PhD in interactions between temperate and lytic phages May 18, 2025 Lytic phages infect and kill bacterial cells to release new virions, and temperate phages can either follow the lytic pathway or enter a dormant…
Phage engineering to generate tailored therapeutics against resistant enterococci May 14, 2025 Characterise the receptor binding proteins of phages targeting enterococci from isolated virulent phages of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium. Investigate how phage receptor proteins…
Assistant Teaching Professor at The Phage Genomics Lab May 10, 2025 The Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) at the University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for a full-time Instructor (Teaching Assistant Professor)…
Apply at University of Exeter, Living Systems Institute for Ph.D. Studentships 2025 April 11, 2025 Drive investigation, discovery, and application across all scales of life: gene expression and genomics, structure/function, phage and viruses, microbes, stem cells and development and…
PhD in ecological and evolutionary drivers of prophage distribution in common gut commensals and pathogens April 7, 2025 The doctoral research project will be performed in the group of Prof. Dr. Carolin Wendling andaddress ecological and evolutionary drivers of prophage distribution in…
PhD position to work on “Role of scavenger cells in successful microbial elimination by phage treatment” March 30, 2025 Work on the project titled “Liver scavenger cells and phage pharmacokinetics”. Phage therapy faces challenges, including regulatory hurdles and safety concerns. Currently, there is…
Opportunity to work on Strain-level dynamics of microbiome transplantation March 28, 2025 The human gut microbiome plays a key role in health and disease. Fecal microbiome transplantation (FMT), where a community from a healthy donor is…
PhD position in cell biology of bacteria and phages at Humboldt-universität zu berlin March 7, 2025 To survive in the face of constant phage predation, bacteria have evolved diverse anti-phage defense systems that enable bacteria to detect and counter phage…
Work on Microbial time bombs: lytic to temperate switching in engineered Phages March 2, 2025 Engineered microbial communities are used globally for environmental protection, agriculture and food production, medicine, energy, and waste management. They are a critical engineering and…
MD PhD Opportunity in Urinary Tract Infections with a Focus on phage Therapy February 17, 2025 Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich has an academic translational research group for phage therapy which is led by the microbiologist/clinician team of Dr. Shawna McCallin,…