Nature’s weapon against food-borne pathogens
News Source: UBC Strategic Plan
June 11, 2021
“This is like a drug discovery process. We collect phages, bring them into the lab and run trials on animals, crops and food products to test how effective they are.” – Dr. Siyun Wang
Dr. Siyun Wang, CSFS Associate and Professor of Food Safety, is investigating the applications of bacteriophages in UBC’s Food Safety Laboratory. Screening assays and genome sequencing are some of the laboratory techniques employed to study the behavior of each phage. One goal of this research is to determine how they work together as an effective ‘cocktail’ for eliminating food-borne pathogens.