Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: MERI
Location: North Andover, MA USA
Website: http://www.merrimack.edu/
Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 6 (started in 2013)
Buddy school: Smith College
Term type: None
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 65
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 971
SEA Faculty
SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members
Legal Contact
VP and General Counsel Nicholas McDonald
officeofthegeneralcounsel@merrimack.edu
Office of General Counsel
Merrimack College
Austin Hall
315 Turnpike St.
North Andover, MA 01845
978-837-5985
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Academic Terms
Fall 2023
Start: Aug 21, 2023, End: Dec 08, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
1027L-A
Primary Instructor: Cheng Her
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 12
Freshmen: 7
Sophomores: 5
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
1027L-B
Primary Instructor: Cheng Her
Additional Instructor: Cheng Her
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 9
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
1027L-C
Primary Instructor: Cheng Her
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 7
Sophomores: 4
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
1027L-D
Primary Instructor: Cheng Her
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 12
Juniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
Spring 2023
Start: Jan 18, 2023, End: May 01, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
No sections entered for this term yet
Spring 2023
Start: Jan 18, 2023, End: May 01, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
No sections entered for this term yet
Fall 2022
Start: Aug 29, 2022, End: Dec 09, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO1027LA
Primary Instructor: Cheng Her
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 12
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
BIO1027LB
Primary Instructor: Cheng Her
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 11
Sophomores: 3
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
BIO1027LC
Primary Instructor: Cheng Her
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 12
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
Spring 2022
Start: Jan 20, 2022, End: May 06, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO2018L-A
Primary Instructor: Seung-Hwan Kim
Additional Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Shygu2 annotation
BIO2018L-B
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Additional Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Austelle annotation
BIO2018L-C
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Shygu2 annotation
BIO2018L-D
Primary Instructor: Seung-Hwan Kim
Additional Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall 2021
Start: Aug 30, 2021, End: Dec 09, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO1027LA
Primary Instructor: Seung-Hwan Kim
Additional Instructor: Seung-Hwan Kim
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 13
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 1.5
BIO1027LB
Primary Instructor: Seung-Hwan Kim
Additional Instructor: Seung-Hwan Kim
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 11
Sophomores: 3
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 1.5
BIO1027LC
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Additional Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 1.5
BIO1027LD
Primary Instructor: Seung-Hwan Kim
Additional Instructor: Seung-Hwan Kim
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 12
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 1.5
Spring 2021
Start: Feb 01, 2021, End: May 15, 2021
Three hybrid and one remote section. 63 students altogether.
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO2018L-A
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Additional Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 9
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
The annotation will take place over three meetings, with students working independently in between. LeBlanc and a smaller group of students will do the QC and any tricky parts of the annotation, e.g. the translational frameshifts. We will be using PECAAN.
BIO2018L-B
Primary Instructor: Seung-Hwan Kim
Additional Instructor: Seung-Hwan Kim
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 13
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
BIO2018L-C
Primary Instructor: Seung-Hwan Kim
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
BIO2018L-D
Primary Instructor: Seung-Hwan Kim
Additional Instructor: Seung-Hwan Kim
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall 2020
Start: Aug 24, 2020, End: Nov 25, 2020
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO1027A
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Additional Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 12
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 2.0
To allow for physical distancing, the lab was taught in a hybrid fashion in which students were separated into two cohorts. Each cohort attended one in person meeting per week.
BIO1027B
Primary Instructor: Seung-Hwan Kim
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium sp.
Number of students: 13
Freshmen: 12
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2.0
BIO1027D
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 12
Freshmen: 10
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 2.0
To allow for physical distancing, the lab was taught in a hybrid fashion in which students were separated into two cohorts. Each cohort attended one in person meeting per week.
