SEA-PHAGES Sections
BIO 0190R: Phage Hunters
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 7.5
BIO 0190S: Phage Hunters
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 21
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
Two additional instructors: Christopher de Graffenreid Yang Zhou
BIOL 0190R: Phage Hunters
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Yang Zhou
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 10.0
1 Lecture per week (~2 hours) 2 Labs per week (~4 hours each)
BIOL 0190R: Phage Hunters
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 19
Freshmen: 19
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 9.0
Weekly lecture + 2 lab meetings/week
BIOL 0190S: Phage Hunters
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 19
Freshmen: 19
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Journal Club once/wk Annotation/Bioinformatics once/wk Time-permitting, students will also undertake independent group projects (choice between wet lab and computational projects)
BIOL 190R
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Yang Zhou
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 10.0
BIOL 190R: Phage Hunters
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 18
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 11.5
Biol 190S
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Yang Zhou
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 7.0
1 annotation session/wk 1 journal club/wk 1 lab/wk
BIOL 190S
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 8.0
Fall Semester 2021
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 26
Freshmen: 26
Meetings per week: 4
Hours per week: 14.0
- 1 lecture per week (~2 hours) - 3 lab sections/week (~4 hours). Students are working in pairs this semester, and each pair has at least one member present during each of the three lab meetings.
Fall Semester 2022
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 10.0
1 lecture/week (~2 hours) 2 lab sessions/week (up to ~6-8/hours per students as needed)
Fall Semester 2023
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 4
Hours per week: 20.0
Fall Semester 2024
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 4
Hours per week: 17.0
Lecture once/week (~2 hours) 3 lab sections/week (~5 hours available each lab meeting. Students are expected to come to lab on average 1.5x/week across the semester with flexibility on the specific days they attend.