Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics

06/29/2026

Thrilled to see that this $25 Million multi-country phage therapy trial to treat chronic urinary tract infections was selected as one of 3 to be supported by Horizons Europe, led by Dr Greg German at Unity Health Toronto, with our Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics as one of the sites represented by our very own Dr Saima Aslam.

It's been an honour to have been the Arthur Slutsky Visiting Scholar in Residence at Unity Health Toronto over the past year, where I have had the privilege to elevate such important work.

06/28/2026

In this episode, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Andrea Gavin Becker, and Lauren Harvey explore one of the most talked-about emerging therapies in cystic fibrosis care: bacteriophage therapy. They’re joined by Steffanie Strathdee , PhD, infectious disease epidemiologist, co-founder of UC San Diego’s Cente...

04/04/2026

03/27/2026

Just dropped! A new episode on Radiolab about antimocrobial resistance and the story behind IPATH!

Can we win in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria?

02/11/2026

So jazzed to be part of this show! Join in listening!

Tickets to our live show, Viscera: Gripping Tales of The Human Body, are SOLD OUT. But good news: you can still stream the live show (for free) online!

Tomorrow, Thursday, Feb 12th, join Radiolab’s Executive Editor Soren Wheeler and correspondent Dr. Avir Mitra for an intimate evening of science, storytelling, and discovery. This installment of the live show series Viscera takes us on a journey from the operating room to the farm and back again. We climb inside the 15,000-year-old biological back-and-forth between humans, bacteria, and the animals we breed, raise, and eat.

Featuring special guests: Bruce Stewart-Brown, DVM (Chief Science Officer at Perdue Farms) and Steffanie Strathdee, Ph.D. (Distinguished Professor of epidemiology and author of The Perfect Predator)

Register for live steam tickets here: radiolab.org/live

01/28/2026

If you're in NYC on Feb 12, you could be part of a live audience for Radiolab's show on superbugs and phage therapy!

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11/30/2025

New Klebsiella Article has been featured in Nature Communications’s Top 50 Articles in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases of 2025! Check it out!
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11/22/2025

Listen to the newest episode of the Naked Scientists Podcast to learn more about training phages to fight AMR!
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11/21/2025

Check out this paper to learn more!
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-66062-7
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