Abstracts for the 8th Annual SEA-PHAGES Symposium
This meeting has 95 associated abstracts.
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| Other | Albion College | Ken Saville ksaville@albion.edu |
Here to be Phamous: Discovery and Analysis of Briton15 and Timmi | May 9, 2016 9:02 p.m. |
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| Other | Albion College | Brad Cavinder bcavinder@albion.edu |
Isolation, Characterization and Genome Annotation of Two Siphoviridae Group B Cluster Members from the Albion College Campus | Apr 5, 2017 5:05 p.m. |
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| Other | Alliance University (formerly Nyack College) | Jackie Washington washjd4@gmail.com |
Characterization of Saguaro, Founding Member of the New B7 Subcluster | May 10, 2016 12:01 a.m. |
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| Other | Baylor University | Tammy Adair tamarah_adair@baylor.edu |
Diversity Dilemma: The Art of Maximizing Arthrobacteriophage Cluster Diversity | May 9, 2016 5:59 p.m. |
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| Other | Brigham Young University | Sandra Hope sandrahope2016@gmail.com |
Paenibacillus Larvae Phages Contain Regions of Conserved Synteny Despite Large Genomic Differences | May 9, 2016 3:02 p.m. |
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| Other | Brown University | Yang Zhou yang_zhou@brown.edu |
Characterization of a Novel Mycobacteriophage JuicyJay and Slippery Sequences in its Genome | Jun 4, 2016 2:31 p.m. |
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| Other | Bucknell University | Greg Krukonis gregkrukonis@gmail.com |
The Arthrobacter phages of Bucknell University | May 9, 2016 11:53 p.m. |
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| Other | Cabrini University | David Dunbar ddunbar@cabrini.edu |
An optimized enrichment protocol for the isolation of Arthrobacterbacteriophages from soil sample isolates | May 8, 2016 10:10 p.m. |
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| Other | Calvin University | John Wertz jwertz59@calvin.edu |
Squashed and Soiled: Gordonia phage Cucurbita and continued discovery of enterobacteriophage novelty | May 9, 2016 4:06 p.m. |
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| Other | Carnegie Mellon University | Swarna Mohan swmohan@UCSD.EDU |
New Rhodococcus and Arthrobacter phages: annotation, lysogens, regulatory elements and unusual sequence coverage behavior within cluster AT. | May 9, 2016 12:07 p.m. |
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| Other | Carthage College | Deb Tobiason dtobiason@carthage.edu |
Investigation and Annotation of Cluster B1 Mycobacteriophages: SassyCat97, Surely, and TomBombadil | May 9, 2016 11:59 a.m. |
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| Other | College of Charleston | Chris Korey koreyc@cofc.edu |
DirtyDunning: The Complete Genome Sequence of a New Subcluster A4 Phage | Apr 28, 2016 10:59 a.m. |
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| Other | College of St. Scholastica | Daniel Westholm dwesthol@css.edu |
Evidence for revision of predicted genome annotation using tandem mass spectrometry | May 16, 2016 3:09 p.m. |
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| Other | College of William & Mary | Margaret Saha mssaha@wm.edu |
The Quest for Novelty: A Tale of Four Hosts | May 8, 2016 10:13 p.m. |
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| Other | Culver-Stockton College | Esa Seegulam mseegulam@culver.edu |
Identification and Characterization of the Mycobacteriophage Baby16 | May 12, 2016 12:20 p.m. |
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| Other | Del Mar College | Deborah Overath deborah.overath@tsc.edu |
Isolation and Characterization of the Novel Actinobacteriophage ‘Draco’ and Annotation of the Actinobacteriophage ‘Oogway’ | May 18, 2016 3:14 p.m. |
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| Other | Del Mar College | Deborah Overath deborah.overath@tsc.edu |
Investigating Unique Genomic Features of Rare Cluster M Mycobacteriophages in the Novel Phage ‘Nanosmite’ | May 18, 2016 3:22 p.m. |
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| Other | Doane University | Erin Doyle erin.doyle@doane.edu |
Isolation and genome annotation of mycobacteriophage Jabith, a cluster A11 phage which increases biofilm growth of Mycobacterium smegmatis | May 9, 2016 1:07 p.m. |
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| Other | Drexel University | Joy Little joy.l.little@drexel.edu |
Genomic and Biological Characterization of Mycobacteriophages Geralt and Phrodobaggins | May 9, 2016 3:13 p.m. |
