@Atif_micro

Scientist D @IndiaBARC | Phage Biologist for Biofilm and Biofouling | Phage therapy for MDR infections | Volunteer @phagedirectory | Phage Advocacy and learner

 Chennai, India
atif.phage.directory/
Joined November 2016
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Hey phage enthusiasts! Ready to infect the competition and go viral at ICBRAR-2025? Join our Bacteriophage Quiz, where brains battle like phages vs. bacteria! No antibiotics needed, just your wit. More details will follow……
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If anyone has Endotrap kits and wants to share let us know. This is for patient cases. @phagedirectory #phage #phagetherapy
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Sí se puede 🇲🇽 #phages
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What a perfect holiday gift for a science author: An in-depth review of my book in @ScienceMagazine by @aetiology I loved how she hit on the pros/cons and that phages aren't panacea but a promising addition to our arsenal of antibiotic-resistance weaponry science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Return of the phage

The pros and cons of alternative antimicrobial therapies are worth considering in an age of antibiotic resistance

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A 3-year postdoctoral position in antiphage immunity hosted by my lab (Lund), co-supervised @gem__atkinson (co-PI, structural bioinformatics, @lunduniversity) and Pontus Gourdon (co-PI, cryo-EM, Lund University and @uni_copenhagen). PleaseRT! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/job…

Postdoctoral researcher in phage-bacteria interactions

Description of the workplace You will be based at the medical faculty in Lund. The group for molecular enzymology is located at the Biomedical Center (BMC) at Lund University and is led by senior lect

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Is it “winner-takes all” when the simplest living things compete? Check out my fresh publication on phage coexistence in Science and a thread below🧵 science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Diverse phage communities are maintained stably on a clonal bacterial host

Bacteriophages are the most abundant and phylogenetically diverse biological entities on Earth, yet the ecological mechanisms that sustain this extraordinary diversity remain unclear. In this study,...

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.@Atif_micro (@IndiaBARC) and colleagues published a new paper showing chlorine-tolerant #phages can inhibit growth and #biofilm formation of chlorine-resistant K. pneumoniae isolated from a cooling water system. buff.ly/3ViEZ61
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With @FrunzkeLab we have #open #PhDposition: "Establishment of #Phage-#Biocontrol Strategies for #Pathogen Control in Agriculturally Relevant #Plants". Details in the post👇 Position open untill filled, we will be evaluating applicants from mid Jan '25. #PlantSciJobs RT pls.
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Paul Bollyky@bollyky2 Dec 2024
Excited to share our work on broadly effective phage-antibiotic cocktails. We report 3 cocktails that each work against >95% of 153 antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas isolates. Check it out here: nature.com/articles/s41467-0… Congrats to Kevin Kim @KevinMinyo6651
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We have 2 fully funded PhD studentships available through the new Yorkshire Biosciences DTP (starting Oct 25) - please share! Both projects are focussed on #phage that infect #Cdifficile
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We just dropped our latest paper: “Combating Chlorine-Resistant Marine Klebsiella pneumoniae Biofilms with Chlorine-Tolerant Bacteriophages” in Chemosphere! 🌊🦠 Who knew that phages could be the ultimate chlorine bouncers? Dive in to see how we’re tackling biofilm bullies!
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I will be conducting a workshop on "Phage Ecology and Evolution in Microbiomes" at IIT Madras from 11-14 December. lf you are interested in phage applications, therapy, or biotechnology, this may be of interest. Please spread the word. elearn.nptel.ac.in/shop/iit-…
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Come listen to @marynmck and me talk about phage therapy history & future. Live Q&A hosted by @EmoryUniversity @EmoryCSHH With superbugs killing one American every 15 minutes, these bacteria-eating viruses may be our best defense against the next pandemic. linkedin.com/events/72602972…
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mBio@mbiojournal8 Nov 2024
A minimalist phage isolated from Wurundjeri Country is teaching us new things about incremental evolution toward new phenotypes. #mBio @LithgowLab @CentreImpactAMR @MonashBDI @KlebClub @KlebsPapers @TrevorLithgow journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…
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Research Technician at @Leicester_Phage Advert closes 21 Nov 2024 Come work with me and @MarthaClokie on developing phage standards. In collaboration with MHRA jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/1080…
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PhD studentship with @milja001 and me at @Leicester_Phage . Part of larger CF Trust Hub led by @JoJofoth Selection of bacteriophages for therapeutic use in cystic fibrosis-associated Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections at University of Leicester
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Replying to @EmmanuelKuffo15 @MarthaClokie @Leicester_Phage
Hmmm Attempt 2 findaphd.com/phds/project/se…

Selection of bacteriophages for therapeutic use in cystic fibrosis-associated Pseudomonas aerugin...

PhD Project - Selection of bacteriophages for therapeutic use in cystic fibrosis-associated Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections at University of Leicester, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Exciting news! I started the junior research group 'Complexes in Phage-infected Cells' at Helmholtz Centre for Infection research @Helmholtz_HZI looking forward to explore new jumbo phage biology. We’re hiring! Join us for a PhD position.
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🧪 What I wish I'd known about OPTIMIZATION CREEP in year 1: A thread about lab experiments that balloon out of control...🧵
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Nature News piece on the hidden players of the gut microbiome (hint, they're phages, of course) “Our virome is hugely abundant and incredibly diverse, and we’ve looked at just a tiny percentage,” nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Hidden players: the bacteria-killing viruses of the gut microbiome

Nature - Viruses known as bacteriophages are difficult to study, but they are beginning to give up their secrets.

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OUT NOW 🦠 Prediction of strain level phage-host interactions across the Escherichia genus using only genomic information, by @AudeBer @hugovaysset @MDMlab_Paris @iame_center @PhagePasteur nature.com/articles/s41564-0…

Prediction of strain level phage–host interactions across the Escherichia genus using only genomic...

Nature Microbiology - Phage–host interactions are computationally predicted using only genomic information, highlighting future research directions and enabling generation of custom phage...

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