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From @scientiff via Twitter: Hey #scitwitter! I’m troubleshooting some #phage DNA extraction woes with our undergrads. We use phenol-chloroform-isoamyl and phase-lock gels for the process but we’re still getting high 260/230 after elution.

From Phase Genomics via Twitter: Milestone alert! We’re celebrating 150+ papers published using our tech. And there’s a lot to share: our clients made breakthroughs in a broad range of fields from metagenomics to oncology. Here’s a look at

Connor Brown on Twitter: "have a set of de novo assembled viral genomes from metagenome and trying to figure out who they are and their potential hosts. very few have BLAST hits against ncbi. any suggestions? #Bioinformatics #metagenomics #

Craig MacLean on Twitter: "Quick question: does anybody know of fluorescent dyes that can be used to stain phage? Want to measure ability of phage to adsorb to bacterial cells they cannot infect."

The Ibadan Bacteriophage Research Team (IBRT) is setting up a Twitter space event to discuss the interlink between biomedical research and programming languages via the team's Twitter handle. Topic: The Confluence: Programming languages and

The Ibadan Bacteriophage Research Team (IBRT) is setting up a Twitter space event to discuss Undergraduate Phage Research in Africa via the team's Twitter handle. Topic: Undergraduate Phage Research in Africa: Success stories and Challenge

There is now a dedicated phage sub-community on Twitter: “Phage Twitter”! Created by Sabrina Green (@Motherofphage on Twitter). Try it out here.

Evelien Adriaenssens has asked a question "What is your favourite genome comparison visualisation tool? EasyFig and Mauve don't work for me anymore after updating OS. Clinker is great, but doesn't compare the nucleotide sequence. BRIG works

Thank you to everyone who participated in our very first #WorldPhageWeek #scicomm challenge! Overall we had just over 70 individual phage researchers participate, and it was great seeing all the phage posts on Twitter! Thank you again to Dr

Check out the phage community question on Twitter by Dr. Sabrina Green (@MotherOfPhage). "This is a long shot maybe but does anyone have any Pseudomonas #phages that use the type IV pilus as a receptor? This is not for me but a collaborator

Twitter call-out from Barbara Brenner; phages-to-patients: We are looking for experts to draft (inter-)national guidelines on phage therapy for medical doctors and clinics treating all aspects from "who can get it" over "how is it to be app

To celebrate Phage Week (22-28 October), Phage Directory is holding a Twitter #scicomm challenge! To participate, all you need to do is create Twitter posts that align with the daily prompts (e.g. tag your favourite phage people, tag your f

Twitter call-out from Michael Laub; Question for phage tweeps: does EOP stand for 'efficiency of plating' or 'efficiency of plaquing'? I've seen both in the literature. Am hoping this one doesn't stoke emotions comparable to the argument ab

Head on over to Twitter to follow Dr. Ellie Jameson for #InkTober2021 where Ellie uploads a new phage drawing, cartoon or animation everyday!

Question for the phage community via Twitter from Alexander Hynes, Assist. Prof. at McMaster University: "I've been seeing more phage characterization papers that "optimize MOI" for higher titres. Why? I don't see biological insight, and wh

From @PaulJaschke on Twitter: "I'm looking for images of petri dishes with M13 #phage on them. Can anybody help me out? We're trying to test Plaque Size Tool on turbid plaques and (surprisingly) cannot find any on the internet! Thanks!"

Check out this Twitter Q&A thread started by Paul Jaschke: "Anybody know of a source where cost of production ($/pfu) has been calculated for GMP or similar phage preps? #phagetherapy #bacteriophage #gmp".

Carmen (@PhageAnt on Twitter) would like to hear from you! Do you have any recommendations for any conferences/talks that are heavily involved in viral metagenomics? Reply to the Twitter post if you have any suggestions!