This post contains some information on sending your SEA-PHAGES phage DNA samples to the University of Pittsburgh for sequencing.

Sample Submission Form: NEW!

New this year! We are now requiring you to submit the information about the samples you are sending via a quick Google Form. This will help us keep track of samples, ...

Archive tubes and boxes will go out the week of November 5, 2018.  If you have not entered your section data, please do so.  If you have a special need, please let debbie know (djs@pitt.edu).  Please re-familiarize yourself with the archving protocol in the PhageDiscovery Guide of your choice. Remember that archiving is as much ...

Below is a live spreadsheet showing the status of SEA-PHAGES sequencing samples for the 2018-19 academic year. Generally, only samples in the "priority" queue will be listed, and it may take a few days after receipt of samples for them to appear.

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We are delighted to announce the First Annual Fall Faculty Hack-A-Thons!

What is it?
The Fall Faculty Hack-A-Thons is a series of one-day annotation workshops for faculty that are hosted by our SEA-PHAGES SMART Team and expedited submitters. The goal of the Hack-A-Thons are to improve faculty annotation skills across the SEA and help everyone ...

The Phage Discovery Guide has moved to an online platform. Moving forward, this online guide will be the only version that is regularly updated. You can access the guide from the faculty info page of the program website. Here is a direct link worth a bookmark: https://seaphagesphagediscoveryguide.helpdocsonline.com/home 

If you would prefer a hard copy ...

The new issue of Message in a Bottle is available! Download it here.

The new issue of Message in a Bottle is available! Download it here.

Below, find the first SEA-PHAGES Annual Letter, written in 2018 for the 2017-18 academic year. We hope to continue to write a summary of accomplishments, developments, and plans at the conclusion of each year.

Click here to download a pdf version of the letter.

Dear SEA-PHAGES Community,

The 2018 Symposium is a red-letter event, ...

Dear Faculty, Thank you for submitting your abstracts for the SEA Symposium. At this point, all oral presenters have been notified via email. We look forward to poster presentations from all submissions. See you in a few weeks! Best, The SEA-PHAGES TEAM

This was sent as an email from info@seaphages.org to all faculty: Dear Faculty, Thank you very much for the annotations you've submitted over the past few days. We appreciate the time that you are taking to bring your files up to the newest standards. This will make our review go much more quickly! As we've ...