Brian Fitzgerald

A Decade of Streptococcus thermophilus Phage Evolution in an Irish Dairy Plant

Phages of Streptococcus thermophilus present a major threat to the production of many fermented dairy products. To date, only a handful of studies have assessed the biodiversity of S. thermophilus phages in dairy fermentations. In order to develop strategies to limit phage predation in this important industrial environment, it is imperative that such studies are undertaken and that phage-host interactions of this species are better defined.

A few years back at #SXSW , I heard Bruce Sterling talk about the Casa Jasmina: an open source makers playground in the same refurbished Fiat factory in Torino that houses the folks who make the Arduino / Genuino. The idea is to create an alternative, artistic, Internet-of-things and open-source-design populated space, eventually to list on AirBnB, but for now hosting makers-in-residence who build things for the house and publish the plans on github.