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Only a few more days to vote for the International Society for Viruses of Microbes Executive Board candidates! (Ends Oct 21) ISVM members are invited to participate in the upcoming elections for the ISVM Executive Board to shape the future

Attention phage scientists seeking their next awesome role! Eligo Bioscience (Paris, France) is recruiting for several positions! At Eligo, we are passionate about developing new drugs to address microbiome-associated unmet medical needs,

In episode 2 of the Podovirus podcast, 'Getting Phage Research Funded', Jessica Sacher interviews Dr. Joe Campbell, who spent the past decade+ as a program officer at NIAID, the US gov's main infectious disease funding body. Dr. Campbell r

Daria Van Tyne (University of Pittsburgh) received a $70K grant to optimize phage therapy for Burkholderia spp. infections, showing potential advancements in treating cystic fibrosis patients. Also, Daria has just been promoted to Associate

Dr. Siân Owen was interviewed the You Make Me Sick podcast about her work using experimental evolution and computational approaches to study AMR bacteria and phages during her postdoc at the Baym Lab at Harvard Medical School. She announced

In episode 2 of the Podovirus podcast, 'Getting Phage Research Funded', Jessica Sacher interviews Dr. Joe Campbell, who spent the past decade+ as a program officer at NIAID, the US gov's main infectious disease funding body. Dr. Campbell r

Attention phage scientists seeking their next awesome role! Eligo Bioscience (Paris, France) is recruiting for several positions! At Eligo, we are passionate about developing new drugs to address microbiome-associated unmet medical needs,

Dr. Katharina Höfer (Philipps University Marburg) has been awarded a LOEWE top professorship — 2.8 million euros over a period of five years to support her research into the role of RNA modifications in biology and new mechanisms of gene re

Ellie Jameson (Bangor University), environmental virologist and scientific illustrator, has published her phage art collection (drawings, cartoons, etc!) on her new website. Check out her work (& reach out to commission her to illustrate yo

The Phage Hunters Training and Research Program in Nairobi has been hosting a ‘Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Phage Therapy series’ on LinkedIn Live — recordings are available! Recently they had a panel on AMR and phage therapy, and ano

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.

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

The iVoM webinar series season 3 concluded with great success, attracting over 600 registrations from 11 countries and featuring 23 speakers, including 18 early-career researchers, discussing the latest research and advancements in microbia

The ISVM has released its Viruses of Microbes-themed issue in microLife journal! Led by Prof. Martin Loessner and Prof. Alexander Harms, the issue highlights recent discoveries in bacterial immunity mechanisms and the importance of phages i

On Nov 19-20, the International Alliance for Biological Standardization (Amsterdam, Netherlands) is hosting a virtual scientific workshop about the veterinary use of phages, specifically looking at quality, safety and efficacy. Speakers fro