Jobs

Friedrich Schiller University Jena is looking for a Postdoctoral Microbiological Laboratory Manager to coordinate and support wet lab activities and pursue own research interests within the scope of Viral Ecology and Omics.

The Quadram Institute Bioscience (QIB), based in Norwich, UK is hiring a Virome Research Scientist to study the intestinal virome and understanding the diversity and impact of viruses at key life stages during human development. The successful applicant will work with a number of phage researchers including the Carding, Adriaenssens and Clokie groups.

The Iredell lab at the University of Sydney is seeking a PhD student to undertake research in phage therapy for intracellular pathogens.

Friedrich Schiller University Jena is looking for a bioinformatic programmer/data steward to assist in the establishment and maintenance of a compute cluster, databases, bioinformatics tools, building pipelines, and much more.

The Papenfort laboratory at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (Germany) studies gene regulation in microbial pathogens, and is recruiting postdocs and/or PhD students to employ genetic tools and synthetic RNAs to study phage-host interactions and identify and chracterize novel phage resistance mechansims.

The Shkoporov lab at APC Microbiome, Ireland is hiring a Post-Doctoral Researcher to work on a new project, PHAGENET, which involves investigating the role of phages in horizontal gene transfer in the human gut microbiome.

The Taylor Group at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark is hiring a Research Assistant for 4 months, to then continue as a PhD fellow for 3 years. This position will use cryo-electron microscopy combined with functional techniques to study the mechanisms of transport across biological membranes, including phages.

The Mayo Clinic is seeking candidates for a faculty position to develop, study and test gene therapy approaches for clinical indications and translate those findings into human testing. Examples of research areas include: Gene replacement using CRISPR, Viral delivery of transgenes, or creation of synthetic phages to target and kill drug resistant pathogens.

The Silveira Lab at the University of Miami, Florida is hiring a Postdoctoral Associate to study the tripartite relationships between phage-bacteria interactions in coral reef.

The Moniruzzaman lab at the University of Miami, Florida is recruiting 1-2 PhD students for Fall 2022 to study giant virus ecology and evolution through experimental and bioinformatic approaches. Please send an email detailing your interest and CV to: mxm193819@rsmas.miami.edu.

The Cavendish lab at the University of Cambridge is hiring a Research Assistant/Associate to develop a new CRISPR-based technique for gene editing of bacteriophage T7 to better understand and manipulate phage-host interactions.

CSIRO (Brisbane, Australia) is hiring a postdoc to identify and characterise role of bacteriophages of Enterobacteriaceae in mobilisation of antibiotic resistance genes. The position will be part of the Microbiomes for One Systems Health - Future Science Platform, which addresses new scientific challenges for Australia.

Johnson & Johnson (Springhouse, Pennsylvania) is hiring a scientific director of phage discovery, antibacterials, and infectious diseases.

Massey University (New Zealand) is hiring a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. The position includes a strong teaching component in microbiology, biochemistry and molecular genetics programmes. The facilities, equipment and resources such as strain collections, E. coli mutant libraries will enable a fast start to a research programme in either microbial genetics/physiology/biochemistry, antibiotic development, in vitro protein evolution, bacteriophage biology, or combinatorial biology.

Xu Peng (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) is looking for a postdoc to work on CRISPR and anti-CRISPR of phages and archaeal viruses. Interested candidates may email the PI at peng@bio.ku.dk or DM her on Twitter (@XuPeng01770032).

The labs of John Kenny (Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ireland) and Jennifer Mahony (University College Cork, Ireland) are looking for a PhD student to investigate the application of phage therapy in pigs.

The Leibniz Institute DSMZ (Braunschweig, Germany) is hiring a Postdoctoral research associate to study new concepts in prokaryotic virus-host interactions – from single cells to microbial communities. For further information and more detailed project descriptions please contact Prof. Dr. Jörg Overmann (joerg.overmann@dsmz.de) or Dr. Johannes Wittmann (johannes.wittmann@dsmz.de).

Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) is hiring an assistant professor. Candidates with expertise in any area of microbiology are encouraged to apply. Research interests of faculty include physiology, ecology, molecular biology, cell biology, pathogenesis, and microbiome science.

The Edwards lab at Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia) is hiring a research associate in bioinformatics. As part of the new Flinders Accelerator for Microbiome Exploration, the research associate will advance understanding of IBD by analyzing viral genomics and metagenomics data from IBD patients and controls, leveraging experimental data, and developing new software to analyze these complex datasets.

The Leibniz Institute DSMZ (Braunschweig, Germany) is hiring a Postdoctoral research associate to study new concepts in prokaryotic virus-host interactions – from single cells to microbial communities. For further information and more detailed project descriptions please contact Prof. Dr. Jörg Overmann (joerg.overmann@dsmz.de) or Dr. Johannes Wittmann (johannes.wittmann@dsmz.de).

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Bay Area, California) is hiring a biologist postdoctoral fellow to develop and apply methods to isolate novel phages, study host-phage interaction determinants, use viral metagenomic and metatranscriptomic datasets to ecologically contextualize new isolates, and attempt to engineer host determining factors in the novel phages.

The Anantharaman Lab at University of Wisconsin Madison is hiring for multiple PhD and postdoctoral positions to study phage in marine and human microbiomes for NSF and NIH-supported projects. Please contact Karthik Anantharaman with CV if interested!

Intralytix (Columbia, MD) is seeking a bioprocess engineer to work on upstream generation of phage-based products in bacterial systems, including concentration/purification of phages, and drying of phage cocktails into solid format.

The Marquis lab (UNSW, Australia) is looking for a part-time Research Officer for a key role in supporting research projects in the area of phage purification.

