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- Worms in space |
Founded in 1993, The Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute is dedicated to the understanding of the most numerous organisms in the biosphere: bacteriophages, the viruses that invade, inhabit, and influence Bacteria and Archaea. Drs. Roger Hendrix and Graham Hatfull serve as codirectors of the institute, which is housed on the third floor of Langley Hall. The PBI 'phage sequencing project has determined the complete genome sequences of nearly a dozen dsDNA bacteriophages. The Official PBI Web Site has sequences of bacteriophages determined in our genome center (as well as sequences of other notable phages), publications, and much more. Among its many activities aimed at promoting bacteriophage research, the Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute sponsors scientific meetings. Participants at the Third Intergalactic Conference on Hong Kong and Other Weird Phages, held in Pittsburgh in May of 1997, are shown below. The individual second from the right is a space alien. Other participants came from the University of Michigan, Columbia University, the National Institutes of Health, the University of Nottingham (UK), and the University of Pittsburgh.
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