Phage therapy

The isolation, characterization and pre-clinical screening of novel bacteriophages as therapies for antibiotic resistant, sexually-transmitted bacterial infections.

Next Call: 1/20/12 8:00pm PST/10:00pm CST

Discussion Topics Include:

Introduction into the project
Discussion of organizational (non-hierarchical) structure
Introduction to molecular genetics of Phage (lytic)
Methods of Phage Isolation and Characterization
Molecular Manipulation of Phage
Molecular Biology and Immunology of target organisms.

if you'd like to attend the conference call, please contact: Craig Rouskey (craigrouskey [at] gmail [dot] com)

Relevance

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/phenom_oct00.html?c=y&page=1

Here are some videos to review

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiPZq2K_Tos&NR=1&feature=endscreen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehbZpo8oXSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VjE1zddXWk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZENpYdQg-z4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egY-Br_oTHE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oms5SA_4-kE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eQhNyX7DRQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUcMGktSc7c&NR=1&feature=endscreen