About
About the laboratory.
The Pride Laboratory at the University of California, San Diego studies the human virome — the vast community of viruses, especially bacteriophages, that lives within us — and works to harness bacteriophages as therapies for the world's most difficult bacterial infections.
Who we are
The lab spans two arms: a basic-research laboratory on the UCSD main campus, and a clinical-microbiology laboratory — PALMS, the Pandemic Applications Laboratory and Microbiology Service — embedded in UCSD's clinical testing operation.
Our mission
We investigate how viral communities shape human health and disease — and we develop bacteriophage cocktails to treat infections that no longer respond to antibiotics, with a patient-first, non-commercial philosophy.
What we do
Human virome & microbiome research
Mapping the viruses of the mouth, gut, urinary tract, cerebrospinal fluid, breast milk and skin — how they move between people, and how they respond to antibiotics.
The research →Phage therapy
Building and evolving phage collections — Achromobacter, S. aureus, Pseudomonas, Klebsiella, E. coli and Salmonella — to treat infections that no longer respond to antibiotics.
The phage program →Clinical & diagnostic microbiology
PALMS — the Pandemic Applications Laboratory and Microbiology Service — advancing clinical testing and pandemic response inside UCSD's clinical operation.
PALMS Lab →Led by
David T. Pride, MD PhD
Director of the Clinical Molecular Microbiology Laboratory and Associate Director of the Microbiology Laboratory at UCSD, Dr. Pride runs a research laboratory dedicated to human microbiome and human virome work.
Join the lab
We regularly host students, visiting scholars and research associates — a lab that spans discovery and the clinic.
Reach us at phages@ucsd.edu. Current status pending confirmation.