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In this preprint, Xin Tan and colleagues show that repeated doses of phage lead to faster phage clearance in rats and monkeys. The study found that while plasma phage titer gradually decreased over time following a single dose, repeated dos

Acne treatments often require extended periods and can be expensive, leading to the exploration of phages as an alternative. This study by Daniela Torres Di Bello and colleagues found that Pa.7 phage encapsulated in liposomes is not cytotox

Jody McKerral and colleagues analyzed >2.5 million prophages from >500,000 bacterial genome assemblies, revealing that 94% are lysogens containing at least one identifiable prophage. The findings provide a new framework for identifying phag

In this review, Juan Carlos García-Cruz and colleagues discuss multiple potential applications for phages beyond classical phage therapy, including cattle raising, agriculture, pest control, microbiome modulation, and disinfection.

University of Leicester is seeking a PhD student to test the host range and properties of existing mycobacterial phages and isolate new phages against M. tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTMs, such as Mycobacterium abscessus)

Dr. Andrea Fossati recently joined as an assistant professor in Karolinska Institute where he will explore the Mycobacterium immune system to understand molecular determinants for successful phage infection. Interested candidates may contac

The School of Plant Sciences in the University of Arizona is seeking a research technician with experience in single-stranded DNA virus assembly and packaging. The responsibilities include developing protocols, performing experiments, and l

The UK Phage Innovation Showcase will take place May 16th, 2023 from 9:30am-4pm in Leicester and online. The event is organized by Innovate UK KTN's Phage Innovation Network and the University of Leicester's recently launched Centre for Pha

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is organizing a Focus Group meeting on 11 May 2023 to discuss the draft guideline on the quality, safety, and efficacy requirements for bacteriophage therapy in veterinary medicines. The aim is to establi

In this podcast, Dr. Jeremy Barr from Monash University and Phage Australia talks about his research on using phages to restore antimicrobial sensitivity in Acinetobacter baumannii.

University of Warwick and Cytiva authors show that poly(acrylic acid) prevents phage-induced killing of bacterial hosts and phage replication without affecting induction of recombinant protein expression, and was more active than poly(metha

Research Internship at Balgrist Univers in Zurich, Switzerland This full-time remunerated internship entails generating large scale datasets for phage activity against large collections of pathogenic bacteria, validating assays to best pred

Technician at Balgrist University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland We are looking to hire a laboratory technician with a background in microbiology; experience with clinical samples or bacteriophages is an advantage but not required. The Gro

This week, Jessica Sacher shows you how, as a non-coder, she got ChatGPT to help her make a chatbot that knows everything we've published across 220 Capsid & Tail blog posts (almost every week for the last 4.5 years!), how you can play with

A message from Martha Clokie, Editor in Chief of PHAGE Journal: Attendees of the 6th World Congress of Phage Therapy in Paris are welcome to submit papers for a Special Issue in PHAGE Journal. Details to follow!

We are urgently seeking Mycobacterium abscessus phages for patient in Singapore. Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strains - By receiving one or more of the patient's strains and testing yo

We are urgently seeking Haemophilus influenzae phages for patient in Switzerland Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strains - By receiving one or more of the patient's strains and testing you

Fixed Phage, a Glasgow based biotech company, has secured £1.5m investment to further scale development and commercialisation of its phage technology in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.

Federico Prokopczuk et al. engineered a superinfective phage (eSI-Pf) based on the Pf4 phage, which is able to infect Pseudomonas aeruginosa. They tested it as a phage therapy tool for the treatment of life-threatening burn wound infections

Talia Backman and colleagues published a new preprint on how a weaponized phage suppresses competitors in historical and modern metapopulations of pathogenic bacteria. The authors discovered a viral cluster shared amongst pathogenic Pseudom