Center for Phage Technology

The Center for Phage Technology (CPT) was established by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents to advance phage biology and application in the modern world. With six laboratory groups and the CPT core laboratory all engaged in basic biology, genomics, and applied research, we strive to move the field forward by a combination of research and open-source training.

Latest news

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  by Jason Gill
  February 26, 2026
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• Frankie Antillon receives 2024 Thomas L. Patterson Graduate Fellowship
  by Jason Gill
  July 15, 2025
  Generously funded by Drs. Steffanie Strathdee and Thomas Patterson since 2019 to encourage graduate-level phage research at the CPT, this year’s Thomas L. Patterson Graduate Fellowship goes to Frankie Antillon. Frankie Antillon recently earned her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular… Read more: Frankie Antillon receives 2024 Thomas L. Patterson Graduate Fellowship

Tools

Phage Galaxy

Phage Galaxy is hosted by the EU public Galaxy and is connected to an Apollo annotation platform at the same site.

Access phage galaxy

Phage Name Search

The CPT’s Phage Name Search service; check the name of your phage against the NCBI and PhagesDB repositories to avoid duplication.

Access phage Name Search

Github Repository

The CPT’s public GitHub repository containing code for Galaxy tools and training material.

Access Github Repository