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The Scientific Committee published the first Agenda of the 8th World Conference on Targeting Phage Therapy, which will be held on June 10-11, 2025, at DoubleTree by Hilton Berlin Kudamm, Berlin, Germany.  Read More

Short Oral Deadline: May 9
Poster Deadline: May 13

Speakers Lineup 2025

Keynote Speech – Phage Therapy 2030: Getting from here to there

Robert T. Schooley

University of California, San Diego, USA

Bacteriophage Therapy: A Renaissance – From Military Medicine to Civilian Healthcare

Christian Willy

Academic Hospital Bundeswehr Berlin, Germany

KlebPhaCol: Novel Gut Phage Order Associated with the Human Gut

Franklin Nobrega

University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Phage Defense Systems: Are they an Obstacle for Phage Therapy?

Stan J.J. Brouns

Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Yersinia Phage Stories: Impact on Phage Therapy

Mikael Skurnik

University of Helsinki, Finland

Bacteriophages Applications in Broiler Farms: Strategies & Perspectives

Sandra Sevilla-Navarro

Centro de Calidad Avícola y Alimentación Animal de la Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Phage Therapy in Europe: Legal, Regulatory and Ethic Issues

Barbara Brenner

Kanzlei BRENNER, Germany

Communications Accepted for Short Oral

DUOFAG – Human Clinical Trial Phase I
Dana Štveráková, MB PHARMA s.r.o.,Czech Republic

Successful Eradication of Chronic Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection with Personalised Bacteriophage Therapy in Children with Cystic Fibrosis: An Early Phase Clinical Trial
Jagdev Singh, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Australia

Endolysin (Lysk04) Combined with Plant-Derived Phenylpropanoid Disrupt Outer Membrane Barriers and Exhibits Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Activity Against High-Risk Gram-Negative Pathogens
Susweta Das, Dayananda Sagar University, India

Biohybrid Composites of Platelet-Rich Fibrin and Gelatin Hydrogel Beads (Nano/Micro) for Targeted Phage Delivery in the Treatment of Infected Wounds
Farzaneh Moghtader, TiPhage, Turkey

Anti-Quorum Sensing Phages Rescue Galleria mellonella Larvae from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection
Kira Céline Koonce, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

First Use of Phage Therapy in Canada for the Treatment of a Life-Threatening, Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus Epidermidis Periprosthetic Joint Infection: An N-of-1 Trial
University of Ottawa at the Ottawa Hospital, Canada

Five years of adaptive phage therapy in the intensive care unit: Prospects, Limitations, Opportunities
Ekaterina A. Chernevskaya, Federal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology, Russia

Freeze-Dried Tablets for Therapeutic Application of Bacteriophages
Marie Komárková, Masaryk University,Czech Republic

Addressing Phage Resistance in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Isolates from People with Cystic Fibrosis
Federica Briani, Università degli Studidi Milano, Italy

Novel Mycobacteriophages as a Promising Adjunct in the Fight Against Drug-Resistant TB and NTM Infections
Anthony Vocat, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland

Collateral Effects of Bacteriophage Resistance on Antibiotic Sensitivity in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Laura Rianne Baars, Leiden University, Netherland

Rapid and Specific Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria using Recombinant Receptor Binding Proteins of Bacteriophages
Peter Braun, Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Germany

PHAGE–Postbiotic Synergy: a Novel Strategy against Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Burn Wound Infection in Galleria Mellonella
Mine Egin, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey

The Lausanne University Hospital GMP Production Pipeline for Manufacture of Therapeutic Bacteriophages
Gregory Resch, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland

A Multifaceted Experience with Phage Therapy: A Short Review of Successful and Challenging Cases across Multiple Body Systems
Mariam Dadiani, Eliava Phage Therapy Center, Georgia

 Phage P04 Loaded Polysaccharide Hydrogel to Combat Biofilm-Forming Klebsiella Pneumoniae Infected Lesions
Harshitha N, Dayananda Sagar University, India

Coevolution of Bacteriophages Enhances Biocontrol of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli in Food Matrix
Nicola Mangieri, University of Milan, Italy

Phage-Antibiotic Composite Efficacy on Dual-Species Biofilm
Tea Glonti, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Belgium

Broad-Spectrum Lytic Bacteriophages from Wastewater as Therapeutic Candidates against Antibiotic-Resistant Clinical Strains
Erva Rakici, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Turkey

