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Silver nanoparticles templated by the Escherichia coli phage M13 showed unusually high potency against Gram-negative pathogens including E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Vibrio cholerae in vitro, and elicited resistance more than 10-fold

Barril, Bardina and Cuadrado (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) propose a mathematical model of phage therapy with encapsulated bacteriophages in the gastrointestinal tract. Microcapsules protect phages from degradation in acidic environme

Biofilm-adapted mutants of Pseudomonas phage PE1, evolved on a cystic fibrosis-derived P. aeruginosa isolate, controlled biofilms better in vitro under conditions mimicking the CF lung. Mutations in tail fiber and baseplate genes improved a

Bacteriophage T4 capsid nanoparticles arrayed with a CD4-binding DARPin or the HIV-1 gp140 envelope trimer reactivated HIV-1 latency in J-Lat T cell models and primary T lymphocytes without global T cell activation or cytokine storm, indepe

Paired bacterial and viral metagenomes from the guts of 49 individual honeybees, with a phage-bacteria interaction network built from CRISPR spacer matches and genome homology, show that viral and bacterial diversity are correlated, particu

A phage cocktail targeting Erwinia amylovora, the cause of fire blight, greatly reduced pathogen numbers and disease symptoms in inoculated pear flowers without significantly altering the resident floral microbiome (Holtappels, Wu, Koskella

Felix Croteau (McMaster University) and colleagues published a new paper on phage environmental DNA enhancing CRISPR adaptation, showing that free phage DNA in lysates increases phage-insensitive mutant generation through natural competence

Science Careers and Opportunities in Policy and Education (SCOPE) is a new non-profit, peer-led community focused on networking, educational, and leadership opportunities to help scientists (and future scientists) engage with science policy

Samuel King (Arc Institute) and colleagues published a new preprint on generative design of phage genomes using language models. Their AI model, built from Evo1 and Evo2 (millions of genomes across life), fine tuned on 15,000 Microviridae

Science journalist Thomas Häusler has created a 25-minute documentary about phage therapy. Commissioned by the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences, it has been just released on their YouTube channel. The film tells the story of a patient wit

Satheesh Nair (UK Health Security Agency) and colleagues published a new paper on genomic characterization of phage-plasmids in Enterobacteriaceae, showing these elements are present in 9% of E. coli/Shigella and 2% of Salmonella genomes, o

Mary Eliza (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany) and colleagues published a new paper exploring the influence of a prophage on two different strains of rhizobia during their symbiosis with legumes. They show that while in o

Amaury Bignaud (Institut Pasteur) and colleagues published a new paper on broad host range phages across ecosystems, showing that multihost phage associations are common in diverse environments, challenging the traditional narrow host spect

The International Soil Virus Conference will take place June 16-18, 2026, aiming to unite virology, virus ecology, soil microbiology, and bioinformatics experts to share latest findings on soil viruses and foster networking in frontier rese

Entelli-02 is a five-phage cocktail built from The Alfred Hospital's decade-long isolate collection against multidrug-resistant Enterobacter cloacae complex; it covers 88% of the hospital's 206 isolates and reduced bacterial load in septica

This guide helps researchers navigate tools for prophage detection, gene annotation, taxonomic classification, and downstream analysis. It highlights actively maintained tools available on the web or command line, including approaches for f

Jessica was interviewed on the Development & Research podcast, a new video interview series by biotech investor/economist Ross Rheingans-Yoo about people doing things differently in clinical trials and drug development. They discussed oper

The 6th International Conference on Bacteriophage Research & Antimicrobial Resistance is taking place November 12–13, 2025, in Varanasi, India. Hosts: the Institute of Medical Sciences–Banaras Hindu University along with the Society for Ba

The Interdisciplinary Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance and Innovation (IMARI) is coming up early next year on January 28-30, 2026 in Las Vegas.   The meeting will bring together the top scientists, innovators, and cross-sector leaders to

Naia Novy (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and colleagues published a new paper on multiobjective machine learning design of phage specificity, showing deep learning can successfully design T7 phages with precisely tuned infectivity, speci