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Sequencing Status 2015-16
Written by on Nov. 21, 2015 .
2015 Sequencing Information
Written by on Oct. 21, 2015 .
The leaves are changing and the weather is cooling, which can only mean: time to sequence some phage genomes!
A quick reminder that each SEA-PHAGES school can have two genomes sequenced per in silico section they are teaching this year. We recommend that you send at least one backup sample in case one of your ...
Obituary: The SEA-wiki
Written by on Sept. 17, 2015 .
2008-2015
Age 7, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, the SEA-wiki will pass quietly, while dreaming of electric sheep, on September 30th, 2015.
The only child of Confluence and HHMI, the SEA-wiki, or "Wiks" to his friends, was born in 2008. From birth, Wiks displayed an affinity for 1s and 0s, and so despite prevailing child labor ...
Important Dates and Information, 2015-16
Written by on Aug. 31, 2015 .
We've created a document that we hope will be helpful to SEA-PHAGES faculty who are beginning the 2015-16 academic year. It contains a list of important dates as well as more general information on sequencing, software, membership, archiving, and what's new this year. All in a concise two pages!
We encourage you to print this ...
Black and White Printing of Lab Manual
Written by on Aug. 28, 2015 .
We've heard several times over the years that some schools print the Resource Guide or Lab Manual in Black and White to save some money. We've also heard that some of the lighter green colors barely show up when printed this way. We'd made a Black-and-White-printable version in the past, but special thanks to Nick ...
2014 Faculty Retreat and Symposium Wrap-Up
Written by on April 28, 2015 in Meetings.
Phew!
Here's a look at the video Kevin made.
Postdoc Opportunity at the University of Florida
Written by on April 20, 2015 .
We wanted to pass along the following opportunity that recently came to our attention. If you know of any SEA-PHAGES alumni who are finishing up graduate degrees and still have an interest in Mycobacteria, please let them know!
From Dr. Roy Curtiss III:
Josephine Clark-Curtiss and I are relocating our lab ...
Abstract Submission for the 2015 SEA-PHAGES Symposium
Written by on April 15, 2015 in Meetings.
It's that time of year: weather is warming, spring semesters are winding down, and taxes and Symposium abstracts are due.
This year, the due date for submitting abstracts for the 7th Annual SEA-PHAGES Symposium is 11:59 pm on April 21, 2015.
To submit an abstract for the meeting, you must be a verified SEA-PHAGES ...
Message in a Bottle, Issue 2
Written by on Feb. 23, 2015 in Message in a Bottle.
Issue #2 of Message in a Bottle, the SEA-PHAGES newsletter, is now available. See the 17 schools that will be joining the program in 2015-16, hear from Graham, and see who the keynote speaker at this year's Symposium will be.
SEA Virtual Machine 2015
Written by on Jan. 8, 2015 .
2015 VM Largely Unchanged
Because there were very few changes made in the 2015 version of the SEA Virtual Machine, we decided not to request that all schools replace their 2014 VMs with the 2015 one. If you've got the 2014 VM installed, you'll have no trouble running Phamerator, AceUtil, Newbler, consed, etc., and do ...