AMR - The phage jobs

Opportunity to work as a Postdoctoral researcher in phage-bacteria interactions

December 20, 2024

The focus of this project is to uncover phage’s molecular workings through an integrated structure-functional approach combining phage microbiology, biochemistry, and structural biology. The…

PhD Opportunity in Characterisation of the Biological Features of Phages through Large-Scale Analyses

December 18, 2024

The project represents an ambitious attempt to delve into this universe of uncharacterised biodiversity through a series of sequential investigations. The first step will…

Opportunity to work on ZombiePhage: how do bacterial viruses evolve into useful weapons?

December 15, 2024

Prophages are parasitic genetic elements that integrate within the genomes of bacterial hosts, bursting out with deadly effects in response to stress. Intriguingly, host bacteria…

Opportunity to work as a Senior Scientist, NextGen Sequencing (NGS) Assay Development for Crawford Lab

December 14, 2024

The lab of Jeremy Chase Crawford in the Department of Host-Microbe Interactions is seeking a highly skilled Sr. Scientist to develop and implement novel…

PhD in undertsanding how antibiotics and bacterial defence systems interact to limit antibiotic resistance transmission

December 12, 2024

This project will investigate how AMR plasmids, bacterial defenses, and antibiotic treatment interact to determine the overall spread of AMR plasmids. To do this,…

Oppotunity for PhD or Post-Doc in Bacteriophage Engineering at VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology

December 10, 2024

A major limitation of phage therapy is the typically very narrow host ranges of phages that are isolated from nature. This means that novel…

PhD opportunity to work on Combinations of bacteriophages and cold plasma for biofilm biocontrol

December 4, 2024

The ongoing antimicrobial resistance crisis has incentivised research into alternative antibacterial and antibiofilm agents. One of them is cold plasma and plasma-activated water (PAW),…

PhD opportunity to work on impact of Hypermutability and Restriction-Modification by Campylobacter jejuni, on Bacteriophage Control Measures

November 26, 2024

Campylobacter jejuni is a major foodborne pathogen responsible for gastroenteritis every year. The major source of infections by this bacterial pathogen is contaminated poultry products. C….

PhD opportunity in Genetic engineering of bacteriophages to understand their biology and utilise in biotech applications

November 25, 2024

This project aims to develop a minimal phage genome that can be used for biotech applications and to elucidate the function of phage genes….

Opportunity to work as a Postdoctoral Associate, Microbiology and Immunology

November 18, 2024

The lab’s research focuses on discovering new functions encoded among gut anaerobic bacteria and bacteriophages using high-throughput functional genomics. We are also interested in…