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| Other | Durham Technical Community College | Marie Fogarty fogartym@durhamtech.edu |
First in Phlight: Characterization of Two Novel Phages, Iridoclysis and Nidhogg, Isolated in North Carolina | May 9, 2016 5:01 a.m. |
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| Other | Florida Gulf Coast University | Sharon Isern sisern@fgcu.edu |
Bioinformatic Characterization of Y Cluster Mycobacteriophage Bipper | May 9, 2016 5:34 p.m. |
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| Other | Florida International University | Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty rodriguezlanetty@gmail.com |
Bias on gene strand location mirrors Mycobacteriophages genetic clusters | May 10, 2016 10:46 a.m. |
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| Other | Gonzaga University | Kirk Anders anders@gonzaga.edu |
Investigating promoters in O cluster phages | May 10, 2016 12:03 a.m. |
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| Other | Hope College | Joseph Stukey stukey@hope.edu |
Mycobacteriophages Krueger (K6) and Phrappuccino (Singleton) Harbor Unique Examples of Mosaic Architecture Linking Actinobacteriophages from Different Hosts | May 10, 2016 12:16 p.m. |
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| Other | Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Viknesh Sivanathan sivanathanv@hhmi.org |
Factors Influencing Arthrobacter sp. growth and Arthrobacteriophage Isolation and Characterization | May 10, 2016 1:25 p.m. |
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| Other | Howard University | Courtney Robinson courtney.robinson@howard.edu |
Isolation and Identification of Brevibacillus brevis Bacteriophages at Howard University | May 9, 2016 4:45 p.m. |
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| Other | Illinois Wesleyan University | Rick Alvey ralvey@iwu.edu |
The Isolation and Genomic Analysis of Mycobacterium smegmatis and Rhodobacter capsulatus bacteriophages | May 9, 2016 3:32 p.m. |
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| Other | Indian River State College | Helen Koch hkoch@irsc.edu |
Mycobacteriophage in Southeast Florida: Genomic characterization of five new phage and comparative analysis of an expanding repository of isolates. | May 9, 2016 4:47 a.m. |
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| Other | James Madison University | Steven Cresawn cresawsg@jmu.edu |
Genomic Analysis of DRBy19, a Subcluster F1 Mycobacteriophage | May 9, 2016 8:22 p.m. |
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| Other | James Madison University | Louise Temple templelm@jmu.edu |
Temperate or Virulent? The Search for Lysogens of Cousin Phages, Belinda and Smudge, Newly Discovered from Two Continents | Jun 2, 2016 7:47 a.m. |
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| Other | Johns Hopkins University | Emily Fisher efisher@jhu.edu |
Analysis of the differences between Valjean and Zaider, two mycobacteriophages with 98.7% identity | May 9, 2016 10:04 p.m. |
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| Other | Kansas State University | Christopher Herren cdherren@ksu.edu |
Flint Hills Phages - Genetic Characterization of A2 subcluster Phage DBQu4n, Comparisons and Contrasts to Phages D29 and L5 | May 9, 2016 3:41 p.m. |
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| Other | La Salle University | Nancy Jones jones@lasalle.edu |
Mycobacteriophages LouisV14 and RitaG | May 25, 2016 8:08 p.m. |
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| Other | Lafayette College | Eric Ho hoe@lafayette.edu |
Identifying Novel Characteristics of Methyltransferase and Hydrolase Structures in Phage Tinybot Genome | May 9, 2016 2:04 p.m. |
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| Other | Lehigh University | Vassie Ware vcw0@lehigh.edu |
Bioinformatics discoveries brought to life: uncovering mycobacteriophage gene functions | May 9, 2016 10:48 p.m. |
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| Other | LeTourneau University | Greg Frederick GregFrederick@letu.edu |
Genomic and Evolutionary Analysis of Two Diverse Mycobacteriophages and Methodological Analysis of Chronological Variation in Genomic Annotation | May 9, 2016 8:04 p.m. |
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| Other | Lincoln University | David Royer royer@lincoln.edu |
Jordennis, a newly annotated A6 subcluster bacteriophage | May 9, 2016 4:08 p.m. |
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| Other | Massey University | Heather Hendrickson h.hendrickson@massey.ac.nz |
