Phage Directory

We (Balgrist University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland) seek a motivated MD-PhD candidate to join our team in May/June for translational research on urinary tract infections (UTIs). The role focuses on analyzing clinical and microbiological data from trials on novel UTI treatments, particularly phage therapy.

Andrea Kwa (Singapore General Hospital) and colleagues have announced Singapore’s second phage therapy case.

Antoine Culot (Rime Bioinformatics) and colleagues published a new paper on high-performance phage genome annotation, showing their automated rTOOLS pipeline provides functional annotations comparable to manual methods, enabling safer and faster phage therapy development.

Rebecca Tarnopol (University of California, Berkeley) and colleagues published a new paper on experimental horizontal gene transfer in Drosophila, showing that phage-derived genes confer innate immunity against parasitoid wasps when expressed in fruit fly immune tissues.

M. Fernanda Vieira (University of Minho) and colleagues published a new paper on machine learning for phage depolymerase identification, showing PhageDPO achieves 96% accuracy in predicting depolymerases with potential biotechnological applications.

Dr. Nnaemeka Emmanuel Nnadi’s lab at Plateau State University, Bokkos is open for MSc and PhD students to pursue projects in microbiology, molecular biology, and biotechnology, focusing on health and environmental challenges.

Phage cocktail or personalized therapy — an age-old binary, or a spectrum after all? Minyoung Kevin Kim (Stanford University) and colleagues from Mayo Clinic, QAMH, & KU Leuven published a review on how phage therapy is currently being implemented. They explore the rise of ‘phage therapy centers’ and the spectrum of treatment approaches being taken, extracting what’s common to most & highlighting decision points at each step. https://buff.ly/DYhxlq0 Jessica’s X thread about the paper https://buff.ly/i3Ss10L

Maria Touceda-Suarez (University of Arizona) and colleagues compiled a report on last year’s successful International Soil Virus Conference 2024, showing key developments in soil viral ecology and recommendations for future research in this rapidly advancing field. Also, participation at this meeting doubled since 2022, with 38% early-career researchers attending from 10 countries!

University of Glasgow is hiring a Research Associate, to study mechanisms and evolutionary dynamics of phage-anti-phage systems, specifically newly discovered anti-phage systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Los Angeles Biotech startup Parallel Health has announced an expanded protocol for personalized skin treatments using microbiome science and phage therapy. Their approach combines microbiome testing, custom phage serums, telehealth, and prescriptions to address various skin conditions.