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Written by on Nov. 5, 2025 .
This is our November communication, listing key upcoming events for the SEA Community
1. MEETINGS:
Written by on Oct. 20, 2025 .
It's fall, who has a phage-related Halloween costume? More importantly, who wants to send us phage DNA to sequence? If you do, please read below for details on sample prep and shipping for this year. (We are also accepting photos of Halloween costumes. ;)
Please send any questions about the information below to ...
Written by on Oct. 6, 2025 .
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Written by on Aug. 29, 2025 .
Below is a live spreadsheet showing the status of SEA-PHAGES sequencing samples (among other things) for the 2025-26 academic year. Generally, samples are only listed after they're scheduled for a sequencing run, so don't worry if the samples you sent haven't appeared yet.
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Written by on Feb. 26, 2025 .
IMPORTANT DATES
March 24 - 28, 2025: Registration Window
May 16, 2025: Deadline for abstract submission
May 23, 2025: Those selected to give talks will be notified.
May 29, 2025: Deadline to upload posters to be printed by HHMI
June 6 - 9: Attend SEA Faculty Meeting
WHO SHOULD REGISTER?
HHMI HQ has a meeting ...
Written by on Jan. 23, 2025 .
As a result of our Genome Announcement Workflow, the journal microPublication Biology will now have the capacity to publish one genome announcement from each SEA school, and at a reduced publication fee of $150 (discounted by HHMI from $350). If you would like to publish a genome announcement in microPublication Biology in 2025 at this ...
Written by on Jan. 15, 2025 .
We are pleased to announce a new guide for phage genome annotation in your SEA-PHAGES courses. The Phage Genomics Guide is an update to the SEA-PHAGES Bioinformatics Guide that uses the same accessible platform as the new Phage Discovery Guide.
https://genomicsguide.seaphages.org/
The guide content is organized around the three ...
Written by on Oct. 17, 2024 .
The days are getting shorter, and the lysate titers are getting higher... It must be sequencing season!
Please send any questions about the information below to Dan (dar78@pitt.edu) and Becky (rag4@pitt.edu).
Please submit the information about the samples you are sending using this Google Form. This will help us ...
Written by , on Sept. 9, 2024 in Message in a Bottle.
The new issue of Message in a Bottle is available! Download it here.
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