The Penadés lab (Imperial College London) is looking for a postdoc to study the impact of phages on the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Felix Biotechnology is looking for a Scientist to help develop phage therapies targeting multidrug resistant bacterial infections. Responsibilities include engineering phages, isolating and characterizing phage-host interactions and more.

Intralytix is currently seeking an experienced Senior Research Scientist to lead various research projects focused on the development of phage-based products, with a focus on human health applications.

The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Leipzig, Germany) is looking for a postdoc to work on understanding the role of the virosphere in the Critical Zone and the consequences of virus-host interactions for the subsurface genetic landscape, microbial ecosystem functions and nutrient cycling.

The Roach lab at San Diego State University is actively seeking a postdoc to understand and exploit phage-host interactions at low oxygen (hypoxia) environments in Pseudomonas aeruginosa using adaptive laboratory evolution.

Wai-Leung Ng (Tufts University, Boston) is looking for a postdoc to work on microbe-microbe, microbe-phage or microbe host interactions. Interested candidates may email wai-leung.ng@tufts.edu.

Locus Biosciences (Raleigh, North Carolina), a clinical stage phage-based biotech company, is hiring a Laboratory Animal Technician to assist with the daily care of research animals housed within the laboratory animal facility.

APC Microbiome (Cork, Ireland) is hiring a postdoc to work on a new project investigating the role of phages in horizontal gene transfer in the human gut microbiome.

The Institute of Virology at the German Research Centre for Environmental Health is looking for a research technician to propagate and isolate bacteria and phages (aerobic and anaerobic), coordinate and conduct in vivo preclinical studies, and process and analyze samples using molecular biology tools.

Jagiellonian University (Poland) is recruiting a PhD student to work on a project related to quantifying evolutionary dynamics of tails in phages infecting bacteria of Klebsiella pneumoniae and the role of horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of phages.

The National University of Singapore is hiring a research assistant to study the microbiology of anaerobes and phages.

Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA) is hiring a biology lab coordinator to prepare lab facilities for teaching multi-section lab courses. The labs are the first semester component of the HHMI SEA-PHAGES program, where students use microbiology and molecular techniques to discover, purify, and characterize phages from the soil.

Delaware State University is looking for a Research Technician (Part-time) in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics to study microbiome and phage derived from various samples and its application using molecular biological techniques and bioinformatics.

The National University of Singapore is hiring a research assistant to work on Staphylococcus aureus, phages, and pathogenicity islands.

A post-doc position is available in the Parent Lab (Michigan State University) to work on mechanisms of phage attachment to enteric pathogens. Genetics, biochemistry, and computational approaches as well as single-particle cryo-EM will be combined to study the molecular mechanisms of host recognition. Interested candidates should contact Dr. Kristin Parent (kparent@msu.edu) with a CV and cover letter.

The Roach lab at San Diego State University is recruiting a postdoc to work as part of a highly interactive multidisciplinary research team focused on deciphering how the mammalian immune system directly interacts with phages and the potential implications of such interactions for shaping the host immune system.

The Scanlan lab (University of Warwick School of Life Sciences) is hiring a postdoctoral research fellow, to work on the ERC funded VIRFIX project, which seeks to broadly understand how cyanophages subvert host metabolism, particularly CO2 fixation.

Kevin Forsberg is starting a new phage lab at UT Southwestern in Fall 2021 (to study how bacteria defend against phage attack and how phages circumvent these defenses), and is recruiting at all levels! See his Tweet thread here for details on applying!

Looking for phage postdoc positions or have one to list? Check out this Tweet thread started by Sabrina Green on Twitter.

The University of Copenhagen Department of Food Science is offering a PhD scholarship in faecal phage transfer for enhanced gastrointestinal tract maturation in neonates.

Dr. Lukas Y. Wick and Prof. Dr. Antonis Chatzinotas (UFZ Leipzig, Germany) are hiring a postdoc for a project on the role of soil phages in nutrient cycling.

The Buchan lab within the Department of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee is seeking a post-doctoral research associate to study phages that infect a member of the Roseobacter lineage of marine bacteria. Please feel free to contact Alison Buchan (abuchan@utk.edu) with any questions. They are also looking for a technician so if you know an undergrad student who wants to get hands-on experience in a lab, let them know.

Colin Hill’s Gut Phageomics Lab at APC Microbiome in Cork, Ireland is seeking a wet-lab/bioinformatics postdoc and wet-lab research assistant to investigate the role of phages in health and disease.

Felix Biotechnology is hiring an Intern! As a Felix intern, you’ll support Felix’s efforts in developing phage therapeutics using techniques such as bacterial culture, phage/host interaction studies, and microbial genetic engineering. Contact jonathan@felixbt.com if interested!

Intralytix (Columbia, Maryland) is currently seeking an experienced Research Scientist for a hands-on bench-based position to participate in various research projects focused on the development of bacteriophage-based products.

Eligo Bioscience (Paris, France) is looking for a Research Scientist to strategically construct and characterize bacterial and phage collections that are associated with a wide range of diseases and then develop synthetic biology tools for these collections. The candidate will be among the first researchers to have a shot at taming unexplored bacteria and phages.

The Frunzke lab (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany) is currently looking for a new PhD student to work on novel antiphage defense strategies in Streptomyces.

Felix Biotech (a clinical stage US phage therapy-focused biotech company) is hiring scientists, research associates, & associate scientists.

Adaptive Phage Therapeutics is hiring a Banking Manufacturing Technician to work within the BioBanking Department and may also have the opportunity to work across other manufacturing departments.

Texas A&M Agrilife Research is hiring a Technician II to work on phage-related (and plant/greenhouse-related) experiments.

Steven Wilhelm (University of Tennessee) is seeking a postdoc to join their team and study giant viruses that infect algae.

