Depiction of bacteriophage PP7 (orange) at the cell surface of Pseudomonas aeruginosa detaching the bacterium’s pilus (blue). The researchers identified protein structures and interactions using fluorescence microscopy, cryogenic-electron microscopy and computational simulations. This image is derived based on the findings from the team. (Jirapat Thongchol/Texas A&M AgriLife)

From left to right: Lanying Zeng, Ph.D., Junjie Zhang, Ph.D., Zihao Yu and Jirapat Thongchol. Along with others, these researchers at the Texas A&M Center for Phage Technology are searching for solutions to antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections and characterizing phage-bacterium interactions. (Zihao Yu/Texas A&M AgriLife)