This spring we were lucky enough to get additional funding from UKRI to enable some of our researchers to go on placements to different work environments to learn skills and build relationships. We’ll be sharing report from all of the …
Transformation in Barcelona: Sara’s placement report Read More »
As part of the 12th International Congress of Plant Pathology, colleagues from the Ralstonia Phage project are organising a satellite event focused on Ralstonia solanaceraum. Find out more and find out how to register or submit an abstract Ralstonia solanaceraum …
The new year means a new principle investigator for the Ralstonia Phage project. Original lead Ville Friman has returned to his native Finland after 12 years in the UK. He joins the University of Helsinki as Professor of Microbiology. Ville …
By Bryden Fields, Research Associate on the Ralstonia Phage project Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses that infect and kill bacteria. Phages can have very specific host ranges and we can harness this specificity to kill certain bacterial strains whilst leaving other …
Plant seeks phage: Searching for viruses that can protect plants from bacterial disease Read More »
Phages are viruses which infect and kill bacteria. Increasingly, as with our Ralstonia Phage project, they are being studied as potential biocontrol agents. Phages have very specific host ranges and could be used to selectively target only pathogenic bacteria, leaving …