Hany Anany (University of Guelph and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) has a postdoc position available starting July to study Campylobacter and Salmonella phages (for host interaction and biocontrol applications). Only open to Canadian Citizens at this time.

Intralytix (Maryland, USA) is currently seeking an experienced Research Scientist for a hands-on bench-based position to participate in various research projects focused on the development of bacteriophage-based products.

Eligo Bioscience (Paris, France) is looking for a Synthetic Biologist to tackle the ambitious challenges of diving into phage genetics and engineering bacterial strains. The candidate will work hand-in-hand with our Phage Biologists and Microbiologists to accelerate the process of Eligobiotics engineering.

The Buchan lab (University of Tennessee) is seeking a post-doc to study phages that infect a member of the Roseobacter lineage of marine bacteria. The candidate will work on a project to investigate host-phage interactions and influence on competitiveness in marine niches. Please contact Alison Buchan (abuchan@utk.edu) with questions or interest.

Malcolm White (University of St Andrews) has received an Advanced Grant from ERC Research to investigate the mechanisms of cyclic nucleotide signalling in bacteria/phage conflict. Postdoc positions will be available from 1st August - please do get in touch if you are interested.

PhagePro is looking for a Principal Scientist to lead their preclinical research on PVC as we prepare for clinical trials. The position is located at PhagePro’s lab space at the Tufts Launchpad in Boston, MA and will include domestic/international travel 5-10% of the time.

Nathan Ahlgren (Clark University) is seeking a Postdoc: Marine microbiology & ecology, who will conduct research on host range, community dynamics, and comparative genomics of marine cyanobacteria (Synechococcus) and their phages (cyanophage) in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island in collaboration with Dr. Marcie Marston (Roger Williams University). More info about the project here.

Alice Rothnie (Aston University) is hiring Ph.D. students to work on bacterial nano-syringes, which are evolutionarily related to bacteriophages, and function in a very similar way. The application deadline is May 6, 2021.

The Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota) is hiring a scientist or physician engaged in research with expertise or primary interest in phage therapy or phage basic science. The role will involve clinical and laboratory-based efforts toward phage- clinical trials, compassionate use cases, development of phage susceptibility testing, and the advancement of clinical phageomics.

Adaptimmune (Abingdon, Oxfordshire) is hiring a senior scientist to join their Phage Display team. The role aims to deliver novel SPEAR T-cell therapies to patients with cancer. Apply now!

Inviting applications for a full-time Research Fellow position (Postdoctoral Fellowship) in the laboratory of John Chen at the National University of Singapore. Research in the Chen lab focuses on bacteriophages and pathogenicity islands of the bacterial pathogen. Interested candidates, please submit a detailed curriculum vitae and the contact information of 3 references to Dr. John Chen, miccjy@nus.edu.sg.

The Hohenheim Center for Livestock Microbiome Research (HoLMiR) is looking for young investigators interested in the field of phage-bacteria-animal interaction. If you are an expert in the field of phages and looking for new perspectives, you are welcome to contact us and share your ideas. We can offer a starting grant, which will give the candidates the chance to apply for new projects establishing their own research group. Please send a short letter together with your CV to funmicanimal@uni-hohenheim.de using ‘phageome’ as the subject. The offer is open until 16 May 2021.

Karen Weynberg at the University of Queensland is hiring a 2-year postdoc to work on phage! See also her Tweet about it.

The Bordenstein Lab (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee) is recruiting at all levels to join projects on the molecular mechanisms and evolution of (i) phage WO genes that cause symbiotic phenotypes and (ii) insect genes that regulate maternal inheritance of symbionts (Wolbachia). The projects explore proteins that hijack host cells, genomes, and animal reproduction, as well as insect genes that suppress inherited symbiont densities. Contact Dr. Bordenstein at s.bordenstein@vanderbilt.edu with informal inquires or a pdf package.

Sensei Biotherapeutics is seeking a Scientist to help create better immunotherapeutics by investigating mechanisms of cross-presentation of phage lambda-displayed antigens to optimize cancer immunotherapy.

Dr. Hany Anany (University of Guelph) is looking for a PhD student to work on a newly funded 3-year project with the National Research Council of Canada to develop a phage-based rapid detection device for Listeria monocytogenes using immobilized lytic Listeria phages on nanoparticles. The student has to register first at University of Guelph PhD program (or nearby university) before applying to AAFC under the RAP program. As this is a government job, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent resident candidates before going to international students. Please send your CV to Dr. Anany at hany.anany@canada.ca.

The Bioscience Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking a motivated, enthusiastic post-master’s student interested in phage biology research. The goal of the project is to develop a novel high throughput platform to rapidly discover and isolate novel and effective bacteriophages against bacterial pathogens.

The Barrick Lab at the University of Texas at Austin has an open NIH-funded position for a postdoctoral fellow in the area of phage engineering and experimental evolution.

Adaptive Phage Therapeutics (Gaithersburg, Maryland) is hiring for several roles, including microbiologists, software engineers, manufacturing & more!

Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota) is hiring a phage scientist or clinician with phage expertise. Contact Dr. Gina Suh to apply.

The Mimee Lab at the University of Chicago is hiring a research specialist to participate in scientific research projects (including phage work). The Mimee lab develops strategies to engineer the microbiome, investigating genetic design of commensal bacteria and phage.

PhagoMed (Vienna, Austria) is looking for a talented junior researcher to help drive the research into new phage lysins.

The Quadram Institute of Biosciences (Norwich, UK) is inviting applications for the post of bioinformatician to join the Gut Microbes and Health Programme, to work with vast datasets of metagenomic sequence data and gain experience with cutting-edge sequencing technologies.

