@PhagesIPR

Phages @DrAtunga's Lab Phages for AMR, biocontrol, decon & display Email: [email protected].

 Nairobi,Kenya
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Joined October 2022
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Applications are open for a free Structural Bioinformatics & Molecular Modelling workshop on 14 October. Learn protein structure analysis, PDB exploration and visualisation using bioinformatics tools. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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A sensitive method detects Flavobacterium phages at 0.011 PFU/mL, revealing rich phage activity in trout farm water. Big boost for sustainable aquaculture. Read more & authors are happy to engage further! journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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Phage Kenya@PhageKenyaSep 11
#Copied #PhageKenyaConference mailchi.mp/a72f3c8862aa/call…
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Ivy Mutai@MutaiIvySep 4
Our short communication #phage paper is out! Find out more: authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…
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ISVM@VirusOfMicrobesJul 22
Postdoctoral Opportunity-France⁣ Looking for a PostDoc in phage research? A 24-month position is available @ CY Cergy Paris Université from Jan '27 to develop genetically engineered phages against 𝘚. 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴 biofilms.⁣ Details attached—please share!⁣ #Postdoc #ISVM
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ISVM@VirusOfMicrobesJul 22
🦠 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧: 𝐀𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐔𝐒 Autumn School 2026 PhD student in phage research? Join the Autumn School in Braga, Portugal (13–16 Oct). 📅 Apply by 30 July 💰 Free | 👥 20 places 📄 See the attached flyer. #PhageResearch #PhageTherapy #ISVM
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🧬🧫 DH23 phage infects E. coli in early stationary phase, a rare T7‑like trait. With expanding plaques and a burst size of ~600, it’s a strong candidate for phages targeting chronic or nutrient‑limited infections. Full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Staph papers@Staph_papersJun 25
Cryptotanshinone Inhibits Staphylococcus aureus-Induced Mastitis by Inhibiting Ferroptosis Through Activating Nrf2/GPX4 Pathway ift.tt/nOqi0FU

Cryptotanshinone Inhibits Staphylococcus aureus-Induced Mastitis by Inhibiting Ferroptosis Through...

Mastitis is a prevalent gynecological disorder in women, with Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) serving as a primary etiological pathogen of this condition. Cryptotanshinone (CPT) has been demonstr...

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#gbdraw webapp now supports interactive SVG. ​You can click, search, and copy features directly from your browser! Designed to make your genome analysis smoother and faster. ​Check out the gallery: gbdraw.app/gallery/ ​#bioinformatics #genomics #microbiology #virology
Satoshi Kawato 川戸 智@KawatoSatoshiJun 25
#gbdraw のwebアプリでインタラクティブなSVGを出力できるようになりました。フィーチャーをクリックして詳細を表示したり、検索したり、配列をコピーできたりします。こちらのページから作例をご覧くださいgbdraw.app/gallery/ #bioinfo #bioinformatics #genomics #microbiology
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Ten quick tips for classifying unknown bacteriophage journals.plos.org/ploscompbi…

Ten quick tips for classifying unknown bacteriophage

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Sam Degregori@poopomicsJun 24
Check out our new preprint on a project that was 6 years in the making. The largest aggregation of animal gut microbiome data to date, from insects to humans, demonstrating how public microbiome data can be used to better understand host-microbe evolutionary dynamics.
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Huiluo Cao 曹慧荦@hlcaoJun 24
A Streptomyces megacluster encodes synergistic biotin-targeting antibiotics | Nature nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

A Streptomyces megacluster encodes synergistic biotin-targeting antibiotics

Nature - In Streptomyces spp., a conserved biosynthetic gene megacluster produces an arsenal of distinct antimicrobials that converge on bacterial biotin biosynthesis as a naturally evolved...

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Ritam Das@ritamdas_Jun 16
Excited to share my first sole-author publication: “Optimizing Phage Therapy with Antidefense Proteins Acquired from the Environment” 🥳 Here I explore how the evolutionary arms race between bacteria and phages can be leveraged to improve phage therapy shorturl.at/DasfY
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Purine bias in bacterial genes is driven by runaway transcription dlvr.it/TT2xY9 #MicroSky

Purine bias in bacterial genes is driven by runaway transcription

Nature Microbiology - Purine bias is critical for gene expression in bacteria, preventing premature transcription in species that exhibit runaway transcription.

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nature.com/articles/s41564-0… Most-prevalent phage inhibition system, toxin/antitoxins, demonstrate extraordinary malleability (DOI: 10.1038/srep04807) again by fused CapRel having distinct triggers (here, T7 Gp0.4 + FtsZ complex vs. capsid previously).

Bacterial cell division protein FtsZ complexes with a phage protein to activate bacterial immunity

Nature Microbiology - The activation of an antiphage defence system relies on host factors targeted by phages, a mechanism analogous to the way that eukaryotic innate immune systems detect...

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Happy to announce that the second paper from the doctoral work of Akash Shambharkar (@ig_8mile) describing two Proteus phage endolysins, is now available on the website of the journal Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology doi.org/10.1007/s00253-026-1… #phage #endolysin #lysin

First experimentally characterised Proteus phage endolysins have distinct metal cofactor dependen...

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology - Proteus mirabilis is a Gram-negative uropathogenic bacterial species responsible for many catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). Due to the...

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New paper from the lab- Microbial diversity loss constrains plastic degradation in marine sediments. Led by Alba Benito-Kaesbach sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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The Phage@The_Phage_xyzJun 6
The Phage, in collaboration with the Quadram Institute, had an amazing opportunity to sit down with Dr Ryan Cook, a postdoctoral researcher and viral ecologist. Dr Cook shared fascinating insights into viral ecology Full video: thephage.xyz/2026/06/05/dr-r… #Virome #Phages #Ecology
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NIAID (@NIH) just put $6M into a coordinated US phage therapy research network — 3 new CAPT-CEP centers freshly launched! Excited our Stanford Center for Phage Pharmaceuticals (@StanfordMed) is one, & to work w/ @GladstoneInst & @PittTweet as they build the other 2! 🧵 1/
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Huiluo Cao 曹慧荦@hlcaoJun 2
Transposable elements are driving rapid adaptation of Enterococcus faecium | Nature nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Transposable elements are driving rapid adaptation of Enterococcus faecium

Nature - Over three decades, rapid expansion of the transposable element ISL3 has reshaped Enterococcus faecium, which helps to explain this pathogen’s growing clinical threat.

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