Isolation, Characterization and Anti-Biofilm Activity of Lytic Bacteriophage K2 against Klebsiella Pneumoniae Isolates
Damla Damar Celik, Marmara University, Turkey

From Biology to Business: INCATE as a Catalyst in the Antibacterial Innovation Pipeline
Mercedes Gonzalez Moreno, Hans KnöllInstitute (HKI), Germany

Cure of a Difficult-To-Treat Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Canine Chronic Otitis Externa (Oe) with the PyoBacteriophage Cocktail Followed by Antibiotics
Raphaël Baudin, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Switzerland

AWMF Sk2 Guideline Personalized Bacteriophage Therapy in Germany
Simone Lieberknecht-Jouy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany

New Insights into Bacteriophage Therapy in Dogs
Eva Maria Kalbhenn, LABOKLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

Source-Dependent Variability in Staphylococcus Aureus Susceptibility to Bacteriophage Infection
Hanife Nur Karakoc Parlayan, KaradenizTechnical University Trabzon, Turkey

Phage Heteroresistance in Clinical Klebsiella Pneumoniae Isolates: Impact of Differential Capsule Expression on Phage Efficacy
Iris Najjar, Escola Paulista deMedicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil

From Cells to Larvae: Two-Front Approach to Salmonella Eradication Using Bacteriophage Vb_Sen-Miriam1
Łukasz Grabowski, University of Gdansk, Poland

In Ovo Phage Administration as a Novel Prophylactic Approach against Salmonella Typhimurium in Broiler Chickens
Jan Torres-Boncompte, Centro de CalidadAvícola y Alimentación Animal de la Comunidad Valenciana (CECAV), Spain

Who is Attending

Companies, Hospitals, Clinical Centers, and Industry Organizations

Jafral (Supporter)
Amazon
Apothekendienstleistungen 
Aptar Radolfzell GmbH
Centro de Calidad Avícola y Alimentación Animal de la Comunidad Valenciana

ArGe Teknoloji Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi
FagoFarma

TiPHAGE
Grachtenhaus-Apotheke e.K.
German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH
Inteliphage
Kanzlei BRENNER
Komplementäre Tiermedizin GmbH

LABOKLIN GmbH & Co. KG
Laboklin Phage Center
Laboratorios Syva
MB Pharma
MicrobiotiX
Medios AG
Nordmark Pharma
Otsuka Pharmaceutical CO.
Phileo by Lesaffre
Phagos
Precise Health SA
PrecisionPhage
Poulpharm
Qiagen
Rime Bioinformatics
Salem Microbes
Academic Hospital Bundeswehr Berlin

Center de investigación en red – Enfermedades Respiratorias
Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois
IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz and CIBERINFEC-Consorcio Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Enfermedades Infecciosas
Federal research and clinical center of intensive care medicine and rehabilitology
Hannover Medical School
Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center
Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara
Vivantes Klinik Bavaria Kreischa

Universities and Academic Institutions

Charles University
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Comenius University in Bratislava
Delft University of Technology
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Veterinary Medicine
INSERM

Karadeniz Technical University
Kyorin University
Nanyang Technological University

Leibniz Institute DSMZ
Marmara University
Masaryk University
Max Planck Inst Molecular Genetics

Monash University
HMU Health & Medical University Erfurt

Rakuno Gakuen University
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University
Stockholm University
Tel Aviv University
UCLouvain
Università degli Studi di Milano
University of Bologna
University of California, San Diego
Université de Paris

University of Copenhagen
University of Helsinki
University of Milan
University of Pisa
University of Roma Tor Vergata
University of Southampton
University of Warwick
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Yale University

Practical Session: How to Produce, Manufacture, 
and Bring Phage Products to Market

Practical Phage Session

This session provides a comprehensive and hands-on approach to the entire phage product lifecycle, from laboratory preparation to industrial-scale production and market entry. Experts will address both practical challenges and administrative requirements, ensuring that participants leave with actionable insights.

Key topics include: Technical & Manufacturing Aspects, Regulatory & Administrative Aspects, Business & Market Strategy.

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Phage Therapy 2024: Towards Personalized Phage Therapy

The 7th World Conference on Targeting Phage Therapy 2024 on June 20-21 at Corinthia Palace in Malta was a great success. Over 40 presentations on the latest phage research were delivered to an audience of over 100 attendees representing 35 countries. Read more.

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