The Hohenheim Center for Livestock Microbiome Research (HoLMiR) is looking for young investigators interested in the field of phage-bacteria-animal interaction to research strategies towards phage-related topics for sustainable animal production.

Two openings in Rafal Mostowy’s group in Krakow to work on bioinformatics of bacteria-phage interactions: 1. Postdoc to study phage proteome/domainome and 2. PhD to study role of HGT in phage evolution. See his Twitter thread here.

Locus Biosciences, a phage biotech company in North Carolina, is hiring a director of translational medicine.

The Koskella lab at UC Berkeley is hiring a postdoc to explore bacteria-phage dynamics over both short (monthly) and long (yearly) time scales to better understand the ecology and evolution of phage host range, the scale of phage adaptation and bacterial counter-adaptation, and the role phages play in shaping pathogen invasion and disease. The project is based around a tight integration of research and teaching, and includes the development of a four module undergraduate research program.

Armata Pharmaceuticals is hiring an associate scientist to evaluate existing engineering methods and devise new ones to build improved phages as needed for clinical development. The work will involve genetically altering phages and their hosts to improve their safety, efficacy or manufacturability profiles.

Sensei Bio (Maryland, USA) is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company with an initial focus on treatments for cancer. Their proprietary ImmunoPhage platform is a powerful, self-adjuvanted and highly differentiated immunotherapy approach designed to utilize phage to induce a robust, focused and coordinated innate and adaptive immune response. They are hiring a Phage Stock Production Associate Scientist.

PhagePro is a Boston-based, preclinical phage biotech startup focused on helping the world’s most vulnerable communities. They’re looking for a part-time Research Technician to support their R&D team.

Locus Biosciences (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) is hiring a Scientist for its Phage Discovery and Cocktail Optimization team.

The Environmental Microbial Genomics (EMG) group at the University of Copenhagen is offering a PhD scholarship in phage biocontrol of the phyllosphere microbiome.

The Vardi lab is seeking a PhD and postdoc candidates w/expertise in metabolomics to join a new project funded by the Simons Foundation in the field of chemical ecology, focusing on alga-virus interactions & chemical communication in the ocean. Our laboratory employs state-of-the-art mass spectrometry to investigate the metabolic landscape produced by microbial interactions at sea. The project will involve diverse microbial, physiological & analytical chemistry tools.

The Wilhelm lab is seeking a post-doctoral research associate to study the genetics of viruses that infect microalgae. The post-doc will work in a collaborative team and perform experiments that develop tools used to genetically engineer viruses in the Mimiviridae and their hosts, focusing on viruses of photosynthetic plankton.

Computercraft is hiring a scientist to work with a team of virologists and computer scientists to improve viral sequence resources at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

The Lindell lab is seeking PhD students and Post-docs to study horizontal gene transfer in cyanophage using experimental evolution, Cyanophage ecology in the North Pacific Ocean, and Synechococcus genome adaptation in the Red Sea. Also seeking a Research Assistant to study infection properties of cyanophages.

The Turner Lab at Yale is hiring a research assistant to work on phage microbiology and phage therapy research projects.

The Buchan lab is seeking a post-doc to study viruses (phages) that infect a member of the Roseobacter lineage of marine bacteria. The candidate will work to investigate host-phage interactions and influence on competitiveness in marine niches and perform experiments designed to understand novel interactions between phage and host extrachromosomal elements (plasmids).

PhagoMed (Vienna, Austria) is looking for a (junior) researcher to join their team, which is developing synthetic phage lysins against chronic indications with high medical need.

Eligo Bioscience (Paris, France) is hiring a bioinformatics intern to help build, test and run a bioinformatics pipelines to help Eligo’s team engineer phages to target specific bacteria in the microbiome.

The marine picophytoplankton ecology group at Linneaus University (Kalmar, Sweden) is hiring a postdoc fellow for a project investigating cyanophages infecting Synechococcus.

The Madsen lab at University of Copenhagen is hiring a postdoc to study how bacterial CRISPR-Cas immunity is regulated and controlled in response to environmental signals and extracellular factors. They aim to use this knowledge to manipulate the immunity of non-GMO bacteria used in various green and sustainable biotechnologies to make them less vulnerable to environmental phages.

ContraFect (Yonkers, NY), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on phage lysin development, is hiring a Director of Drug Product Development.

Armata Pharmaceuticals (Marina del Rey, California) is hiring an Associate Scientist/Scientist Phage & Bacterial Genetics, Engineering & Synthetic Biology to evaluate existing engineering methods and devise new ones to build improved phages for clinical development.

Phage biotech company Proteon Pharma (Warsaw, Poland) is hiring a business analyst.

Nottingham Trent University (Clifton Campus, UK) is hiring a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Microbiology. Seeking expertise in expertise in clinical microbiology, medical microbiology, molecular microbiology, virology, and/or public health microbiology.

Rafal Mostowy (Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland) will soon be looking for a postdoc and a PhD student to work on microbial genomics and structural bioinformatics to study the role of HGT in phage evolution.

The Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine is seeking a qualified Researcher at the Professor level. Researchers with research portfolios in genitourinary, respiratory or gastrointestinal pathogens, human immunology and pathogenesis, bacteriophage, or microbiome studies are preferred as they will synergize with Baylor’s outstanding resources, strengths and current funding.

Vysnova (Silver Spring, MD) is seeking a highly qualified and motivated Research Technician III - Bacteriophage Therapeutics to work on a WRAIR contract.

The University of Georgia is hiring an assistant professor of Microbial Systems Biology.

The Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture at the University of New Hampshire is hiring an assistant professor of microbial ecology and evolutionary biology.

The Environmental Microbial Genomics (EMG) group at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences (PLEN), Section for Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology at the University of Copenhagen is offering a PhD scholarship in phage biocontrol.

