SEA-PHAGES Sections
Annotation group A
Primary Instructor: Jim Neitzel
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 3
Sophomores: 12
Juniors: 8
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 2.0
Annotation group B
Primary Instructor: Jim Neitzel
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 2
Sophomores: 12
Juniors: 8
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 2.0
INS A
Primary Instructor: Jim Neitzel
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 39
Freshmen: 4
Sophomores: 18
Juniors: 14
Seniors: 3
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Number of meetings varied from week to week from 1-3 depending on stage of isolation.
INS B
Primary Instructor: Jim Neitzel
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 39
Freshmen: 5
Sophomores: 17
Juniors: 14
Seniors: 3
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Meetings per week varied from 1-3 depending on results and stage of isolation.
INS Biology Group 1
Primary Instructor: Jim Neitzel
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 33
Freshmen: 3
Sophomores: 12
Juniors: 14
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 1.5
INS Biology Group 2
Primary Instructor: Jim Neitzel
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 34
Freshmen: 6
Sophomores: 5
Juniors: 15
Seniors: 8
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 1.5
Lab group A
Primary Instructor: Jim Neitzel
Type: Other
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 33
Freshmen: 3
Sophomores: 15
Juniors: 13
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
This time was used to purify and characterize DNA, with bioinformatics tools introduced.
Lab group B
Primary Instructor: Jim Neitzel
Type: Other
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 33
Freshmen: 3
Sophomores: 16
Juniors: 12
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Lab work done on isolation and characterization of DNA, followed by an introduction to the bioinformatics tools
Laboratory group A
Primary Instructor: Jim Neitzel
Additional Instructor: Jim Neitzel
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 40
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.5
Laboratory Group B
Primary Instructor: Jim Neitzel
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 40
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.5
Research in phage biology
Primary Instructor: Jim Neitzel
Additional Instructor: Jim Neitzel
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 3
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 6.0