It's been a weird year, but through many trials and adjustments we have still arrived at phage DNA sequencing season! This post contains information about sending your SEA-PHAGES phage DNA samples to the University of Pittsburgh for sequencing. Because of the pandemic and other issues, several things have changed since previous years, so please read ...
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Sequencing Information 2020-21
Written by on Oct. 29, 2020 .
tRNAScanSE is Offline due to California Wildfires
Written by on Aug. 25, 2020 .
As of August 21, 2020, tRNAScanSE is offline because it is hosted at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and their campus is facing a mandatory evacuation due to the ongoing wildfires. In the meantime, you can still use Aragorn for tRNA purposes. We'll update when we have more information.
Microbacterium Phage Paper
Written by on July 21, 2020 .
Our collective paper on the genomes and diversity of 116 Microbacterium phages is now published and live in PLOS ONE.
SEA-PHAGES and PHIRE Contributors to the Microbacterium sp. Paper
Written by on April 7, 2020 .
Genomic diversity of bacteriophages infecting Microbacterium spp.
SEA-PHAGES and PHIRE Contributors
SEA-PHAGES participants
HHMI at University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Ilzat Ali
Aleem Mohamed
Emily Davis
Acacia Eleri Jones (Keele University)
Indian River State College
Josh Moreno
Brandon Bryant
Ariana Burch
Rhode Dorissaint
Cayce Douthitt
Jeffrey Garafalo
Jaclyn Kuiack
Samuel Marcillon
Jordan Norus ...
Sequencing Information 2019-20
Written by on Nov. 12, 2019 .
It's sequencing season! This post contains some information on sending your SEA-PHAGES phage DNA samples to the University of Pittsburgh for sequencing. Most of the information is the same as last year, but please note that our lab has moved to a new building and the shipping address has changed.
Sample Submission Form
Please ...
Sequencing Status 2019-2020
Written by on Aug. 21, 2019 .
Below is a live spreadsheet showing the status of SEA-PHAGES sequencing samples for the 2019-20 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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2019 SEA-PHAGES Annual Letter
Written by on June 7, 2019 in Annual Letters.
The 2019 SEA-PHAGES letter is available in pdf format by clicking here, or you can read the text below.
Dear SEA-PHAGES Community,
The 2019 SEA-PHAGES Annual Symposium marks yet another highly successful year with a plethora of exciting events. The program continues to expand with inclusion of a new cohort of schools and we ...
GenBank Submission Numbers
Written by on Jan. 31, 2019 in GenBank Submissions and Release Dates.
Below is a live spreadsheet showing the numbers assigned by GenBank to phage annotations that have been submitted and are soon to be (or have been) released.
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Sequencing Information 2018-19
Written by , on Oct. 17, 2018 .
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, ...
Sequencing Status 2018-19
Written by , on Oct. 8, 2018 .
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.
CLICK HERE to open this in a new browser window.