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I'm excited to share our newest publication on hydrogel wound dressings to deliver phage therapy. We show that topical, sustained phage delivery using hydrogels is more effective than intravenous phage delivery. Check it out here: rdcu.be/yrPRzjdC8qLa

As well as co-authors Arne Echterhof, Robert Manasherob, Lucy Zheng, Cas de Leeuw, Nana Peterson, Whitney Stannard, Zhiwei Li, Maryam Hajfathalian, Aviv Hargil, Hunter Martinez, Tony Chang, Francis Blankenberg, and Derek Amanatullah.

Moving forward, we are excited to develop hydrogel delivery platforms for wound infections and other indications.

Congratulations to the HydroPhage team, including my co-senior author, Ovijit Chaudhuri, co-1st authors Yung-Hao Lin, Qingquan (Kevin) Chen, and Tejas Dharmaraj

Building on these insights, we developed HydroPhage, a phage-containing hyaluronan-based hydrogel formed with dynamic covalent crosslinks that delivers high-
titer phages over 1 wk. Sustained release with HydroPhage is an improvement over burst release by conventional hydrogels.

In this work, we first sought to determine the requirements for effective phage therapy in a mouse model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa wound infections. We found that sustained, topical delivery was more effective than IV delivery.

Am looking forward to this exciting IAS-USA webinar on phage therapy and the new NIH CAPT-CEP program on Monday, November 30th, 2026. See below for details!
iasusa.org/events/webinar…

Review @cellhostmicrobe @bollyky @Stanford
Breaking down barriers to improve phage therapy delivery
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Good news! The @NIH and NIAID have created the Centers for Accelerating Phage Therapy to Combat ESKAPE Pathogens (CAPT-CEP). Here at @StanfordDeptMed we are so excited to be part of this program with @PittTweet and @GladstoneInst

The Center for Phage Pharmaceuticals (the "Phage Pharm"), our part of CAPT-CEP, is a collaboration between @Stanford_ID (Kathy Ferrara, Carlos Milla, @JessicaSacher), The U of Buffalo (Nick Smith), and UAB (Susan Birket) and will focus on phage delivery.

I'm so excited to join @seth_shipman, @DariaVanTyne, and Dr. Kyung Moon at the NIH NIAID to advance phage therapy translational science here in the USA.

Congratulations to Arya Khosravi on his newly funded NIH K08 award!! So excited to see all of the great research this amazing physician-scientist is going to do with this award. Thank you @niaid!

I've had a blast serving as interim division chief this year together with my co-chief, @Marisa_Holubar. Thanks Marisa! @Stanford_ID @StanfordMed

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Check it out - phages seem to cross the placenta from mom to fetus! Check it out here: insight.jci.org/articles/view/…
Congrats to Jen Sequioia, Naomi Haddock and our terrific collaborators in the Winn Lab

What does discovering a phage really feel like? Stanford undergrad Aaryan Harshith takes us on an adventure through history and now—perfect for a Sunday morning with coffee! phage.directory/capsid/tale-of… #undefined

Congrats to @kevin_minyoung and @JessicaSacher on their review of phage therapy production and drug development. It was great working with @MotherOfPhage, @PaulPirnay, @RobLavigne1, Gina Suh and the rest of the team on this project
jci.org/articles/view/…

Excited to show our recent review on phage therapy! Many thanks to @bollyky @JessicaSacher
JCI - Bacteriophage therapy for multidrug-resistant infections: current technologies and therapeutic approaches
jci.org/articles/view/…

🎙️New episode! We interview @bollyky , MD, PhD, PI of the Bollyky Lab at Stanford Medicine.
He shares insights on phage biology and its impact on the immune system!

Very excited to see this preprint from @JasonAndrewsMD on a method using phages to detect environmental pathogens - what a great idea!
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…