This is our October communication, listing key upcoming events for the SEA Community

1. MEETINGS:

• Conference on Bacteriophages, Oct 12 – 14, 2025:
  You are invited to attend, virtually, this inaugural Conference on Bacteriophages that is taking place this weekend. There is an incredible line up of speakers! For more information and login, >> CLICK HERE << 
• October Monthly Virtual Faculty Meeting: Oct 30, 2025
  This month's meeting will focus on Raising Lysogens
• Phage Genomics Workshop: Dec 12 – 16, 2025
  The Phage Genomics workshop for faculty from Cohort 18. However, if you instruct Phage Genomics but have never attended this workshop, you can request to attend and we will do our very best to accommodate you. Email sea@hhmi.org by Oct 10 to make this request.
   

2. SECTION DATA:
If you haven’t already, please post section data to your institution page at seaphages.org. (This is a separate request from the section data asked for the PITS study)
 

3. ARCHIVING:

• Tube Request:
  For all phages isolated this semester, please request your archiving tubes TODAY using this >> FORM <<
  Deadline to make a request for prompt shipping is October 17, 2025. We will begin shipping archive tubes as soon as requests come in. If you are off schedule, you can still request tubes with an additional comment for shipping instructions.
• Archiving Protocol:
  Before you prep lysates for archiving, please review the protocol that contains a new video link >> HERE << 
  Lysate archives should be shipped to Pitt no later than November 20^th. If you must ship your lysates later, wait until after the holiday season.
• Phage Page on PhagesDB
  Please make a phagesDB entry for your phages once you’ve begun purifying them. Note that phage entries, including phage names, must be approved before archiving.
  Be sure to pre-approve all names submitted to avoid unnecessary delays! With more than 3500 students enrolled in the program this semester, approvals are not instantaneous. If you have a grade associated with the posted Phage Page, please have them submitted at least 2 weeks before the grade is due.

4. JOIN SEA-GENES
If you are interested in offering SEA-GENES to expand the depth and duration of research for your SEA-PHAGES students, application to join Cohort 7 is due Oct 31. The app can be found >> HERE <<

Our very best, the SEA Team