IDH 3910 Honors Virus Hunters

Primary Instructor: Scott Michael

Additional Instructor: Sharon Isern

Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)

Hosts used: Gordonia terrae

Number of students: 20

Freshmen: 19

Seniors: 1

Meetings per week: 2

Hours per week: 4.5

IDH3910 CRN10942

Primary Instructor: Sharon Isern

Additional Instructor: Sharon Isern

Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)

Hosts used: Rhodococcus erythropolis

Number of students: 17

Freshmen: 15

Juniors: 2

Meetings per week: 2

Hours per week: 4.5

3 of the students listed as freshmen are dual-enrollment high school students.

ISC 2930 Honors Virus Hunters

Primary Instructor: Scott Michael

Additional Instructor: Sharon Isern

Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)

Hosts used: Gordonia terrae, Corynebacterium glutamicum

Number of students: 20

Freshmen: 20

Meetings per week: 2

Hours per week: 4.5

ISC2930 CRN81499

Primary Instructor: Sharon Isern

Additional Instructor: Sharon Isern

Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)

Hosts used: Rhodococcus erythropolis

Number of students: 19

Freshmen: 17

Juniors: 2

Meetings per week: 2

Hours per week: 5.5

3 of the students listed as freshmen are dual-enrollment high school students.

MCB4502C Virology - CRN 81796

Primary Instructor: Sharon Isern

Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)

Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis

Number of students: 27

Juniors: 2

Seniors: 25

Meetings per week: 2

Hours per week: 4.5

Virology is an upper level course for Biology majors. It is taught as a flipped classroom. Students view online lectures outside of class. Class time is dedicated to viral genomics and bioinformatics in silico projects (including phage), molecular epidemiology assignments, problem sets that apply lecture topics, and review of primary literature.