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Eleanor Townsend (University of Warwick) and colleagues published a new paper in PHAGE describing the isolation and characterization of 30 novel, genetically diverse Klebsiella phages.

The Center for Phage Technology has published CPT-GFFParser, an extensively featured Python parser for GFF format reading/writing developed by the CPT bioinformatics team (main author Anthony Criscione). It's now available as a python packa

The Bordenstein Lab (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee) is recruiting at all levels to join projects on the molecular mechanisms and evolution of (i) phage WO genes that cause symbiotic phenotypes and (ii) insect genes that regula

Join us April 13 at 4PM CEST for PHAVES #14, which will be a seminar with Dr. Clara Torres-Barceló (Plant Pathology Unit, INRAE, Avignon, France) entitled: "Jack of all strains, master of none? Host range and efficacy in phages of a phytopa

We're excited to announce that we're starting a new stream of PHAVES, running parallel to our researcher-focused series. The new series will focus on phage therapy in the clinic. We'll be featuring clinicians who have treated patients with

PHAVES #16 will be May 12 at 2PM Mountain time. Dr. Greg Canfield and Dr. Laura Damioli from the University of Colorado will give a joint talk entitled: Freedom from antibiotic purgatory?: Salvage phage therapy for cure of spinal hardware i

PHAVES #16 will be May 12 at 2PM Mountain time. Dr. Greg Canfield and Dr. Laura Damioli from the University of Colorado will give a joint talk entitled: Freedom from antibiotic purgatory?: Salvage phage therapy for cure of spinal hardware i

PHAVES #16 will be May 12 at 2PM Mountain time. Dr. Greg Canfield and Dr. Laura Damioli from the University of Colorado will give a joint talk entitled: Freedom from antibiotic purgatory?: Salvage phage therapy for cure of spinal hardware i

PHAVES #16 will be May 12 at 2PM Mountain time. Dr. Greg Canfield and Dr. Laura Damioli from the University of Colorado will give a joint talk entitled: Freedom from antibiotic purgatory?: Salvage phage therapy for cure of spinal hardware i

We are urgently seeking Klebsiella pneumoniae 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 testing your phages - By receiving the s

This week, we're highlighting the three feature articles we published in March: a quick dive into phage and diabetic foot ulcers, a recap of the Phage Futures conference last month, and a recap of Jon Iredell's PHAVES seminar this month on

The Bioscience Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking a motivated, enthusiastic post-master’s student interested in phage biology research. The goal of the project is to develop a novel high throughput platform to rapidly dis

Dr. Hany Anany (University of Guelph) is looking for a PhD student to work on a newly funded 3-year project with the National Research Council of Canada to develop a phage-based rapid detection device for Listeria monocytogenes using immobi

As mentioned in this month's Quick Dive on phage and diabetic foot infections, Phage Directory is excited to be putting together a new series of talks (ideally the beginning of a working group) on clinical use of phage, starting with diabet

Acknowledging the importance of genomic characterization of phages to understand their biology and for their safe use in therapeutics and other applications, International Bacteriophage Research Consortium (IBRC) and Phage Directory, USA ar

Phage Club on Clubhouse is back next week on Wednesday night (9PM Eastern). The theme will be 'Therapeutic Phage on Trial: Burden of Proof in Genomic Analysis', which will be an 'after party' after Justin Clark's seminar on Tuesday March 30

Greetings to all senior phage scientists. I am currently conducting phage research and seeking your collaboration in order to characterize the isolated phages using TEM. Kindly assist me to achieve this task by highlighting your requirement

Graham Hatfull and Steffanie Strathdee are seeking information about nebulizers that have been tested in phage therapy. See Steffanie's tweet thread here and get in touch with her or Graham if you'd like to help. "#Phage tweeps: @GHatfull &

Check out this Twitter Q&A thread started by Paul Jaschke: "Anybody know of a source where cost of production ($/pfu) has been calculated for GMP or similar phage preps? #phagetherapy #bacteriophage #gmp".

Liechtenstein company Lysando AG and Korean company Amicogen Inc. have forged a strategic partnership. Lysando creates Artilysin®s, which are phage lysin-based antimicrobial proteins, and partnering with Amicogen will allow them to access t