A Smaller Flea

Assays of Therapy by Means of Staphylococcal Bacteriophage By B. Bruynoghe and J. Maisin. We have had the opportunity to use the Staphylococcal Bacteriophage for therapeutic purposes, and the few favorable results obtained encourage us to report them. This assay seemed quite logical to us, given that these bacteriolysates contain a principle immediately harmful to Staphylococci. They also…

THE BACTERIOPHAGE IN THE ORGANISM. Note by R. Appelmans, presented by R. Bruynoghe. Methods: The article was scanned and OCRed using French as the recognition language. The OCRed text was then corrected as needed (as shown in gray). The corrected text was then translated by Claude.ai, which prior to that point was not involved in the effort. Claude.ai was then asked to generate an…

In a Preliminary Note [Comptes rendus, t. 165, 1917, p. 373] I described a filtering microbe found in the excreta of convalescents from bacillary dysentery. The use of a technique less perfect than the one I had used at first [Comptes rendus du la Société de Biologie, séance du 7 décembre 1918] combined with the systematic examination of the stools of thirty-four patients, all suffering from…

¶ In a note published in the Society of Biology on November 19, 1919, d’Hérelle indicated a method for measuring Bacteriophage. He puts 1/50,000 teaspoon of Bacteriophage into 10 c.c. of an emulsion containing approximately 250 million microbes per teaspoon and spreads a scoop of this mixture (i.e. 1/100 c.c.) onto a slanted agar tube. He then counts the number of dissolution areas and estimates…

Le Dosage Du Bactériophage, Note de R. Appelmans, présentée par R. Bruynoghe, Réunion de la Société Belge de Biologie, 1921, pp. 1098-1099, a Google Translation ¶ In a note published in the Society of Biology on November 19, 1919, d’Hérelle indicated a method for measuring Bacteriophage. He puts 1/50,000 teaspoon of Bacteriophage into 10 c.c. of an emulsion containing approximately 250 million…

Monitoring the Ecology vs. Evolutionary Biology of Phage Resistance: A Tale of Two Precisions

Stephen T. Abedon Department of Microbiology – The Ohio State University phage.org – phage-therapy.org – biologyaspoetry.org An important question for those with ecological and evolutionary biological interests is when a given situation is of ecological relevance vs. when it might be more of evolutionary biological importance (Abedon, 2022b). Telling the difference can be important for all of…

Phage Futures Congress 2019 | January 29-30 2019 | Washington D.C., USA

With antimicrobial resistance a rising global crisis, western medicine’s interest is turning to phage therapy as an alternative to antibiotics. Challenging past uncertainty in phage therapy’s commercial viability, recent developments such as highly positive results of compassionate use cases in the US has excited the field and the next step is successful phase II clinical trials.

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Senior Research Assistant – Northumbria University

We are now seeking applications from highly committed, motivated and talented postdoctoral researchers to join the phage research team at Northumbria University for a fixed term, 24 months project in collaboration with clinicians at the Great Northern Children’s hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.This Action Medical Research funded project will characterise the intestinal virome of preterm,…

Phage Scientist – DuPont

DuPont Nutrition & Health is a USD 4.7 billion global business and one of the world’s largest producers of specialty food ingredients, developing and manufacturing solutions for the global food & beverage, nutrition and pharma market. With more than 8,500 employees, 50+ manufacturing sites and 20+ R&D centres across the world, N&H is on a mission to make food safer, more sustainable, better…

When Twitter told me last week that my former next-door lab neighbour just mailed phages to a dying girl, I actually started believing that my research might mean something. Not eventually, but today. I used to think phage researchers like me were meant to do plaque assays in a lab for a few decades, while “other people out there, in 50 years, maybe” would sift through the information I would…

Postdoctoral Researcher in Foodborne Pathogen Bioinformatics

Responsibilities: Work with microbiologists to develop a pipeline for analysis of Campylobacter spp. whole genome sequencing data. This will involve processing of raw sequencing reads, genome assembly, submission of data to public databases, variant mapping, and phylogenetic analysis. The individual will also work with public health professionals at the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH). The…

Opportunités de carrière : Doctoral Student SNSF (12249)

Introduction The University of Lausanne is a higher teaching and research institution composed of seven faculties where approximately 14,300 students and nearly 3,900 collaborators, professors, and researchers work and study. Ideally situated along the lake of Geneva, near Lausanne’s city center, its campus brings together over 120 nationalities. Presentation The Department of Fundamental…

PhD SCHOLARSHIP – VIRUS STRUCTURE, Massey University, New Zealand

Project title: Solving the end-cap structure of a biological nanorod derived from the Ff bacteriophage (f1, M13 or fd) Academic mentors: A/Prof Jasna Rakonjac; A/Prof Andrew Sutherland-Smith This project aims to determine the cap structure of a versatile biological filament (Ff filamentous bacteriophage). Ff (M13, f1 or fd) phage is a natural and affordable platform for a wide array of…

PhD available studying co-evolutionary dynamics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön, Germany

We are seeking a motivated PhD student to join our research team working on eco-evolutionary dynamics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön, Germany. We are looking for a highly motivated ecologist or evolutionary biologist to join our group Community Dynamics at the Max Planck institute for Evolutionary Biology (http://web.evolbio.mpg.de/comdyn) and the Kiel Evolution…

Monash University: Microbiology in Bacteriophage A PhD position is available to work with Dr Jeremy J. Barr at Monash University, School of Biological Sciences, in Melbourne, Australia. We are looking for motivated, talented and enthusiastic PhD students with an interest in microbiology. With cutting-edge interdisciplinary project, excellent resources, and a strong publication focus, the Barr Lab…