"French Phage Network" Annual Conference-Seventh Meeting Report.

Abstract

The French Phage Network (Phages.fr) has continuously grown since its foundation, eight years ago. The annual conference, held at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, attracted 164 participants from the 11th to the 13th of October 2022. Researchers from academic laboratories, hospitals and private companies shared their ongoing projects and breakthroughs in the very institute where Felix d'Hérelle developed phage therapy over a century ago. The conference was divided into four thematic sessions, each opened by a keynote lecture: "Interaction between phages, mobile genetic elements and bacterial immune system," "Ecology and evolution of phage-bacteria interactions," "Molecular interplay between phages and their hosts" and "Therapeutic and biotechnological applications of phages." A total of 32 talks and 33 posters were presented during the conference.