Raphael Hans Lwesya is a PhD researcher and science communicator focused on bacteriophages, microbiology, and bioinformatics. He is the founder of The Phage, a platform dedicated to phage research, news, protocols and job opportunities.
In the ongoing battle against drug-resistant Mycobacterial infections, a ray of hope has emerged from the world of bacteriophages. The study, titled…
Scientists have made important progress in understanding deep-sea Planctomycetes bacteria. These bacteria are found in various ecosystems and play a vital role…
In the mesmerizing world of genetic engineering, prime editing has emerged as a shining star, promising to rewrite the very fabric of…
In 21st-century research, where sequences burgeon, the demand for efficient and scalable genomic annotation tools has never been more pronounced. The recent…
Integrated Phage Host Prediction, or iPHoP, is a command-line pipeline for automatically determining the host genus of new bacteriophages and archaea viruses…
In recent years, the field of microbiology and medical science has witnessed a resurgence of interest in phage therapy, a unique approach…
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In a groundbreaking international endeavor, the Israeli Phage Therapy Center (IPTC), under the leadership of Prof. Ran Nir-Paz from the Hadassah Hebrew…
Question: Identify the components of the enveloped virus budding process. Answer: Photo credit: Biomaterial publishing Question: Identify each step in the bacteriophage…
The lytic cycle of bacteriophage infection is a process by which a bacteriophage, a virus that infects bacteria, replicates and ultimately destroys…
