PhD Opportunity in using experimental evolution to understand the impact of phage therapy on Clostridioides difficile December 1, 2024 C. difficile is intrinsically resistant to many antibiotics and thrives in the disrupted gut environment created by antibiotic treatment. C. difficile is a spore-forming…
PhD Opportunity to work on efficacy of phage cocktails for eradicating MDR E.coli from the GI tract of colonised livestock species November 29, 2024 Examples of common E. coli bacterial diseases include colibacillosis in chickens and swine caused by avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) and enterotoxigenic E. coli…
PhD Opportunity to work on selection and optimization of phage therapy for treating chronic infections November 14, 2024 This research aims to create phage treatments that are highly effective in complex, infection-like environments while minimizing immunogenicity, offering new hope for patients with…
Phd Opportunity to work on cystic fibrosis with phage cocktails November 1, 2024 Cystic fibrosis is the most common, genetically inherited disease in the UK and there are over 11,000 people living with this in the UK….
Opportunity to work on the phageome’s counter-defensome August 31, 2024 The potential for conflicts arising from the interactions between MGEs (Mobile Genetic Elements) and bacteria has driven the evolution of sophisticated defense mechanisms to…
PhD opportunity in Biofilm Inhibition using Optimized Phage Therapy August 5, 2024 PhD opportunity within the Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention (SHIP) group at Glasgow Caledonian University which is funded by the National Biofilms Innovation Centre…