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Overview of our process

• First, have a look at the guide below to understand a bit about our audience and the styles and topics we typically look for (though feel free to be creative!)
• Submit your article here: https://airtable.com/shrSlg0rp76nSWHHQ
• If accepted, your article will go into our publishing queue, and we'll let you know when we have a target publication date
• After publishing, we'll share a link with you that you can share with colleagues, friends, and beyond!

Audience

1,500+ subscribers from 81+ countries as of July 2024, composed mainly of:

• Phage researchers (ranging from undergrad students to faculty, academic to industry to government)
• People working in phage biotech (ranging from scientists to executives)
• People new to the phage field (science journalists, healthcare professionals, etc.)
• People interested in keeping up to date with the phage field (investors, pharma, government, public)

Style

Although a large proportion of our audience is generally knowledgeable about phages, we aim to keep Capsid & Tail light and readable, and NOT highly technical. We want this to be easy reading—an interesting tidbit that doesn't require a lot of concentration (each article should take ~5-10 minutes to read). Feel free to use active voice and first person pronouns, and to be conversational!

Choosing a topic

• Choose a phage-related topic (feel free to bounce ideas off of us ahead of time)
• Suggestions:
  • a new/interesting research avenue (yours or someone else's)
  • an interesting current event / new trend
  • a little known fact / reality / change in regulation or policy that affects the phage field
  • a description of something you / your lab is doing (research, outreach, technique development, etc.)
  • a collaboration you've been part of (or think should be happening more)
  • a story or example that could help illustrate a problem you, your group, or your company has overcome in the past
  • myth busting! What’s something you hear a lot in the field, that you think needs clarification?
  • a summary of a phage conference you attended (or phage-related aspects of a larger conference)
  • anything you think would interest the phage community

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