Congratulations to our Phage Foundry members for their contributions to the inaugural Microbiome Editing Gordon Research Conference (GRC)!
The Gordon Research Conferences provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the biological, chemical, physical and engineering sciences and their interfaces.
The Microbiome Editing GRC, titled “A New Path Forward – Exploring the Potential of Microbiome Editing,” was held on January 11-16, 2026, in Pomona, California. The conference explored the power of microbiome editing for improving human health and the environment through the discussion of the fundamental research and technological advancements needed to drive impact.
PI Vivek Mutalik (LBNL) shared an overview talk on the Phage Foundry’s efforts titled “Phage Foundry, a Systematic Multi-Scale Phage Characterization Capability to Develop Tools to Predictively Manipulate Microbial Communities and Use as Countermeasures to Combat Bacterial Pathogens.”
Co-investigator Mark Mimee (UChicago) shared a talk titled “Phage-Based Approaches to Eliminate or Alter Bacteria Within Complex Microbial Communities.”
Co-investigator Brady Cress (UC Berkeley) led the discussion session titled “Genotype to Phenotype in the Microbiome.”
Postdoctoral researcher Avery Noonan (LBNL, Arkin Lab) presented a poster titled “Prediction of Phage-Host Interactions for Precision Microbiome Editing.”
Postdoctoral researcher Zachary LaTurner (UC Berkeley, Cress Lab) presented work conducted during his PhD research in a poster titled “Cross-order detection of bacteriophage transduction in a microbial community with RNA barcoding.”
Co-investigator Adam Arkin (UC Berkeley) was also in attendance.
Congratulations to our Phage Foundry team members for their contributions to the inaugural Microbiome Editing GRC!