Deerland Enzymes (Cork, Ireland) is hiring a research and development scientist to develop and optimize novel methodologies relating to probiotic, enzyme and phage research.

The Ahlgren lab at Clark University (Worcester, Massachusetts) is hiring a PhD student to contribute to an NSF-funded project studying the phylogenetic and genomic determinants of host range in Synechococcus and cyanophage.

The Reynolds lab at UWE Bristol (Bristol, UK) is hiring a PhD student to study the efficacy of antimicrobial aerosols through the development of a phage-based model.

The Bordenstein lab at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) is hiring a postdoc to study selfish phage genes and symbionts in Drosophila.

The University of Texas at Austin is hiring a research associate to investigate bacterial genome architecture using transposable phage Mu.

ContraFect (Yonkers, New York), a clinical-stage biotech company focused on discovery and development of protein therapeutics (including phage lysins) is hiring a Director of Research Laboratory.

The Blower group at Durham University (Durham, UK) is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Microbiology and Biochemistry to investigate BREX and phage-bacteria interactions.

Clara Torres-Barceló (Plant Pathology Institute, INRAE, Avignon, France) has an opening for an 18-month contract as research assistant to work on the project “Characterisation of Erwinia amylovora phages in order to develop a biocontrol tool against fire blight.” She is seeking a highly motivated candidate with a Master’s degree and molecular biology, microbiology and bioinformatics experience. Working language is French or English. Please submit CV + motivation letter to clara.torresbarcelo@inrae.fr by Dec 15.

Professor Martha Clokie (University of Leicester) is hiring a PhD student to understand and characterize gut phages.

Dr Ed Galyov (University of Leicester) is hiring a PhD student to study the development of targeted phage metagenomics.

Dr Andrew Millard (University of Leicester) is hiring a PhD student to study the development of phage-based vaccines for animal health.

Professor Julie Morrissey (University of Leicester) is hiring a PhD student to study the effect of air pollution on the interaction between bacteria and bacteriophage.

The University of Tennessee (Knoxville, Tennessee) is hiring a postdoc to study phages that infect a member of the Roseobacter lineage of marine bacteria.

The Jaschke lab at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) has an opening for a PhD student to work within a multidisciplinary team on a cutting-edge NHMRC-funded project at the intersection of synthetic biology and phage therapy: engineering new phage to address antibiotic resistant uropathogenic E. coli infections. Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents.

The J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, MD is hiring a postdoc to develop improved reverse genetic tools for viruses, leading to a more complete understanding of viruses that lack robust genetic tools, such as agricultural pathogens and phages.

Would you like to build phage de novo for medical, environmental, and agricultural applications? Help us change the future of science! Looking for a talented molecular biologist that is interested in viruses, phage, and synthetic biology! Only a masters degree required. Contact: Dr. Richard Allen White III, University of North Carolina — Charlotte. rwhit101@uncc.edu

CAMRIS is seeking a Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Scientist, a phage biologist, and a phage molecular biologist to support the Walter Reed Army Istitute of Research (WRAIR) Wound Infection Department.

The University of Exeter (Exeter, UK) is hiring a postdoc to support the work of Dr. Wolfram Moebius. The successful applicant will investigate phage evolution within biofilms.

Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, New Mexico) is hiring a postdoctoral scientist to study the interaction of bacteria with noble gases, to use phage-assisted continuous evolution to evolve proteins for biosensing applications, and to engineer and characterize algal strains for biofuel applications.

The Levin lab at Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) is hiring a postdoctoral research associate to do jointly theoretical and experimental research on the population and evolutionary biology of bacteria and bacteriophage. To inquire, please write to Bruce Levin at blevin@emory.edu.

General Dynamics Information Technology (Silver Spring, Maryland) has openings for a phage immunologist, a phage biologist, and a phage molecular biologist to work on a phage therapy project for the Wound Infections Department of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.

The Fineran lab (University of Otago, New Zealand) has openings for PhD students to study phages and CRISPR. Due to border restrictions, applicants must already be in New Zealand.

The non-profit organization Emily’s Entourage is looking for an experienced, passionate and entrepreneurial scientist to lead research and development activities as a full-time Chief Scientific Officer. This is a unique chance to help lead an organization that fast tracks research for new treatments and a cure for rare nonsense mutations of Cystic Fibrosis. It has funded several phage projects lately!

The Hill lab at the APC Microbiome in Cork, Ireland is hiring a postdoc to study the molecular interactions (especially host recognition and DNA injection) between a model phage and its host, Lactococcus lactis.

Interested in a career in quantitative biology? Georgia Institute of Technology’s unique QBioS graduate program is accepting applicants for next year’s cohort (apply by Dec 1, 2020). This program aims to train students to identify principles underlying the structure, dynamics, and function of living systems at scales spanning molecules, cells, tissue, populations, and ecosystems. This program is well-suited to phage enthusiasts, particularly as it is led by Prof. Joshua Weitz, whose lab applies these principles to viral evolutionary dynamics (phages included!).

The Dixon lab at the University of Lincoln (Lincoln, UK) is hiring a postdoc for a project entitled ‘Novel biocontrol to combat Clostridium perfringens in poultry flocks’.

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (Silver Spring, MD) is hiring a senior molecular phage biologist.

The Scanlan lab at the University of Warwick is hiring a research fellow to undertake laboratory based biochemistry/microbiology/molecular biology research work to assess how photosynthesis in a marine cyanobacterium can be controlled. Phage experience desired.

The University of Tennessee (Knoxville, Tennessee) is hiring a postdoc to study phages that infect a member of the Roseobacter lineage of marine bacteria.

The Deng lab at the Helmholtz Zentrum München (Munich, Germany) has an opening for a PhD student to study how phages are functionally linked to their bacterial or archaeal hosts using experimental and bioinformatics approaches.