From Soil to Sequencing: The isolation and characterisation of novel New Zealand Mycobacterium smegmatis bacteriophages | May 9, 2016 4:56 p.m. |
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| Other | Merrimack College | Janine LeBlanc-Straceski janine.leblancstraceski@merrimack.edu |
Lokk and BobSwaget: Two Highly Similar Genomes Diverging in the Region Upstream of the parABS Casette | May 10, 2016 12:06 a.m. |
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| Other | Miami University | Mitchell Balish balishmf@miamioh.edu |
From High St. to Bishop Woods: the "Lives" of two phages | May 10, 2016 4:01 p.m. |
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| Other | Montana Tech of the University of Montana | Marisa Pedulla mpedulla@mtech.edu |
Genome Analysis of Mycobacteriophage Nimrod | May 9, 2016 7:26 a.m. |
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| Other | Montana Tech of the University of Montana | Marisa Pedulla mpedulla@mtech.edu |
Analysis of Mycobacteriophage DillTech15 | May 9, 2016 7:27 a.m. |
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| Other | Montclair State University | Sandra D. Adams adamssa@mail.montclair.edu |
Isolation and Characterization of LifeSavor and Abidatro | May 7, 2016 11:58 a.m. |
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| Other | Morehouse College | Larry Blumer lblumer@morehouse.edu |
The discovery and annotation of four new mycobacteriophages | May 9, 2016 9:41 p.m. |
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| Other | Nebraska Wesleyan University | Angela McKinney amckinne@nebrwesleyan.edu |
Isolation and Analysis of Mycobacteriophage JackSparrow and Bacteriophages Zeta1847, BonaeVitae, and Metamorphoo | Jun 2, 2016 12:17 a.m. |
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| Other | North Carolina A&T State University | Roy Coomans coomansr@ncat.edu |
Isolation and Characterization of Mazhar510, Roosevelt and Royals2015 | May 16, 2016 11:33 a.m. |
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| Other | North Carolina State University | Eric Miller eric_miller@ncsu.edu |
Paenibacillus larvae phage Mock2 from a diseased North Carolina honey bee hive: Comparative genomics and host range | May 9, 2016 5:30 p.m. |
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| Other | Old Dominion University | Nazir Barekzi nbarekzi@odu.edu |
The discovery and annotation of mycobacteriophages HedwigODU and Goldilocks | May 9, 2016 2:48 p.m. |
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| Other | Ouachita Baptist University | Ruth Plymale plymaler@obu.edu |
Getting Lucky: Using Proteomic Analysis and Creating CS-Beacon to Describe the Fortunato Genome | May 9, 2016 11:59 a.m. |
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| Other | Purdue University | Kari Clase kclase@purdue.edu |
Integration of genome sequencing and mass spectrometry to develop a pipeline for characterization of the phage bacteria system | May 10, 2016 9:17 p.m. |
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| Other | Queensborough Community College | Urszula Golebiewska ugolebiewska@qcc.cuny.edu |
Genomic Analysis of Mycobacteriophage Tonenili | May 9, 2016 7:59 a.m. |
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| Other | Saint Joseph's University | Julia Lee-Soety jlee04@sju.edu |
Metagenomic analysis of Arthrobacter-specific bacteriophages in the AN cluster | May 9, 2016 3:34 p.m. |
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| Other | Seton Hill University | Kristen Butela kab340@pitt.edu |
Genomic Diversity within Cluster M2 Mycobacteriophages GardenSalsa and GenevaB15 | May 9, 2016 8:21 p.m. |
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| Other | Southern Connecticut State University | Nicholas Edgington EdgingtonN1@SouthernCT.edu |
Starts and Stops: Identification of conserved sequences in subcluster A11 and cluster K mycobacteriophages associated with gene expression. | May 9, 2016 4:08 p.m. |
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| Other | Southern Maine Community College | Brian Tarbox btarbox@smccme.edu |
SEA-PHAGES and the sea at SMCC | May 9, 2016 11:19 a.m. |
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| Other | St. Edward's University | Michael Kart michaelkart@stedwards.edu |
Synthetic Genome Builder | May 10, 2016 10:17 p.m. |
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| Other | The Ohio State University | Caroline Breitenberger breitenberger.1@gmail.com |
Sojourns in the F Cluster | May 9, 2016 5:44 p.m. |
