Celebrating phages with the world, every October
IBRT has marked International Phage Day (22 October) every year since 2020. The webinar series has welcomed more than 1,000 participants from over 40 countries.
World Phage Week Symposium 2026
“Beyond Clinical Therapy: The Fate of Phages in the World of the Future”
Beyond the clinic
This year’s theme moves the conversation past clinical therapy, to the industrial, agricultural and environmental uses of phages.
~1,000 participants
Around 700 researchers and enthusiasts are expected in person at the University of Ibadan, with international delegates joining online.
PHAMILIA Vol. 3 launch
The third volume of our journal launches at the symposium, with contributions from partners and parent organisations.
Five years of phage conversations
It started as Africa’s first undergraduate-hosted phage conference and has become a fixture of the international phage calendar.
The first edition
Africa’s first undergraduate research webinar on bacteriophage therapy, held during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Assessing the Readiness of the Global Phage Community in Combatting AMR
- Prof. Graham Hatfull, SEA-PHAGES founder, University of Pittsburgh: “The SEA design”
- Dr. Jessica Sacher, Phage Directory: science communication to defeat AMR
- Launch of PHAMILIA Vol. 1
Emerging Prospects in Bacteriophage Use and Clinical Phage Therapy
- Prof. Martha Clokie, University of Leicester: early-career engagement in phage research
- Dr. Temitope Faleye, Arizona State University: metagenomics education
- Prof. Jon Iredell, Phage Australia: Phage BioBank concepts
- Dr. Atunga Nyachieo & Ivy Mutai, Institute of Primate Research, Kenya
World Phage Week Webinar 2024
A week of sessions streamed live on YouTube, with registrants from across Africa and beyond working in microbiology, biotechnology and public health.
World Phage Week Webinar 2025
A two-day webinar series, streamed on YouTube Live and recorded for later viewing. It set the stage for the move to a hybrid symposium.
Beyond Clinical Therapy
Our first in-person symposium, at the University of Ibadan, with online access for international delegates.
Voices that have joined us
Leading phage scientists from around the world have spoken at IBRT’s webinars.
Prof. Graham Hatfull
Prof. Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa
Prof. Jon Iredell
Prof. Martha Clokie
Prof. Ayman El-Shibiny
Dr. Jessica Sacher
Dr. Temitope Faleye
Dr. Atunga Nyachieo
Conversations between conferences
Our live audio series, started in 2022, brings students and researchers together to talk about phage science in Africa. The first session drew 88 listeners.
Put your organisation in front of 1,000 phage enthusiasts
Partnership and sponsorship packages are available for organisations that want to showcase products, services and innovations at WPW 2026.