Monash Phage Foundry
Monash Phage Foundry (MPF)
The Centre to Impact AMR has assembled a team of world-renowned bacteriophage (phage) experts to create a unique Monash Phage Foundry.
The MPF is supplying therapeutic phages to the clinical referral service 'Victorian Phage Therapy Service' (VicPhage) with the support of The Alfred.
We will also service other hospital partners in the Phage Australia Network and other industry sectors with phages and phage-derived products.
Monash Phage Foundry Phage Production Facility | VICPhage Bacteriophage Therapy Referral Service |
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Associate Professor Jeremy Barr School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Monash University Phage Biology | Phage Discovery | Phage Production for treatment of Infections Contact: Jeremy.Barr@monash.edu | Professor Anton Peleg |

Monash Bacteriophage research groups | Monash Bacteriophage research groups |
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Phage Discovery from under-sampled environments | Phage genomics and structural biology | Phage binding and adaption to bacterial surfaces | Biobanking | Innovative phage therapy against multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii and K. pneumoniae |
Associate Professor Jiangning Song Artificial intelligence systems for phage characterization and deployment | Artificial intelligence systems for phage characterization and deployment |
Associate Professor Mike McDonald Phage Evolution | Phage-Bacterial Host Co-Evolution | Phage resistance | Phage as a tool for microbial community engineering | Phage Evolution | Phage-Bacterial Host Co-Evolution | Phage resistance | Phage as a tool for microbial community engineering |
Development of therapeutic phages | Drug-resistant P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii and K. pneumoniae |
VICPhage - Bacteriophage Therapy Referral Service
- If you believe that you or a family member may be a suitable candidate for phage therapy, please see your family doctor in the first instance to discuss this and request a referral to an adult or paediatric infectious disease specialist.
- If your Infection specialist can certify that all medical and surgical anti-infection strategies are optimised or exhausted, they may suggest a referral to one of our team for discussion.
- If you meet all are requirements and are eligible for phage therapy there will be a requirement that non-phage anti-infective strategies be closely and independently monitored during the course of phage therapy and there will be a follow-up period of several weeks thereafter.
Clinical Team
Professor Anton Peleg Alfred Health and Monash University | Clinical Lead Infectious Diseases Clinician Contact: Anton.Peleg@monash.edu | Treatment options for multi-drug resistant bacterial infections |
Dr Fernando Gordillo-Altamirano Alfred Health and Monash University | Phage Therapy Clinical Manager | Developing a collection of therapeutically relevant bacteriophages Standardisation of procedures to produce therapeutic phages to treat critically ill patients Monitoring phage-therapy treatments |