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| Other | Truckee Meadows Community College | Tina Slowan-Pomeroy TinaBina@me.com |
Isolation, Purification, and Characterization of Bacteriophage Cookies | May 10, 2016 12:52 p.m. |
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| Other | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Denise Monti denise.monti@unf.edu |
Using Structural Genomics to Determine Putative Functions for Novel Gene Products of Corynebacterium phage, C3PO | May 9, 2016 11:35 p.m. |
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| Other | University of California, Los Angeles | Jordan Parker jordan.p.parker@kp.org |
Novel Propionibacterium acnes Phage Leviosa Demonstrates Broad Infectivity | May 2, 2016 5:59 p.m. |
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| Other | University of Colorado Boulder | Nancy Guild nancy.guild@colorado.edu |
Genomic Analysis of Mycobacteriophage Tortellini Reveals Significant Genetic Differences from Current P Cluster Phages, Establishing this Phage as the First Member of the P2 Subcluster | May 9, 2016 3 p.m. |
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| Other | University of Detroit Mercy | Jacob Kagey kageyja@udmercy.edu |
Isolation and characterization of the A3 bacteriophage Kady from the host Mycobacterium smegmatis | May 9, 2016 9:15 p.m. |
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| Other | University of Florida | Brad Barbazuk bbarbazuk@ufl.edu |
Annotation of Mycobacteriophage Louie6 – a new member of cluster A3 | May 9, 2016 3:34 p.m. |
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| Other | University of Houston-Downtown | Sanghamitra Saha sahas@uhd.edu |
Isolation and Annotation of Mycobacteriophages belonging to A, K and N Clusters | May 9, 2016 7:59 p.m. |
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| Other | University of Kansas | Rob Ward rew130@case.edu |
Isolation and characterization, including host range, immunity, excision and potential splicing in the lysogenic J-cluster mycobacteriophage HokkenD | May 5, 2016 2:23 p.m. |
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| Other | University of Louisiana at Monroe | Ann Findley afindley@ulm.edu |
Comparative Analysis of Seven Rhodococcus erythropolis CA Cluster Phages (Angry Orchard, Bobby Dazzler, Dinger, Harlequin, Jester, Partridge, and Yogi) and a Single CB Cluster Phage (Measels) | May 9, 2016 1:15 p.m. |
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| Other | University of Maine, Honors College | Sally Molloy sally.dixon@maine.edu |
Alternative host range and immunity in mycobacteriophage Clusters A and E | May 9, 2016 8:15 p.m. |
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| Other | University of Maine, Machias | Gerry Zegers gzegers@maine.edu |
Comparison of Cluster S Phages | May 18, 2016 10:19 a.m. |
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| Other | University of Mary Washington | Lynn Lewis llewis@umw.edu |
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| Other | University of Mary Washington | Lynn Lewis llewis@umw.edu |
Phage Hunting at University of Mary Washington | May 9, 2016 2:51 p.m. |
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| Other | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Steve Caruso scaruso@umbc.edu |
Two Pacific Bacteriophages Isolated and Characterized | May 9, 2016 5:25 p.m. |
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| Other | University of North Texas | Lee Hughes lhughes@unt.edu |
Comparative Analysis of the Expanding Streptomyces BC Cluster | May 8, 2016 12:27 a.m. |
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| Other | University of Pittsburgh | Marcie Warner mwarner1@pitt.edu |
Isolation and analysis of Gordonia terrae phages reveals novel aspects of lysis, virion morphology, and host range | May 10, 2016 11:10 a.m. |
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| Other | University of Puerto Rico at Cayey | Michael Rubin michael.rubin@upr.edu |
Morphologic and Genomic Characterization of Mycobacteriophages Isolated from Tropical Soils of Puerto Rico | May 9, 2016 4:22 p.m. |
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| Other | University of Southern Mississippi | Dmitri Mavrodi dmitri.mavrodi@usm.edu |
Genome sequence of mycobacteriophage Hammy | May 20, 2016 11:43 a.m. |
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| Other | University of Texas at El Paso | Germán Rosas-Acosta grosas3@utep.edu |
Novel insight into the relationship between genomic sequence and bacteriophage morphology | May 9, 2016 4:21 p.m. |
