Atif Khan

Big milestone ahead! 🎓 I’m excited to share that I will be defending my PhD thesis on 8 January 2026 at 11:00 AM IST. I invite researchers interested in bacteriophages, biofilms & biofouling to join the defense and the discussion. 📩 DM me for the online joining link.

Hey phage enthusiasts! Ready to infect the competition and go viral at ICBRAR-2025? Join our Bacteriophage Quiz, where brains battle like phages vs. bacteria! No antibiotics needed, just your wit. More details will follow……

#Newpaperalert Isolation and Characterization of Stress-Tolerant Bacteriophages for Effective Biocontrol of Foodborne Pathogen link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Introducing the Newly Elected Office Bearers of the Indian Phage Society – Society for Bacteriophage Research and Therapy for January 2025–2028. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

.Outreach Program On #Phage Therapy with ID specialists. @IndiaPhage

If anyone has Endotrap kits and wants to share let us know. This is for patient cases. @phagedirectory #phage #phagetherapy

Sí se puede 🇲🇽 #phages

What a perfect holiday gift for a science author: An in-depth review of my book in @ScienceMagazine by @aetiology I loved how she hit on the pros/cons and that phages aren't panacea but a promising addition to our arsenal of antibiotic-resistance weaponry science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

A 3-year postdoctoral position in antiphage immunity hosted by my lab (Lund), co-supervised @gem__atkinson (co-PI, structural bioinformatics, @lunduniversity) and Pontus Gourdon (co-PI, cryo-EM, Lund University and @uni_copenhagen). PleaseRT! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

Is it “winner-takes all” when the simplest living things compete? Check out my fresh publication on phage coexistence in Science and a thread below🧵 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

.@Atif_micro (@IndiaBARC) and colleagues published a new paper showing chlorine-tolerant #phages can inhibit growth and #biofilm formation of chlorine-resistant K. pneumoniae isolated from a cooling water system. buff.ly/3ViEZ61

.Our new article in @Cheme1972. This study provides insights into the prevalence of chlorine resistant, pathogenic #bacteria in cooling water systems & highlights the application of #phages to mitigate chlorine resistant bacteria & their #biofilms. @Hiren_M_Joshi @phagedirectory

With @FrunzkeLab we have #open #PhDposition: "Establishment of #Phage-#Biocontrol Strategies for #Pathogen Control in Agriculturally Relevant #Plants". Details in the post👇 Position open untill filled, we will be evaluating applicants from mid Jan '25. #PlantSciJobs RT pls.

@Revathykri @Cheme1972 @Hiren_M_Joshi @phagedirectory Thank you Revathy.

@Atif_micro @Cheme1972 @Hiren_M_Joshi @phagedirectory Super interesting Atif. Congratulations!

Excited to share our work on broadly effective phage-antibiotic cocktails. We report 3 cocktails that each work against >95% of 153 antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas isolates. Check it out here: nature.com/articles/s4146… Congrats to Kevin Kim @KevinMinyo6651

We have 2 fully funded PhD studentships available through the new Yorkshire Biosciences DTP (starting Oct 25) - please share! Both projects are focussed on #phage that infect #Cdifficile

We just dropped our latest paper: “Combating Chlorine-Resistant Marine Klebsiella pneumoniae Biofilms with Chlorine-Tolerant Bacteriophages” in Chemosphere! 🌊🦠 Who knew that phages could be the ultimate chlorine bouncers? Dive in to see how we’re tackling biofilm bullies!

@SutharsanGovind @Cheme1972 @Hiren_M_Joshi @phagedirectory Thank you 🙂