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PhD project to study microbiome-based strategies for biocontrol of C. difficile at the Quadram Institute Bioscience, UK.

Rubén González (University of Valencia, Spain) and colleagues published a new paper in mBio showing the interplay between the host microbiome and pathogenic viral infections.

This week, we're featuring an article co-published with PHAGE Journal highlighting a selection of talks from the Evergreen 2021 conference, written by a group of phage-enthusiastic students and postdocs who attended! This week's feature ar

The Edwards lab at Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia) is hiring a research associate in bioinformatics. As part of the new Flinders Accelerator for Microbiome Exploration, the research associate will advance understanding of IBD by a

San Diego, California The Pride Lab at the University of California, San Diego is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to investigate the role of bacteriophages as members of the human microbiome and to assist in the efforts to identify bacterioph

San Diego, California The Pride Lab at the University of California, San Diego is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to investigate the role of bacteriophages as members of the human microbiome and to assist in the efforts to identify bacterioph

Delaware State University is looking for a Research Technician (Part-time) in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics to study microbiome and phage derived from various samples and its application using molecular biological techniques and bioi

This week, we've got highlights and recordings for the six "iVoM" webinars we co-hosted with the VoM/ISVM team from Sept 2020 to March 2021! These webinars included talks by 18 expert speakers and brought together more than 1000 unique viru

This week, we're featuring a 'behind the paper' article by Steven Sutcliffe and Michael Shamash, graduate students in the Maurice Lab at McGill University. They dive into their new paper on what happens to gut phages when common oral medica

Steven Sutcliffe (McGill University), Michael Shamash and colleagues published a new paper in Viruses showing how common medications lead to prophage induction in human gut bacteria. They tested anti-inflammatory, chemotherapy, mild analges

The Center for Microbiome Science at Ohio State University is hosting a Microbiome Informatics webinar series, running from March to May 2021. Register here! This series represents a first phase effort to digitize 7 years of a hands-on info

This week, Jess Friedersdorff of Aberystwyth University in Wales tells us about her fascinating research into phages of the rumen microbiome. As someone embarking on a career in research and academia, I, like many other scientists, endeavou

This week, we're spotlighting CURE, a multidisciplinary project laying the foundation for treating and curing asthma with phages. This week, we're spotlighting CURE, a European Horizon 2020-funded, multidisciplinary project aiming to lay th

This week, Graça Pinto and Rodrigo Monteiro bring us a Q&A with Dr. Evelien Adriaenssens about her career studying phages and viromes, her thoughts on manipulating microbiomes with viruses, and how viral classification is changing. Universi

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. 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

The Burroughs-Wellcome fund has announced a grant to fund study of the interplay between human and microbial biology. The deadline is November 15, 2019. Perhaps phage researchers studying phage interactions with the microbiome/pathogens/hum

This week, Sabrina Green, a graduate student at Baylor College of Medicine, tells us how gut pathogens like ExPEC could be treated with phages, describes the challenges, and highlights her own research on the topic. The gut is a very comple

The Burroughs-Wellcome fund has announced a grant to fund study of the interplay between human and microbial biology. The deadline is November 15, 2019. Perhaps phage researchers studying phage interactions with the microbiome/pathogens/hum

Paris, France We are looking for passionate and driven scientists with expertise in synthetic biology to join our international and highly motivated team in Paris working on next-generation tools for editing the microbiome (engineered phage