phagetechnology.bsky.social
Center for Phage Technology
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Located at Texas A&M University. Devoted to the study of bacteriophages for human health and agriculture. Home of the CPT Galaxy/Apollo phage annotation system. Cpt.tamu.edu
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Center for Phage Technology @phagetechnology.bsky.social · Aug 22
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Center for Phage Technology @phagetechnology.bsky.social · Aug 22
The recipient of the 2025 Thomas Patterson Graduate Student Fellowship is Michael Awuah from @jrrmicro.bsky.social Lab for his work decoding the molecular basis of phage lysis inhibition. We are grateful for the generous support of this award by Drs. Tom Patterson and @superbug-slayer.bsky.social!
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Center for Phage Technology @phagetechnology.bsky.social · May 30
We welcome the visit of Dr. Michael Hust and Philip Heine @tu-braunschweig.de @tubsmedbiotech.bsky.social and appreciate their collaboration on ORFeome phage display projects!
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Center for Phage Technology @phagetechnology.bsky.social · Feb 9
@jasonjgill.bsky.social is talking at N=1 Collaborative Seminar TOMORROW 12:30pm EST on "Phage Therapy for Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections: Past and Future" , featuring some of the CPT work. www.n1collaborative.org/post/phage-t...
Phage Therapy for Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections: Past and Future
February 10, 2025 at 12:30 pm US ESTThe session will begin with a presentation from our guest speaker, Dr. Jason Gill, providing an overview of the science and key lessons from bacteriophage developme...
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Center for Phage Technology @phagetechnology.bsky.social · Dec 7
Read our recent paper by @yu-zihao.bsky.social using a fluorescence reporter system that facilitates the visualization of individual copies of phage DNA throughout the phage life cycle, along with the lysis–lysogeny reporters. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Fine-tuned spatiotemporal dynamics of DNA replication during phage lambda infection | Journal of Virology
Temperate bacteriophages, such as lambda, incorporate environmental cues including host abundance and nutrient conditions to make optimal decisions between propagation and dormancy. A higher phage-to-...
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Center for Phage Technology @phagetechnology.bsky.social · Nov 15
Bonus to our new followers: Our phage database prototype is now online:
dbop.phagetech.org. Last updated by @jrrmicro.bsky.social, currently only holds spanin proteins.
dbop
The Center for Phage Technology's Database of Phage
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Center for Phage Technology @phagetechnology.bsky.social · Nov 21
Some of our phage protocols including phage DNA extraction, genome sequencing and assembly, and very importantly, genome closure from the assembled contig, are now available online!
link.springer.com/protocol/10....
Phage DNA Extraction, Genome Assembly, and Genome Closure
Bacteriophages, or more simply phages, are currently experiencing a renaissance in life science research for their roles in natural microbial communities, their potential use as antimicrobials, and bi...
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Center for Phage Technology @phagetechnology.bsky.social · Nov 19
Our newest paper on engineering Burkholderia phage is out! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37943040/
Phage Milagro: a platform for engineering a broad host range virulent phage for Burkholderia - PubMe...
The <i>Burkholderia cepacia</i> complex (Bcc) causes life-threatening respiratory tract infections in persons with cystic fibrosis (CF). In CF patients, end-stage pulmonary disease often requires lung...
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