Reinventing the fight against bacteria, one phage at a time.

  Multidrug-resistant germs The weapons available for fighting dangerous bacteria are losing their edge, and life-threatening infections are increasingly resistant to treatment. There are hardly any substitutes available so far, making it high time someone took action. © Jonas Ratermann © Jonas Ratermann Multidrug-resistant germs The weapons available for fighting dangerous bacteria are losing their edge, and life-threatening infections are increasingly resistant to treatment. There are hardly any substitutes available so far, making it high time someone took action. © Jonas Ratermann © Jonas Ratermann Multidrug-resistant germs The weapons available for fighting dangerous bacteria are losing their edge, and life-threatening infections are increasingly resistant to treatment. There are hardly any substitutes available so far, making it high time someone took action. © Jonas Ratermann Homepage Research Multidrug-resistant germs Multidrug-resistant germs Web special Fraunhofer magazin...

  2025 Phage Therapy Workshop – Free Event November 25th, 2025 at the Spine Building in Liverpool Rising levels of antimicrobial resistance threaten healthcare systems and economies worldwide. Phage therapy has proven to be an effective last-resort treatment against multidrug resistant bacterial infections, but faces multiple barriers to its widespread use. Join our inter-disciplinary panel of speakers to discuss the advances, challenges, and next generation of phage therapy across the globe. This workshop is led by our scientific committee:  Stineke van Houte ,  Jo Fothergill ,  Edze Westra , and  Mike Brockhurst . Registration Click here to register with our Eventbrite page!  As places are limited, kindly inform the organizers if you will be unable to attend. For any questions, please e-mail  H.E.Westlake@exeter.ac.uk Programme SESSION 1: Phage therapy across the globe 9.00-9.30    Jean-Paul Pirnay, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium 9...

Antimicrobial resistance in orthopedics: microbial insights, clinical impact, and the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach—a review  Julia L VAN AGTMAAL 1, Mariëlle VERHEUL 2,3, Lieve VONKEN 4, Kato HELSEN 5, Marian G VARGAS GUERRERO 1, Sanne W G VAN HOOGSTRATEN 1, Bianca J HURCK 1, Giulia PILLA 6, Isabell TRINH 6, Gert-Jan DE BRUIJN 5, Henrik P CALUM 7, Mark G J DE BOER 2, Bart G PIJLS 3, and Jacobus J C ARTS 1,8 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Research Institute CAPHRI, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands; 2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; 3 Department of Orthopedics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; 4 Department of Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences, Research Institute CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; 5 Department of Communication Studies, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; 6 Nostics B. V.,...