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The Phages4Cure project is a German initiative (run by the Fraunhofer ITEM at Braunschweig in partnership with the DSMZ) to develop phage cocktails to treat P. aeruginosa in the lung. Fraunhofer ITEM has been manufacturing biologics to GMP

Locus Biosciences announced it has opened enrollment for a Phase 1b clinical trial evaluating a CRISPR Cas3-enhanced phage (crPhage™) product that will target E. coli causing urinary tract infections. This is the world's first controlled cl

Adaptive Phage Therapeutics was awarded a $10.2-million contract with the US Department of Defense. The funds will go toward developing PhageBank™️, the company's personalized phage therapy system, including conducting a clinical trial.

Cristina Howard-Varona (Ohio State University) and colleagues published a new paper on phage-specific metabolic reprogramming of 'virocells' (infected cells). This work digs into the question of how phage-infected cells affect their surroun

Happy New Year, phage enthusiasts! This week, we share how we plan to help the phage research community systematize and standardize phage data collection in 2020. We spent the last year visiting phage labs and companies, and talking to phag

BBC News has listed Isabelle Carnell Holdaway's phage therapy case as one of the biggest 'Man on the Moon' breakthroughs of 2019.

A Minnesota man's leg amputation was prevented by phages from Adaptive Phage Therapeutics. News story: Star Tribune

Johnson & Johnson seeks a Microbiology Leader, Scientific Director (phage work involved).

The J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, MD seeks a postdoc to develop improved reverse genetic tools for viruses (phage work involved).

New paper in Evolution by Animesh Gupta (UCSD) and colleagues: lambda phage overcomes a perturbation in its host-viral genetic network through mutualism and evolution of life history traits.

The Mikaelyan lab at North Carolina State University seeks a new postdoc to pursue original projects involving termite-microbe interactions (phage work involved).

Texas A&M is seeking a technician to work on phage projects.

New bioinformatics tool published by Qiaoliang Liu (Jilin University) for identifying phages from metagenomic bins and contigs: Virus Finding & Mining (VFM).

Ridge Vineyards Inc in Cupertino, CA is seeking a viticultural intern for a phage project.

The J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, MD seeks a postdoc to develop improved reverse genetic tools for viruses (phage work involved).

Texas A&M is seeking a technician to work on phage projects.

Johnson & Johnson seeks a Microbiology Leader, Scientific Director (phage work involved).

Ridge Vineyards Inc in Cupertino, CA is seeking a viticultural intern for a phage project.

The Mikaelyan lab at North Carolina State University seeks a new postdoc to pursue original projects involving termite-microbe interactions (phage work involved).

BBC News has listed Isabelle Carnell Holdaway's phage therapy case as one of the biggest 'Man on the Moon' breakthroughs of 2019.