The Institute de Biologie Structurale (Grenoble, France) is hiring a postdoc to study, by cryo-electron microscopy, the mechanisms of host recognition and inhibition of E. coli phage T5.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, California) is hiring a trainee to study soil viromics and microbiology.

Armata Pharmaceuticals (Marina del Rey, California) has several open positions to design, study and produce their next generation of phage therapeutics.

The Nugen lab at Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) has an opening for a PhD student to work on a newly funded project on genetic engineering of Salmonella phages.

The University of Iowa is hiring an Assistant Professor of Bacteriology.

The Bullough lab at the University of Sheffield, UK will soon hire a PhD student to study phage infection of C. difficile with cryoEM.

15 PhD positions are open as part of the virology and bioinformatics “ETN VIROINF” program, a Horizon 2020-funded program involving institutes in 8 countries. Several project openings are phage-related!

The Turner lab at Yale University is looking to hire a postdoc to study phage evolution or virus biodiversity.

The Niu lab at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has an opening for a postdoc to study phage-host interactions, phage functional genomics, and viral metagenomics.

Lund University (Lund, Sweden) is hiring a researcher to be responsible for research tasks dealing with development of biocatalysts for designing effective antimicrobial strategies. Phage knowledge required.

Intralytix, Inc (Columbia, Maryland) is hiring a research scientist to participate in various research projects focused on the development of phage-based products, with a focus on human health applications.

Kelly Services France is hiring a senior quality control technologist. The candidate will be setting-up, fine-tuning, validating and executing assays for analysis, stability, and release of raw materials and biological products such as phages.

The Hill lab at APC Microbiome Ireland and University College Cork is hiring two research assistants to explore the role of phages in shaping the human gut microbiome and explore their potential as therapeutic agents.

PhagePro is looking for a Scientist I to participate in our research on our cholera phage cocktail as we prepare for clinical trials. The position is located at PhagePro’s lab space at the Tufts Launchpad in Boston, MA. Please visit our website www.phageproinc.com to see the full job description. We look forward to hearing from you!

The Paterson lab at the University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland) is hiring a research associate to lead laboratory work investigating Staphylococcus pseudintermedius bacterial-phage interactions and bacterial disease pathogenesis.

A post-doctoral fellow position has opened in the Moineau group (Université Laval, Canada) to work on Salmonella phages, in collaboration with researchers in Kenya. See also: Youtube. The position is for at least 15 months, with an additional year very likely. If interested, please send your CV to Sylvain Moineau.

The Niu lab at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has an opening for a graduate student to study phage-host interactions and antimicrobial synergy using animal models.

Chr. Hansen (Hørsholm, Denmark) is hiring a research technician to perform experimental work focused on natural strain improvement of industrial Bacillus strains (and other Gram positives) using different microbiology, biochemical and molecular biology methods.

The Bandyopadhyay lab at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway) has an open PhD fellowship. This project aims at designing artificial nanoparticles as an index for phage MS2, E. coli WR1 and organic micro pollutants.

The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland) is hiring a Biolab Manager to manage the School’s microbiological laboratory facility, including research projects encompassing bacteriophage, proteins, anaerobic culture of bacteria, tissue culture and several industrial collaborations.

Li Deng’s lab at Helmholtz Zentrum and Technical University of Munich is looking for a highly motivated postdoc with a strong background in synthetic biology to work on a newly founded COVID-19 project. The successful candidate will construct engineered phages against bacterial co-infection in COVID-19 patients. Please contact Dr. Deng at li.deng@helmholtz-muenchen.de for more information.

A one-year Research Fellow position is available in the lab of Dr. Nicholas Waterfield in the Warwick Medical School. This will be an Innovate UK funded post, working on a project led by recent University of Warwick spin-out company NanoSyrinx Ltd. Experience with bacteriophage biology and/or other macromolecular complexes is desired.

Randstad USA (Rockville, MD) is hiring an Associate Scientist II to work on animal studies (phage work included).

A postdoctoral research position is available in the Nelson laboratory at the University of Florida. The first phase of research involves characterizing the microbiota of human diarrheal disease samples and identifying antimicrobial factors important to pathogenesis and transmission (e.g. antibiotics by LC/MS and bacteriophage).

The University of Hawaii at Manoa is hiring a postdoctoral fellow to form and lead a rational design project with the purpose of improving transposase gene delivery (includes work with phages).

The RAW (Richard Allen White) lab at UNCC (Charlotte, North Carolina) is looking for an amazing phage biologist, molecular biologist and/or synthetic biologist.

PhagePro is looking for a Scientist II to participate in our research on our cholera phage cocktail as we prepare for clinical trials. The position is located at PhagePro’s lab space at the Tufts Launchpad in Boston, MA. Please visit our website www.phageproinc.com to see the full job description. We look forward to hearing from you!

Apply to work as a full-time Manufacturing Technician to work on phage production process development, including establishment and execution of protocols to manufacture EPA-registered product.

Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM) is hiring a postdoctoral appointee to study the interaction of bacteria with noble gases, to use phage-assisted continuous evolution to evolve proteins for biosensing applications, and to engineer and characterize algal strains for biofuel applications.

The Antson lab at the University of York (York, UK) is hiring a Research Associate in Structural Virology to investigate the mechanism of DNA packaging by a motor found in a large group of dsDNA viruses, which includes tailed phages and evolutionarily related herpes viruses.

The Malik lab at the University of Loughborough (Loughborough, UK) is hiring a PhD student to work on microencapsulation of biological food additives to improve animal nutrition. (The Malik lab works on phage manufacturing and formulation (read more here), making this a great opportunity for a phage-enthusiast!)

