mdgainey@email.wcu.edu
Assistant Professor
Chemistry and Physics
SEA-PHAGES Sections
BIOL/CHEM 493: Phage Hunters
Primary Instructor: Jamie Wallen
Additional Instructor: Megan Eckardt
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 12
Juniors: 6
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Biol140/Chem139 Laboratory
Primary Instructor: Jamie Wallen
Additional Instructor: Megan Eckardt
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae, Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BiolChem493PhageBioinformatics
Primary Instructor: Jamie Wallen
Additional Instructor: Megan Eckardt
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis, Gordonia terrae, Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
CHEM-139-46
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia rubripertincta
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 13
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
CHEM-462 Bioinformatics
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium paraoxydans
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 14
Seniors: 8
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2.0
CHEM-462 Bioinformatics
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 6
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 8
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2.5
CHEM-462 Bioinformatics
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 5
Sophomores: 3
Seniors: 8
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 1.2
CHEM139-40/BIOL140-41
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
CHEM139-46/BIOL140-41
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum, Microbacterium paraoxydans
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
CHEM139-46/BIOL140-41
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia rubripertincta, Gordonia terrae, Gordonia westfalica
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 9
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Molecular Bioinformatics
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis, Gordonia terrae, Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 15
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 1.2
Molecular Bioinformatics/462/0
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 22
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Phage hunters BIOL/CHEM 493
Primary Instructor: Jamie Wallen
Additional Instructor: Megan Eckardt
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 13
Juniors: 8
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0