coomansr@ncat.edu
336.285.2166
North Carolina A&T State University
Associate Professor
Biology
SEA-PHAGES Sections
BIOL 101 HON Concepts in Biol
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Additional Instructor: Rob Newman
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 13
Sophomores: 2
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.5
BIOL 101.HON
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 13
Freshmen: 9
Sophomores: 4
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.5
BIOL 101HON 11384
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 12
Sophomores: 5
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BIOL 102 HON Concepts II Lab
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Additional Instructor: Rob Newman
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 12
Freshmen: 7
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.5
BIOL 102.HON
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia rubripertincta
Number of students: 13
Freshmen: 6
Sophomores: 5
Juniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
BIOL 102.HON
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 10
Freshmen: 4
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
BIOL 102.HON Laboratory
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 13
Freshmen: 6
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
BIOL 200.HON
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 6
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 5
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 2.5
BIOL 276 11416
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 5
Freshmen: 1
Juniors: 4
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BIOL 276 - Phage Laboratory I
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 5
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.5
BIOL 276 Phage Lab I
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 6
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.5
BIOL 276.001
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Additional Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 3
Sophomores: 1
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.5
BIOL 276.001 - Phage Lab I
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Additional Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 5
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.5
BIOL 276.001 - Phage Lab I
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 3
Sophomores: 2
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.5
BIOL 277 Phage Laboratory II
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Additional Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 5
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.5
BIOL 277 - Phage Laboratory II
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Additional Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 2
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
BIOL 277 - Phage Laboratory II
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 4
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
BIOL 277 Phage Laboratory II
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Additional Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 6
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 3
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.5
BIOL 277.001
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Additional Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 5
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 2.5
BIOL 277.001
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 2
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
BIOL 499.002
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 11
Freshmen: 2
Sophomores: 4
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 3
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.5
BIOL277/001
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Additional Instructor: Rob Newman
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 5
Sophomores: 4
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
This was our first cohort of students in the In Silico course. The students did a great job learning to use and apply various bioinformatics tools to successfully annotate the Bactobuster genome.
Phage Laboratory I - BIOL 276
Primary Instructor: Roy Coomans
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 8
Freshmen: 1
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.5