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After a successful phage workshop in Ghana this summer, the nonprofit Phages for Global Health is beginning preparations for a workshop in Tanzania January 12 - 25, 2020. The call for applications will begin in early Sept. Subscribe to the

We are urgently seeking Pandoraea pulmonicola phages for a cystic fibrosis patient in the USA. Ways to help at this stage: - By receiving the strain and testing your phages - By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages a

This week, Paulina Deptula, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen, shares her experience using Twitter to find both phages for her research and a supportive community ready to help. ## Non-emergency phage requests are im

Associate Professor Ruby Lin of the Westmead Institute for Medical Research (last week's Capsid & Tail guest writer! has been awarded a grant from BGI Australia to build Australia's first "phage biobank"! The phage bank will give Australian

The journal Viruses will be awarding two travel awards for Postdoctoral Researchers and PhD students. Each award will consist of 800 Swiss Francs for travel to a virology conference in 2020. Apply here by Oct. 31, 2019! To help you find a

Fort Detrick, Maryland The Bio-Behavioral Research Operation of Leidos is currently looking for a Research Assistant to support biological research in support of the Biological Defense Research Directorate (BDRD) at the Naval Medical Resear

#### Question Any advice on how to store phages/ viruses? I know there are quite a few methods for long-time storage but I'd like to hear your advice. Thanks! 😀 — @LeptihnLab #### A few of the answers: "Easiest way that our lab uses is t

Fatma Abdelrhman Dear phage community, I've created a What’s App group for scientists who work on phage and AMR, to gather them, benefit and share experience, knowledge, and research of phage worldwide. Please join and share the link (https

What's the path forward when it comes to phage therapy? According to Shawna McCallin of the University Hospital of Geneva and Phages4All, clinical data is the priority, but it won't be enough. "The recent bankruptcy of Achaogen, a biotech

Associate Professor Ruby Lin of the Westmead Institute for Medical Research (last week's Capsid & Tail guest writer! has been awarded a grant from BGI Australia to build Australia's first "phage biobank"! The phage bank will give Australian

Polish company Proteon Pharmaceuticals has been awarded a 2.9 million Euro grant from the European Regional Development Fund to develop phages to fight bacterial infections in fish farming (aquaculture). The grant will help Proteon improve

What's the hardest part of phage genome annotation? According to Marta Sampaio and colleagues at the University of Minho, it's finding phage promoters. Here's a new tool they developed, PhagePromoter, to help you find them.

The journal Viruses will be awarding two travel awards for Postdoctoral Researchers and PhD students. Each award will consist of 800 Swiss Francs for travel to a virology conference in 2020. Apply here by Oct. 31, 2019! To help you find a

Fatma Abdelrhman Dear phage community, I've created a What’s App group for scientists who work on phage and AMR, to gather them, benefit and share experience, knowledge, and research of phage worldwide. Please join and share the link (https

Fort Detrick, Maryland The Bio-Behavioral Research Operation of Leidos is currently looking for a Research Assistant to support biological research in support of the Biological Defense Research Directorate (BDRD) at the Naval Medical Resear

#### Question Any advice on how to store phages/ viruses? I know there are quite a few methods for long-time storage but I'd like to hear your advice. Thanks! 😀 — @LeptihnLab #### A few of the answers: "Easiest way that our lab uses is t

Polish company Proteon Pharmaceuticals has been awarded a 2.9 million Euro grant from the European Regional Development Fund to develop phages to fight bacterial infections in fish farming (aquaculture). The grant will help Proteon improve

Dr. JM Ghigo, Paris, France We are looking for an enthusiastic, dedicated postdoctoral fellow with a strong interest in multi-species molecular microbiology to contribute to our ongoing research on colonization resistance in zebrafish. The

Dr. Frank Aylward, Blacksburg, Virginia The Aylward lab at Virginia Tech is seeking a post-doctoral researcher interested in the evolution and genomics of DNA viruses. The researcher will have the opportunity to work in several areas of ong

Dr. Frank Aylward, Blacksburg, Virginia The Aylward lab at Virginia Tech is seeking a post-doctoral researcher interested in the evolution and genomics of DNA viruses. The researcher will have the opportunity to work in several areas of ong