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Viruses of Microbes UK, a local subsidiary of VoM, will take place January 25-26, 2024 at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. This will be a two-day round table and phage genomics workshop, highlighting the latest research on p

Grace Beggs and colleagues at Princeton University are organizing a workshop called "Bacteria versus Phage: The Main Event" from January 10-12, 2024, focusing on the interactions between bacteria and phage, bringing together scientists inte

The Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Virtual Conference (6 & 7 February, 2024; free and online) is currently accepting submissions for poster presentations.

Canadian phage therapy biotech Cytophage Technologies and Cuspis Capital III Ltd. have announced a business combination agreement and concurrent financing. This means additional funds for Cytophage as it develops phage therapy for human and

Guy Mason and colleagues found that E. coli can persistently grow during phage predation in spatially confined environments.

Mikhail Skutel and colleagues demonstrate how the T5-like phage BF23 evades host-mediated DNA restriction and methylation.

Jumpei Fujiki and colleagues explore the fitness trade-offs between phage and antibiotic sensitivity in phage-resistant variants.

Mohammad Hashem Yousefi (KU Leuven) and colleagues have isolated and characterized a novel Salmonella Typhimurium phage called Arash, a novel species in the novel ‘Arashvirus’ genus, from hospital wastewater.

Kim Seed (UC Berkeley) is hiring a staff research associate, an ideal opportunity for folks looking to gain research experience before grad school/professional school.

Ana Cristina Afonso Oliveira (CEB at University of Minho, Braga, Portugal) is seeking a PhD student to study phages to overcome ETEC's phage defence systems.

UK Health Security Agency, Salisbury, UK is hiring a microbiologist technician to join the AD3 (Antimicrobial Discovery, Development and Diagnostics) Team, which is at the forefront of developing new interventions for antimicrobial resistan

Principal Investigator at Mede in Öudwigshafen am Rhein, Germany Responsibilities: - Head of BSL2 Laboratory - Personnel responsibilities - Project management in veterinary drug discovery - regulatory compliance - Coordination with project

We are urgently seeking Burkholderia multivorans phages for a cystic fibrosis patient in France Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strains - By receiving the patient's strain and testing your

We are urgently seeking Burkholderia multivorans phages for a cystic fibrosis patient in France Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strains - By receiving the patient's strain and testing your

This week we’re launching Open Phage, a public, editable spreadsheet of phage resources like grants, clinical trials, and bioinformatics/lab tools! Hi everyone, This week I got to tackle a passion project that I’ve wanted to do for a reall

Kiran Bosco (Westmead Institute for Medical Research) and colleagues have reviewed the topic of therapeutic phage monitoring, proposed as an essential element of phage therapy protocols to generate data and fill knowledge gaps regarding the

Jean-Paul Pirnay and colleagues explore the question of whether magistral phage preparations could serve as a model for everyone.

Armata Pharmaceuticals will present positive topline data from the SWARM-P.a. clinical study at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference November 3rd in Phoenix, AZ, highlighting results of their novel inhaled multi-phage therapeutic f

Yi Wu and colleagues have discovered synergistic anti-phage activity of bacterial defence systems, shedding light on the compatibility and flexibility of these systems in response to specific environmental pressures.

G. Eric Bastien and colleagues have developed a machine learning model called Virus-Host Interaction Predictor (VHIP) to predict virus-host interactions and reconstruct complex virus-host networks in natural systems.