Category Title |
Description |
Basic Science Track |
| Phage Structure and Assembly | Including structural and biochemical characterization of bacteriophages and their assembly | |
| Phage Replication and Host Regulation | Including observations related to phage replication kinetics, lysogeny, transduction, and genetic exchange | |
| Phage Evolution, Diversity, and Classification | Including phage genomics, comparative genomics, metagenomics, evolutionary mechanisms, and diversity | |
| Determinants of Phage Host Range | Including mechanisms by which bacteria resist phage predation, countermeasures undertaken by phages, and the impact of phage resistance on bacterial fitness and other characteristics | |
| Phage Screening, Production, and Purification | Including advances in technologies for screening, production, and purification for use at laboratory and clinical scales | |
| Synthesis and Genetic Engineering of Phages | Phage construction by design using genetic engineering and synthetic genomics | |
| Biofilm Biology | Biofilm formation in vivo and in vitro, and its impact on phage infection | |
| Other Basic Science Observations | Other findings that advance our understanding of bacteriophage biology |
Clinical and Translational Science Track |
| Pharmacology | Including phage pharmacokinetics, phage pharmacodynamics, mathematical modeling related to phages, and other related topics | |
| Clinical Trials of Phages and Phage Products | Including phase I through III clinical trials of phages, phage lysins, and other phage-related interventions. Abstracts related to novel clinical trial design and analysis are also welcomed in this category | |
| Clinical Applications of Phage Therapeutics | Including case series and case reports of phage interventions in humans | |
| Phage Susceptibility Testing | Including methods and findings of the determinations of phage host range and host susceptibility | |
| Phage-Phage and Phage-Antibiotic Interactions | Including observations and methodologies for studying interactions among phages and between phages and antibiotics in vitro and in vivo | |
| Immune Responses to Phages | Including studies of innate and adaptive immune responses to phages in humans and animal models and the impact of these responses on therapeutic efficacy | |
| Animal Models of Phage Therapeutics | Including all animal models of phage action on bacterial pathogens | |
| Other Clinical and Translational Science Observations | Other findings that advance our understanding of bacteriophages in clinical and translational science |