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| Other | University of the Sciences (now St. Joseph's Univ) | C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen csunnen@sju.edu |
Our Phage Phriends: Isolation & Characterization of Audrick & Porcelain | May 9, 2016 11:24 a.m. |
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| Other | University of West Florida | Hui-Min Chung hchung@uwf.edu |
Who Ya Gonna Call? Phage Hunters! | May 8, 2016 12:39 p.m. |
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| Other | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | Karen Klyczek karen.k.klyczek@uwrf.edu |
Hits from Host to Host: Isolation, Characterization, and Comparative Genomics of Five New Gordonia phages | May 10, 2016 1:01 a.m. |
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| Other | Virginia Commonwealth University | Allison Johnson aajohnson@vcu.edu |
Functional Genomics of Bacillus Phages | May 9, 2016 9:10 p.m. |
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| Other | Virginia Tech | Stephanie Voshell svoshell@vt.edu |
Genomic characterization of three novel mycobacteriophages: Florean, Kingsley, and Watson | May 7, 2016 4:19 p.m. |
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| Other | Washington State University | Bill Davis wbdavis@wsu.edu |
Bioinformatics Analysis of Mycobacterial R Cluster Phages | May 9, 2016 9 p.m. |
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| Other | Washington University in St. Louis | Kathleen Weston-Hafer hafer@wustl.edu |
Comparative Analysis of Six Novel Streptomyces Phage: A New Host Contributes to an Increase in the Diversity and Novelty of Phage Proteins | May 9, 2016 5:57 p.m. |
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| Other | Western Carolina University | Maria Gainey mdgainey@email.wcu.edu |
Preliminary Cluster Typing of 20 Novel Bacteriophages Discovered at Western Carolina University | May 10, 2016 12:19 a.m. |
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| Other | Western Kentucky University | Claire Rinehart claire.rinehart@wku.edu |
Features for Eight Mycobacteriophage Genomes: AlleyCat (K5), Baehexic (A2), Flare16 (A2), Gruunaga (A6), Jeckyll (K1), LilTurb (A2), Mutante (B1), and NearlyHeadless (A8). | May 9, 2016 6:53 p.m. |
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| Other | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | JoAnn Whitefleet-Smith jaws@wpi.edu |
A tale of Three Phages from the WPI Phamily | May 9, 2016 12:53 p.m. |
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| Other | Xavier University of Louisiana | Joe Ross jross@xula.edu |
Phaging on the River: Further Adventures in South Louisiana Phage Biology | May 10, 2016 12:44 p.m. |
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| Other | College of William & Mary | Margaret Saha mssaha@wm.edu |
Transcriptional Analysis of Phage Infection Dynamics Using RNA-Seq | May 17, 2016 12:05 a.m. |
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| Other | University of North Texas | Lee Hughes lhughes@unt.edu |
Alternative Staining for Electron Microscopy with Ytterbium Acetate | May 8, 2016 12:33 a.m. |
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| Other | University of Pittsburgh | Welkin Pope W.Pope@Chatham.edu |
Curiosities and oddities in Gordonia phage genomes | May 24, 2016 10:07 a.m. |
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| Other | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | Karen Klyczek karen.k.klyczek@uwrf.edu |
Expanding the Actinobacteriophage Community: Comparative Genomics of Phages Isolated in an Arthrobacter Host | Jun 1, 2016 2:33 p.m. |
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| Other | Washington State University | Bill Davis wbdavis@wsu.edu |
Is a CURE a CURE? Comparing Student Educational and Motivational Outcomes in SEA-PHAGES and Alternative CUREs | May 9, 2016 9:05 p.m. |
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| Other | Washington University in St. Louis | Chris Shaffer shaffer@wustl.edu |
Investigations into the Kibler SD scoring algorithm | May 17, 2016 3:40 p.m. |
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| Other | Western Kentucky University | Claire Rinehart claire.rinehart@wku.edu |
PECAAN, a Phage Evidence Collection And Annotation Network | May 9, 2016 3:02 a.m. |
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| Other | Peter Nelson peter.nelson@maine.edu |
New graphical perspectives on genomic mosaicism using multivariate analysis of Cluster A | May 19, 2016 2:32 p.m. |
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