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📢 Join us for the Phage 101 course—designed for those prescribing or considering bacteriophage therapy.
🗓️ Date: Nov 14, 2025
🕗 Time: 8:15am - 5pm
📍 Venue: @WestmeadInst
Sessions cover diagnostics, quality assurance, clinical trials, and more!
Register now! 👇
ALT https://www.phageaustralia.org/events
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This week was the 1st publication using our immune cell sequencing to accurately make medical diagnoses. It has enormous implications, as I've reviewed here (link in profile). @ScienceMagazine @ScottBoydLab @zazius @anshulkundaje
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Join CARB-X team members Kevin Outterson, Erin Duffy, and Richard Alm at the 9th AMR Conference next week in Basel, Switzerland! #AMR #StopSuperbugs #AMRConference
👇 See the details of the panels below.
📆 February 25 – 26
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/41aMIXc
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We hope everyone is having a great first day at #CRISPR2025! As @PeterFineran mentioned there are lots of great eateries 🧑🍳 and bars 🍸 located along the Avon river - great for dinner plans tonight.
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Policy in practice: Cystic Fibrosis Australia and Phage Australia surveys: understanding clinical needs and attitudes towards phage therapy in the cystic fibrosis community academic.oup.com/sumbio/arti…
@PhageAustralia @WestmeadInst @CFAustralia @stephh_lynch @HollyASinclair
🎶 With weeks to live, musician Paul Laszlo found hope in cutting-edge #phagetherapy, @Iredell_Lab successfully treating a severe chest infection. Thanks to innovative research, he's now thriving and back on stage! 💪✨ Read his inspiring story: medicalresearch.nsw.gov.au/h…
ALT Paul Laszlo and Ann Palumbo performing at Bundanoon music festival. Photo courtesy of Bundanoon festival
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On December 11 we will be discussing the potential of #bacteriophages in fighting #AMR in the @EuropeanParl at an event kindly hosted by @woelken MEP. You can follow the debate online- more info on our website: phageurope.eu/2024/11/27/upc…
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Still time to apply for travel awards to attends CRISPR 2025 in NZ
📢 Calling all Early Career Researchers! 🌟
Apply now for travel grants to attend the CRISPR 2025 Conference in Christchurch, New Zealand 🇳🇿
💰 Up to US$500 for travel/accommodation
Deadline: Dec 6, 2024 🗓️
👉 crispr2025.org/grant
#CRISPR #ECR #Travelgrant #CRISPR2025
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This is amazing news... Let's get this moving all throughout Europe
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📢 Historic day for Portugal and phage therapy! 🇵🇹 A framework was approved, allowing magistral preparation of personalized phage products. 🙌 Grateful to Jean-Paul Pirnay, my group @AzeredoLab Portuguese patients, and doctors who signed a petition inspired by the Belgium model.
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Wonderful news from @azeredo_joana. The magistral personalized phage therapy framework will now be approved in #Portugal.
Great collaborative work #Belgium 🇧🇪 and #Portugal 🇵🇹 to help patients. We hope more countries will push to adopt this.
@PaulPirnay @AzeredoLab
📢 Historic day for Portugal and phage therapy! 🇵🇹 A framework was approved, allowing magistral preparation of personalized phage products. 🙌 Grateful to Jean-Paul Pirnay, my group @AzeredoLab Portuguese patients, and doctors who signed a petition inspired by the Belgium model.
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One of the major problems facing humanity is the inability to treat bacteria that make us sick.
Prof @MarthaClokie and her Centre for Phage Research team are studying bacteriophages to combat this growing issue.
#CitizensOfChange | #AMRAwarenessWeek | #AMR | @Leicester_Phage
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@WHO’s Fungal Priority Pathogens List is the first global effort to prioritize fungal pathogens by public health importance. The list guides global research & the public health response to fungal infections & #AntimicrobialResistance. Learn more: bit.ly/3ACTGcK #USAAW24
ALT A quote graphic displaying healthcare professionals looking at patient charts, reviewing chest scans, magnifying spores and holding antifungal medications. Text reads, “The path of Yeast Resistance: Antifungal resistance is increasing making more infections difficult to treat.”
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We’re delighted to announce that @ProfSharonLewin AO has been reappointed as Director of the Doherty Institute until 2029! A global leader in infectious diseases and HIV research, her leadership has driven remarkable achievements, including during the COVID-19 response. go.unimelb.edu.au/nq98
@UniMelb @UniMelbMDHS @TheRMH
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🏆 I'm was honoured to receive the WIMR Cultural Recognition Award this award for Generosity of Spirit, Excellence, and Building Strong, Respectful Relationships. 🙏
Let’s keep pushing boundaries and making strides against AMR! 🌍✨(4/4)
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🌐 I shared our work virtually with Phage Club (UK) hosted by @emdoesmicro at @EdinburghUni . It is inspiring to connect with researchers globally to advance phage therapy. (3/4)
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🎓 @ClareFisherSci and I had the privilege of speaking to students at Parramatta Marist High School about careers in STEM, phage therapy, and AMR. It's an honor to inspire the next generation to pursue science! (2/4)
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🌍🦠 To celebrate #WAAW2024, I'm excited to share a few highlights from last week:
🚀 @PhageAustralia, @WestmeadInst achieved the quickest phage product delivery yet, helping our youngest patient to date!
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