Rohit Kongari, PhD

FDA; Stibitz Lab

I am a Phage Biologist at heart with a strong technical background in Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Phage Genomics, Microbiology and Molecular Biology. I worked on the role of phage spanins in host lysis for my PhD under the guidance of Dr. Ryland Young at Texas A&M University. I am currently working on understanding the host-phage interactions between Staphylococcus aureus and phage K towards use in phage therapy applications.

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  1. Phage therapy: a doctor-patient experienceIn our PHAVES series this summer, Dr. Gina Suh, an infectious disease physician at the Mayo Clinic, and John Haverty, a phage therapy patient, spoke about phage therapy from a doctor's and patient's perspective. Here’s the recording, along…Issue 148Rohit Kongari
  2. PHANOTATE: Gene finding in phagesFor the 2nd webinar of the Phage Bioinformatics Webinar Series jointly organized by IBRC and Phage Directory, we hosted Katelyn McNair, a research scholar at the University of California, Irvine and San Diego State University. This week, we…Issue 120Rohit Kongari
  3. How to analyze your phage genomes, and stories from a multi-decade phage career: triple webinar recap issue!This week, we (co-)hosted three webinars: Africa Phage Forum #2 with Dr. Evelien Adriaenssens, the first event of a new IBRC Phage Bioinformatics Series with Deborah Jacobs-Sera, and PHAVES #12 with Dr. Betty Kutter. Here are the…Issue 114Madhav Madurantakam Royam, Rohit Kongari, Sheetal Patpatia
  4. Bringing phage susceptibility testing to IndiaPranav and Apurva Johri, founders of Vitalis Phage Therapy, recently set up a new framework that allows patients in India to get phage susceptibility testing done locally. We sat down with Pranav and Apurva to learn more about what this…Issue 105Pranav Johri, Apurva Virmani Johri, Jessica Sacher, Rohit Kongari
  5. A phage biologist's path from academia to industry and back — an interview with Dr. Ben BurrowesFor this week's feature article, Dr. Rohit Kongari interviewed Dr. Ben Burrowes, Senior Scientist at the Center for Phage Technology at Texas A&M University, about his path from phage PhD to industry scientist, to running his own…Issue 96Rohit Kongari, Ben Burrowes
  6. High-throughput genetic tools for phage biology: An interview with Dr. Vivek MutalikThis week, Dr. Rohit Kongari interviewed Dr. Vivek Mutalik of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory about his journey to become a phage researcher, and how he's using his engineering background and penchant to develop tools to answer…Issue 88Rohit Kongari, Vivek Mutalik
  7. C&T Round Up for June 2020This week, we're rounding up an extra helping of June 2020's phage news and research.Issue 81Rohit Kongari, Jessica Sacher
  8. C&T Round Up for May 2020Continuing the new, once-monthly Capsid & Tail format we started in April, this week we're rounding up an extra helping of May 2020's phage news.Issue 77Jessica Sacher, Rohit Kongari
  9. The connection between alginate regulation and anti-CRISPR: Q&A with Dr. Adair BorgesThis week, Capsid & Tail's volunteer editor Dr. Rohit Kongari talks to UCSF's Dr. Adair Borges about the unexpected connection she's uncovered between phage anti-CRISPRs and the Pseudomonas alginate pathway.Issue 75Rohit Kongari, Adair Borges
  10. C&T Round Up for April 2020It's a challenge to pick from so many exciting phage-related developments each week, and our backlog is overflowing! So in place of a Feature Article, we're dedicating this week's issue to sharing an extra helping of phage news and articles…Issue 73Jessica Sacher, Rohit Kongari