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s Joint Genome Institute Division has an opening for a computational biologist postdoctoral scholar to lead comparative analyses of multi ‘omics datasets to address questions regarding microbial and viral genomic diversity, metabolic activity of key populations in microbiomes of interest, and virus-host interactions in the environment.

The Lieberman lab at MIT (which studies human microbiome colonization, phages included) is hiring a research scientist to develop in-house genomic pipelines into widely-used community resources, conduct original research, and build systems for data tracking of high-throughput experiments.

The Antson research group at the University of York (York, GB) is hiring a postdoctoral research associate in structural virology to investigate the mechanism of DNA packaging by a motor found in a large group of dsDNA viruses, which includes tailed phages.

Randstad USA (Rockville, MD) is hiring an Associate Scientist II, for work involving phage manipulation.

Chr. Hansen (Hørsholm, Denmark) is hiring a research technician to perform experimental work focused on phage biology.

R&D Partners (San Jose, California) is hiring a research associate I with phage experience.

The Wilke Lab and the Barrick Lab at UT Austin are hiring a postdoc in the area of systems and synthetic biology of phages.

Nancy Tawil at PhageLux, a phage therapy company in Montreal, Canada, is hiring a postdoc to work on phage delivery systems.

David Pride at UC San Diego is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to investigate the role of phages as members of the human microbiome and to assist in the efforts to identify and characterize phages. The work will be in conjunction with the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH).

Rob Edwards is hiring three postdocs to run the new Flinders Accelerator for Microbiome Exploration (FAME): a research associate in bioinformatics, a research associate in modelling marine microbes and a FAME liaison. Message Rob on Twitter for details.

North Carolina State University is hiring a research technician for a food safety project focused on antimicrobial resistance, phage resistance and phage biocontrol.

Armata Pharmaceuticals (a clinical-stage phage therapy biotech in Marina Del Ray, California) is hiring a research associate.

Texas A&M is hiring a technician for a research project involving phage genetics.

The Alcaine Research Group at the Cornell University Dept. of Food Science is hiring a technician to study the microbial and enzymatic constituents of dairy foods. Responsibilities include bacterial cell culture, phage propagation, and more.

The Polz lab at the University of Vienna is hiring a postdoc to study phage-host interactions.

Prof. Hanne Ingmer at the University of Copenhagen has an opening for a postdoc or assistant professor to study the transfer of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and the role of phages in this process.

The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (University of Birmingham) is hiring a research fellow to study how new strains of pathogens emerge and evolve using Pseudomonas syringae as a model pathogen. The project involves phage work.

June Round (University of Utah) is seeking a postdoc to study phages in commensal populations of Clostridium.

Professor Lone Brøndsted (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) has an opening in her lab for a PhD student to work on a phage-host interaction project.

Invitris is a new team out of TU Munich funded to spin off a phage therapy biotech company based on their unique synthetic phage production system. They’re looking for an additional team member at the intersection of microbiology and the clinic.

There are open positions at NCATS (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, within the NIH) for a postdoc and research scientist working on phage panning and antibody discovery. Send a direct message to Matt Hall (@cispt2) on Twitter for more info.

Ignacio Mir-Sanchis at the IMS-Lab at Umeå University in Sweden offers a PhD position to study gene expression and DNA replication of staphylococcal mobile genetic elements (including phages) using a multidisciplinary approach: genetics and molecular biology, biochemistry, cryoEM, X-ray, etc.

My client, a Northeast US-based CRO, wants to hire a Microbiologist with phage experience for their phage and other contract research programs to provide lab-bench and technical support, especially taking a lead with phage-based programs.

Primary responsibility will be titration of phage in clinical trial specimens, validation and qualification studies. Full-time position with a diverse and productive team taking on research challenges from the biotech & pharmaceutical industries.

Desired candidate will have a good, working knowledge of phage biology. BS or MS in any relevant field, but experience with phage bench techniques such as titration and storage of phages is more important than degree level. Dependent on the candidate’s abilities, the role would include writing of protocols and SOPs. Experience with molecular biology and qPCR is also desirable.

Please contact ben@bbphage.com with your CV and cover letter.

Armata Pharmaceuticals, a phage therapy biotech company in Los Angeles, is hiring for several positions.

Heather Allison (University of Liverpool) and Chloe James (University of Salford) are hiring two postdocs, one at Liverpool and one at Salford, for a joint project entitled “Prophage host interactions: pulling back the curtains on Pseudomonas puppet masters”.

APC Microbiome Ireland is hiring two Research Assistants to work within its Gut Phageomics Laboratory.

FixedPhage (Glasgow, Scotland) is hiring a Technical Manager, who will be responsible for building and maintaining the company’s production facilities.

My client, a US-based CRO, wants to hire a Scientist with phage experience to assist in their phage and other contract research programs. The successful candidate will provide lab-bench and technical support to the company’s contract research programs, especially taking a lead with phage-based programs. Contact Ben Burrowes at ben@bbphage.com for details.

The Bikard Lab (Institut Pasteur, Paris) is hiring a postdoc to study the properties of Cas proteins in bacteria, their interaction with DNA repair pathways, and the mechanism and evolution of CRISPR-Cas systems as phage defense systems

The Weitz group at Georgia Tech is hiring a Scientific Project Coordinator and Data Communication Specialist to help their group advance, communicate, and share discoveries of how viruses transform human health and the fate of our planet. Apply by 6/22.

The Faculty of Biology and Medicine and the Lausanne University Hospital (Lausanne, Switzerland) are hiring a senior lecturer in the field of phage therapy / bacteriophages.

A Madison, Wisconsin company is hiring a scientist (culture development) for research into lactic acid bacteria in food fermentation. An understanding of phage management is essential.

