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Geeta Ram (NYU Grossman School of Medicine) and colleagues published a new paper on incorporating the gene encoding lysostaphin into their ‘Antibacterial Drone System’, showing expanded killing field and effective treatment of mixed bacteri

Ana Catarina Duarte (Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias, Spain) and colleagues examined the synergistic removal of S. aureus biofilms using phage Kayvirus rodi and exopolysaccharide depolymerase Dpo7, showing a significant decrease

Cátia Carreira (University of Copenhagen) and colleagues have written a perspective on the impact of viruses on soil biogeochemistry and argued for their consideration in soil microbial food webs, showing viruses as key regulators of soil f

Armata Pharmaceuticals received a $5.25 million grant from the US Department of Defense for their AP-SA02 'diSArm' clinical trial to treat S. aureus bacteremia.

How do we elucidate required genes in non-model phage-host pairs? Milan Gerovac (University of Würzburg, Germany) and colleagues published a new method of 'non-genetic' mRNA silencing (exogenous delivery of programmable antisense oligomers)

Hypersaline environments harbor the highest concentrations of virus-like particles reported for aquatic ecosystems. Rodrigo Sanchez-Martinez (University of Alicante, Spain) and colleagues investigated episomal phage maintenance in the salt-

Nicolas Kieffer (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) and colleagues investigated the role of mobile integrons in phage defense systems, showing that integrons can confer multiphage resistance and limit prophage activation.

Erica Birkholz (University of California, San Diego) and colleagues investigated the role of a homing endonuclease in viral competition, showing that it interferes with the replication of competing phages, providing a fitness advantage.

The Women In Phage initiative is conducting a survey to understand the experiences of women in science and research, particularly in bacteriophage research. Your insights will help identify challenges and strategies for future generations.

Ely O. Aboka of the Phage Hunters Training and Research Program in Nairobi, Kenya will host a LinkedIn Live panel discussion on July 31st, 2024 from 9:00 PM EAT on the topic 'Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) & Phage Therapy.' Panelists includ

The 14th annual Oxford Phage Conference will be held September 2-3, 2024 in Oxford, UK as a hybrid event. Confirmed speakers include Professor Martha Clokie (UK) | Professor Aidan Coffey (Ireland) | Dr Mariam Dadiani (Georgia) | Professor

Want to submit a session proposal for #ASMicrobe 2025 (particularly in the field of microbial ecology, evolution, and genomics)? The deadline is in a week! Submit your proposal here.

Canadian phage company Cytophage Technologies announced a collaboration with a Pan-Asian agrifood company in Singapore to expand its poultry phage product commercialization. Cytophage anticipates conducting trials with this commercial partn

Nils Birkholz (University of Otago) and colleagues investigated the dual regulatory mechanisms of the Aca2 protein, showing that it represses anti-CRISPR gene expression by binding both DNA and RNA.

Florian Tesson (Institut Pasteur) and colleagues published a new paper on the DefenseFinder webservice/wiki/database for antiphage defense mechanisms, showing an updated resource with 152 identified systems.

Robby Concha Eloko (I2sysbio, University of Valencia, Spain) and colleagues modeled the interplay between Klebsiella prophages and their depolymerases, showing significant predictive ability for capsular tropism.

In a new blog post, Alima Yahia (a student at The Knowledge Society starting at Columbia University this Fall) explores phages and why they're needed — including her own challenges with antibiotics. This is a fun, refreshing read; great wor

ICTV's Computational Virus Taxonomy Challenge is now open, inviting bioinformaticians to classify a set of viral sequences using a bioinformatics pipeline of their choice or design. Pipelines should be fully and easily reproducible and cod

ICTV's Computational Virus Taxonomy Challenge is now open, inviting bioinformaticians to classify a set of viral sequences using a bioinformatics pipeline of their choice or design. Pipelines should be fully and easily reproducible and cod

Viruses of Microbes 2024 (Cairns, Australia) has just come to a close, and it looked to be an EPIC event! Check #vom2024 on Twitter for countless updates and recaps of people’s favourite talks! Also, the next VoM location has officially be