BIO1027LC
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 12
Freshmen: 10
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 2.0
BIO1027LE
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 6
Freshmen: 6
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 2.0
Fall 2019
Start: Sep 03, 2019, End: Dec 10, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO1027L-B: Christina MacLaren
Primary Instructor: Christina MacLaren
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 12
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2.5
BIO1027L-C
Primary Instructor: Josephine Modica Napolitano
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 12
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2.5
BIO1027L-D
Primary Instructor: Josephine Modica Napolitano
Additional Instructor: Mark Birnbaum
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 11
Sophomores: 3
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2.5
BIO1027L-E
Primary Instructor: Seung-Hwan Kim
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 13
Freshmen: 12
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2.5
Spring 2019
Start: Jan 23, 2019, End: May 17, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO2018L-A
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Sophomores: 12
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 2.5
Adopted and annotated MinionDave
BIO2018L-B
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Sophomores: 12
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 2.5
Adopted and annotated MinionDave
BIO2018L-C
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Sophomores: 12
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 2.5
Adopted and annotated MinionDave
Fall 2018
Start: Sep 04, 2018, End: Dec 20, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIIO1027LB
Primary Instructor: Mark Birnbaum
Additional Instructor: Mark Birnbaum
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 14
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
BIO1027E
Primary Instructor: Josephine Modica Napolitano
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 11
Freshmen: 10
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
BIO1027LA
Primary Instructor: Mark Birnbaum
Additional Instructor: Mark Birnbaum
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 14
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
BIO1027LB
Primary Instructor: Mark Birnbaum
Additional Instructor: Mark Birnbaum
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 14
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
BIO1027LC
Primary Instructor: Josephine Modica Napolitano
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 13
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
BIO1027LD
Primary Instructor: Josephine Modica Napolitano
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 13
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
SP2018
Start: Jan 22, 2018, End: May 02, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO2018L-A
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 1
Sophomores: 5
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
BIO2018L-B
Primary Instructor: Christina MacLaren
Additional Instructor: Christina MacLaren
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
BIO2018L-C
Primary Instructor: Christina MacLaren
Additional Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Sophomores: 5
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
BIO2018L-D
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
BIO2018L-E
Primary Instructor: Christina MacLaren
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 1
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall 2017
Start: Sep 04, 2017, End: Dec 08, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO1027A
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Additional Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 12
Freshmen: 11
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BIO1027B
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 12
Freshmen: 12
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BIO1027C
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Additional Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 10
Freshmen: 10
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BIO1027D
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 6
Freshmen: 6
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring Semester
Start: Jan 19, 2017, End: May 12, 2017
Four sections of Genetics lab (BIO2018) will be annotating four genomes, Blackbeetle, Conucopia, Piper2020 and Paerbeatsrock. Six honors students will tackle finishing up last year's annotations of Lokk, Bobswaget and Heliosoles
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO2018L-A
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Additional Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 12
Sophomores: 7
Juniors: 5
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Annotation of BlackBeetle
BIO2018L-B
Primary Instructor: Christina MacLaren
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Juniors: 13
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Annotation of Cornucopia
BIO2018L-C
Primary Instructor: Christina MacLaren
Additional Instructor: Christina MacLaren
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Sophomores: 4
Juniors: 8
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Annotation of Piper2020
BIO2018L-D
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Sophomores: 4
Juniors: 9
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall 2016
Start: Aug 29, 2016, End: Dec 09, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO1027A-1
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 17
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
BIO1027A-2
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 17
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
BIO1027A-3
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 17
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
BIO1027A-4
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 16
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring 2016
Start: Jan 21, 2016, End: May 13, 2016
Three sections of BIO2018 Genetics Lab annotating three M.smegmatis bacteriophage genomes: BobSwaget, Lokk and Heliosoles.
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO2018LA
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Sophomores: 10
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
BobSwaget genome annotation.
BIO2018LB
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 19
Sophomores: 7
Juniors: 7
Seniors: 5
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Lokk annotation.
BIO2018LC
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 3
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Heliosoles annotation
Fall 2015
Start: Aug 31, 2015, End: Dec 18, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO1027LA Principles I Lab
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Additional Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 13
Freshmen: 9
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Students come in at other times to check results, perform segments of protocols. This course is limited to biology majors taking the introductory Principles I course. They are mostly freshmen.
BIO1027LB Principles I Lab
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Additional Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 12
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Students come in at other times to check results, perform segments of protocols. This course is limited to biology majors taking the introductory Principles I course. They are mostly freshmen.
BIO1027LC Principles I Lab
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Additional Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 17
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Students come in at other times to check results, perform segments of protocols. This course is limited to biology majors taking the introductory Principles I course. They are mostly freshmen.
Spring 2015
Start: Jan 20, 2015, End: May 08, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO2018LA-D Genetics Lab
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Additional Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Additional Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 64
Freshmen: 1
Sophomores: 17
Juniors: 28
Seniors: 18
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 2.5
Fall 2014
Start: Sep 02, 2014, End: Dec 17, 2014
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO1027LF Principles I
Primary Instructor: Charlotte Berkes
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
BIO1027LG Principles I
Primary Instructor: Janine LeBlanc-Straceski
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 13
Freshmen: 13
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
Department of Biology/Charlotte Berkes
Merrimack College
315 Turnpike St
Palmisano 352
North Andover, MA 01845
United States
Current Shipping Address
Department of Biology/Charlotte Berkes
Merrimack College
315 Turnpike St
Palmisano 352
North Andover, MA 01845
United States