Monash Phage Foundry
Monash Phage Foundry (MPF)
The Centre to Impact AMR has assembled a team of world-renowned bacteriophage (phage) experts.
The Director, Professor Trevor Lithgow, has created a unique Monash Phage Foundry which will supply therapeutic phages to the referral service 'Victorian Phage Therapy Service' (VicPhage) with the support of The Alfred and the Phage Australia. We also service other industry sectors with phages and phage-derived products.
Monash Phage Foundry
Program head: Professor Trevor Lithgow:
Phage Discovery from under-sampled environments
Phage genomics and structural biology
Phage binding and adaption to bacterial surfaces
Phage Biology | Phage Discovery | Phage Production for treatment of Infections | Innovative phage therapy against multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii and K. pneumoniae |
Associate Professor Sheena McGowan Engineering of Phage-derived products | Production of Phage-derived products | Associate Professor Jiangning Song Artificial intelligence systems for phage characterization and deployment |
Phage cocktails | Formulation of phages for therapeutic applications | Phage Discovery and Characterization | Phage genomics | Phage-host interactions |
Phage Discovery from natural environments | Phage applications in the food industry | Development of therapeutic phages | Drug-resistant P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii and K. pneumoniae |
VICPhage - Bacteriophage Therapy referral service
Infectious Diseases Clinician | Treatment options for multi-drug resistant bacterial infections | Alfred Health
Dr Fernando Gordillo-Altamirano
Collection of therapeutically relevant bacteriophages | Development of standardised procedures to produce therapeutic phages to treat critically ill patients
