacterial cultures. The bacterial strain is reported to contain prophage sequences in its genome. ATCC website also mentions that phage may

Rebekah Dedrick (University of Pittsburgh) and colleagues published a new paper in Nature Medicine on how antibody-mediated neutralization limited phage treatment of a pulmonary M. abscessus infection. They used the same phages that worked

Matthias Hoetzinger (Linnaeus University, Sweden) and colleagues published a paper in Environmental Microbiology on how the dynamics of Baltic Sea phages are driven by environmental changes. They isolated 121 phage strains infecting three b

Hayley Nordstrom (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine) and colleagues published a preprint showing genomic and functional characterization of P. aeruginosa-targeting phages isolated from hospital wastewater. They used a panel of cli

Karen Fong (Summerland Research and Development Centre, Canada) and colleagues published a review article in PHAGE on the host range of phages and its impact on the agri-food sector. They discuss the research pro

Diana Pires (University of Minho, Portugal) and colleagues published a review in Annual Review of Virology on understanding the complex phage-host interactions in biofilm communities. They summarize the main features affecting phage-biofilm

Gaithersburg, MD, USA Adaptive Phage Therapeutics, a clinical-stage, phage-based biotech company in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, is hiring for several positions. To apply, email your cover letter and resume to HR@aphage.com. ##### Clinical

Gaithersburg, MD, USA Adaptive Phage Therapeutics, a clinical-stage, phage-based biotech company in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, is hiring for several positions. To apply, email your cover letter and resume to HR@aphage.com. ##### Clinical

Are your manuscripts meeting their potential? We're launching a new community initiative called Instill Science to help you raise your impact (and get credit for helping your fellow phage community members do the same). ## Could I have publ

The Marquis lab (UNSW, Australia) is looking for a part-time Research Officer for a key role in supporting research projects in the area of phage purification.

Intralytix is currently seeking an experienced Senior Research Scientist to lead various research projects focused on the development of phage-based products, with a focus on human health applications.

Felix Biotechnology is looking for a Scientist to help develop phage therapies targeting multidrug resistant bacterial infections. Responsibilities include engineering phages, isolating and characterizing phage-host interactions and more.

The Penadés lab (Imperial College London) is looking for a postdoc to study the impact of phages on the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Note: date/time change! For PHAVES #20 next week, Dr. Gina Suh, MD (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN) and John Haverty will present a doctor-patient experience with phage therapy on July 22 at 2:30 PM Eastern! Gina treated John's leg with phages