A postdoc position (funded by ERC Research) on virus-virus interactions and experimental evolution is available in the Sanjuan Lab at the University of Valencia, Spain. Contact rafael.sanjuan@uv.es.

A PhD position on modulation of virion stability is available at the Institute of Physical Chemistry (Polish Academy of Sciences) in Warsaw, Poland.

A bioinformatician/data steward position related to metagenomics and phage-host interactions is available at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands.

Odyssey Systems is hiring multiple positions for a Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) contract related to phage therapy: a senior molecular phage biologist and a microbiology research technician level II and level IV.

Vulcan Biologics (Boston, MA) is developing novel in situ microbiome modulating technologies through the use of bacteriophages. They’re hiring a senior scientist (microbiology), who will be instrumental in establishing and executing the microbiology program, and a research associate (microbiology), who will play a key role in executing the microbiology program.

Stuart MacNeill at the University of St. Andrews (St. Andrews, Scotland), is hiring a postdoctoral fellow to work on a molecular microbiology project related to understanding the unusual biology of phage T5.

Armata Pharmaceuticals, a Los Angeles-based phage therapy company, has several openings in R&D, process development, DNA sequencing, genetic engineering, project management, quality assurance and quality control.

The David Braley Centre for Antibiotic Discovery at McMaster University has three faculty positions open in the areas of antimicrobial discovery and resistance.

The Biosciences and Biotechnology Division at Lawrence Livermore National Labs is hiring a Phage Biologist to work on phage isolation and characterization for phage therapy applications.

Two postdoc positions are available at APC Microbiome Ireland in Cork, Ireland, to work on projects related to the gut phageome.

Odyssey Systems is hiring a laboratory manager to work at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. This position requires 2 years experience with phage assays and pathogenic bacteria.

The Seed Lab in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at UC Berkeley is looking to hire a staff research associate. The candidate will use genetic and biochemical approaches to evaluate how phages evolve to modulate the excision and integration of mobile genetic elements in Vibrio cholerae.

Patrick Secor (University of Montana) is hiring a Research Assistant III interested in how phages affect Lyme disease pathogenesis.

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group is looking to hire a Senior Microbiologist/Phage Biologist to work on bacteriophages and microbial pathogens of military relevance at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. US citizenship required.

Nature Microbiology is hiring a locum associate or senior editor (for 6 months). Apply by April 7.

Karen Weynberg (University of Queensland) is hiring a PhD student for a project that aims to further the use of phage therapy by establishing an innovative synthetic biology platform to engineer phage therpay candidates within a biofoundry.

Bas Dutilh (Utrecht University) is looking for a Bioinformatician/Data Steward: use metagenomics to help answer questions related to the microbiome, such as predicting bacteriophage-host interactions.

Do you want to contribute to identifying and understanding viruses? Apply now for a PhD position in Viral Metagenomics for One Health in Bas Dutilh’s group at Utrecht University.

The DNA Core at Delaware State University (Dover, Delaware) is hiring a Research Technician to study microbiomes, phages and phage application using molecular biological techniques and bioinformatics.

Sentinel Environmental (Houston, Texas) is hiring a Research Scientist to develop novel microbiome engineering products (candidates that have experience working with phages are particularly encouraged to apply).

EMD Millipore Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) is hiring a Scientist III to design and execute virology testing and research projects, focused on viral (including phage) clearance and viral inactivation for biotherapeutic processing.

Two PhD student positions are open at KU Leuven in Belgium to unravel the role of protein acetylation in the interplay between phages and Pseudomonas bacteria. The project combines elements of research between the research groups of Prof. van Noort and Prof. Lavigne.

A biotechnology company in Orkney, Scotland is hiring a Laboratory Scientist to isolate phages and determine their specificity against various strains of bacteria.

Dupont (Madison, Wisconsin) is hiring a Scientist to study lactic acid bacterial strains with the objective of developing new and improved starter cultures and food ingredients (competencies in understanding and managing phage in relation to starter culture design and manufacturing is essential).

IPATH at UCSD is hiring two postdocs to work in the Pride Lab on translational projects relating to phage therapy.

The Hill lab at APC Microbiome (Cork, Ireland) is hiring a research assistant to collaborate with a major pharma company to explore the role of phages in shaping the human gut microbiome.

The Mostowy lab at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland is hiring a postdoc to work on bioinformatics and genomics of phages that infect opportunistic bacterial pathogens like Klebsiella pneumoniae and interact with their polysaccharide capsules.

Sciensano (Belgium) is looking for a coordinating scientist for the SAPHETY project (2021-2024) to dive deep into quality aspects of phage preparations for human use (with Rob Lavigne), and to work with Jean-Paul Pirnay and Shawna McCallin on the development and implementation of an international database on phage therapy.

The Mostowy lab (Jagiellonian University, Poland) is seeking two postdoctoral researchers to study the evolution of the phage proteome and reconciling co-evolutionary dynamics of bacterial surface sugars and temperate phages in the genus Klebsiella.

Leibniz-Institut DSMZ (Germany) is looking for a postdoctoral research associate. Specific tasks include the provision and deposit of novel phages and host organisms, isolation and characterization of phages, sequencing and subsequent bioinformatic analysis of phages and host organisms, establishment of a new phage-dedicated database.

The Van Tyne Lab in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, USA) is looking for a laboratory technician to assist with ongoing basic and clinical research efforts focused on using bacteriophages to treat antibiotic-resistant infections. Learn more about the Van Tyne Lab here

Karen Weynberg (Australian Centre for Ecogenomics) is seeking to appoint a post-doctoral researcher with expertise on phage research to work for 6-month on full-time basis or a 1-year on part-time basis. Interested candidates may contact her at k.weynberg@uq.edu.au.