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motherofphage.bsky.social
Phage scientist @KULeuven in Belgium | Science communicator | Phage therapy advocate for patients Website motherofphage.com
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Phage genomes are an pool of untapped potential that could be harnessed to create new genomic tools. IGI's @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social & Brady Cress @cresslab.bsky.social detail a new method for exploring phage genomes, out today in @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social. Read more: ow.ly/uucL50V77n0 🧪🧬🦠

My awesome former lab mate @clara-inrae.bsky.social is looking for a post doc for some neat phage work, in the equally awesome city of Montpellier!

It’s raining phage!

It's that time of year! Registration and abstract submission for the 6th Klebsiella Seminar Series is now open. Participation is free and abstracts are due by February 16th. See the link below for details, and reach out to the organizers with any questions: forms.gle/gxbvaC6FjzuS... #KlebClub

Hi phage pholks, If anyone has Endotrap kits and wants to share for patient cases let me know. #phage #phagetherapy

The magical waters of Wallonia might have magical phages?! #Spa #Belgium

Funded PhD project now open via NorthWest Bio DTP - Space invaders: genetic and metabolic factors underpinning successful pathogen invasion into microbial communities 🦠 Project description: shorturl.at/RmMeR How to apply: shorturl.at/JOtaH 🌟 Applications now open with a deadline of January 6th 🌟

Getting stringy with it #Klebsiella #MDR

Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent antibody response against a pathogen. Could lead to topical vaccines that are applied in a cream. @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social led the charge... @natureportfolio.bsky.social 1/55

“I’m delighted to start this new collaboration @phagesantipers.bsky.social on the use of bacteriophages in combination with other compounds to tackle chronic infections."🎯 💬 Dr @evelienadri.bsky.social

Nice sum up of the Workshop in Phage Banks by @jeanpaulpirnay.bsky.social . This workshop was organized by the not-for-profit organization Phages for Human Applications Group Europe which originally focused on lobbying for #phage for human applications in Belgium. It worked!

Oh Christmas manuscripts oh Christmas manuscripts

Me already 2 coffees in

Hello Bluesky pham, Check out our preprint on a patient treated with phage therapy for a chronic, immunological skin disorder Hidradenitis Suppurativa. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...

@jeanpaulpirnay.bsky.social at #LeidenScience giving a talk on Personalized Phage Therapy PhageNL Symposium organised by @cvhasselt.bsky.social 🙏

Only one week left to apply for this PhD starting Jan/Feb 2025 to look at AMR and horizontal gene transfer in wastewater, marine mammals and the environment, with myself Plymouth Uni, ZSL and NRW. Let potential students know! #MicroSky #PhageSky *Please repost

Working on phage research? Dr. Catherine Hernandez and I are co-convening the "Phage Ecology: From Prophage Decision Making to Ecosystem Modulation" in-depth symposium at ASM Microbe 2025 and we want YOU to be part of it! Abstract submission is now open! More info below 🧪🦠🔬 #Phagesky #Microsky

Bonus to our new followers: Our phage database prototype is now online: dbop.phagetech.org. Last updated by @jrrmicro.bsky.social, currently only holds spanin proteins.

Please share: I'm looking for a #phage enthusiast PhD student to join my team on a funded project part of the Norwich Research Park DTP. Application deadline 25/11. biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/bac... CC: @quadraminstitute.bsky.social

Can we edit speling mistakes on this app?

A couple of months ago, I was invited to a Panel Discussion on "Phage Banks for Developing Countries" along with other phage researchers across the globe. The event was organized by "Phage Hunters Training and Research Program". #phagesky @phagedirectory.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/phage-...

How do mobile genetic elements (MGEs) like phages, plasmids and phage-plasmids shape the gut microbiome - and could they be hidden influencers for infant health?👀 Check out our new perspective article with @frimanscience.bsky.social and Tommi Vatanen on this very topic! #microbiome #phagesky 🦠 1/8

I am currently exploring exciting opportunities for a "Postdoctoral Researcher" position starting in the near future in the field of "Bacteriophage Microbiology". With a background in microbiology, molecular biology, and bacteriophage-host interactions.

Putting together a Phage starter pack, please let me know if you'd like to be put on the list! go.bsky.app/UNaEwKi I'm also trying to workout how to resurrect my popular paper bot Phage papers here on Bsky. @phagepapers.bsky.social

Faculty position in plant-microbe interactions at Cornell “The Plant Microbiome, Plant Health, and the Changing Climate” academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28742