Joe Bondy-Denomy

(also, you are fast!)

thank you!

CBASS limits bacteriophage production while maintaining cell viability in Pseudomonas aeruginosa https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.24.707611v1

Woah love it! What a fun time
Phage Phriends PhD

Abstract submission is now OPEN for the 2026 Symposium on the Immune System of Bacteria!

sisb2026.rockefeller.edu
🗓 May 5–7, 2026
📍 Rockefeller University, New York City
⏰ Abstract deadline: March 16, 2026

Attendance will be capped, be sure to register early and secure your spot.

See you in NYC!

Abstract submission is open for the SISB2026 meeting, aka Phage Defense. sisb2026.rockefeller.edu/abstract-sub...
The deadline is March 16.

Wow!

The short answer is that this doesn't matter to us. After transposition, the phage lysate is taken for selection and the bacteria expressing transposase are discarded. The bacteria certainly get transposed but we are collecting just plaque forming units

Especially this one :)

Phages are full of genes of unknown function that are likely adaptive in specific conditions.
New preprint: Phage TnSeq identifies essential genes rapidly and knocks all non-essentials. We would like to send a pool of phiKZ mutants to anyone wanting it! Reach out
tinyurl.com/bdcfrejh

Congrats Jorg!

Check this out for the 2026 SISB (phage defense) meeting in NYC. Mark your calendar! (and note the Zoom option, if needed)
sisb2026.rockefeller.edu

Microbiology and Immunology – Faculty Position (Ladder Rank) – Assistant Professor University of California, San Francisco is hiring. Apply now!

Our Department of Microbiology & Immunology at UCSF is running a faculty search this year for a new Assistant Professor! Please see the ad below for details. Searching for a great colleague, mentor, and scientist!
aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05807

Conference on Bacteriophages: Biology, Dynamics, and Therapeutics - IAS-USA Physical Education: Bridging Clinical Research and Patient Care

Don’t miss the inaugural Conference on Bacteriophages: Biology, Dynamics, and Therapeutics, October 12–14, 2025, in Washington, DC. A 2.5-day program of invited talks, symposia, workshops, and abstracts will highlight the latest advances. For more info: bit.ly/3JUKLYL

Interested in phage defenses that natively block lytic phage used in therapies?

Or do you want to figure out if a phage has a modified genome?

Meet the END-nucleases, an enzyme family that can broadly restrict phages with many diverse modifications. From talented post-doc Wearn-Xin Yee!

New to Bluesky and Science here. Are things more positive?

Thank you for moving it over here! Not yet up and running on bsky but learning :)