Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: AZSU
Location: Tempe, AZ USA
Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 12 (started in 2019)
Buddy school: University of Nevada Las Vegas
Term type: None
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 7
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 105
SEA Faculty
Primary Faculty Contact
spfeife1@asu.edu
Assistant Professor
School of Life Sciences
SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members
Legal Contact
Mary Barber
email: Mary.Barber@asu.edu
phone: 480-727-0031
Academic Terms
Fall 2023
Start: Aug 17, 2023, End: Nov 30, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section #1
Primary Instructor: Susanne Pfeifer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Streptomyces scabiei
Number of students: 11
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 5
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 8.0
T/Th 12:00-4pm – faculty: Prof. Pfeifer – TA: Mark Milhaven - ATAs: Akarshi Brar, Gabriella Cerna, Elaine Chaffee
Fall 2022
Start: Aug 18, 2022, End: Dec 02, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section #1
Primary Instructor: Susanne Pfeifer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 4
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 8.0
T/Th 12:00-4pm – faculty: Prof. Pfeifer – TA: Mark Milhaven - ATAs: Aman Garg, Corinne Mitra, Jackelyn Lobatos, Madison Blanco, Maria Strasser
Spring 2022
Start: Jan 10, 2022, End: Apr 29, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section #1
Primary Instructor: Susanne Pfeifer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 24
Sophomores: 5
Juniors: 10
Seniors: 9
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 8.0
T/Th 12:00-4pm (plus open lab sessions on Fridays) – faculty: Prof. Pfeifer – TAs: Abigail Howell & Cyril Versoza - ATA: Saige Munig, Zeel Patel, Minerva So, Makena Sy & Sarah Weiss - we are annotating two bacteriophages
Spring 2021
Start: Jan 11, 2021, End: Apr 30, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section #1
Primary Instructor: Susanne Pfeifer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 9
Sophomores: 5
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 8.0
T/Th 12:00-4pm (plus open lab sessions on Fridays) – faculty: Prof. Pfeifer – TA: Adele Crane & Cyril Versoza - ATAs: Rithik Mehta & Daniel Sackett
Fall 2020
Start: Aug 20, 2020, End: Nov 24, 2020
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section #1
Primary Instructor: Susanne Pfeifer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 19
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 7
Seniors: 11
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 8.0
T/Th 12:00-4pm (plus open lab sessions on Fridays) – faculty: Profs. Pfeifer and McCutcheon – TA: Mark Milhaven - ATAs: Garett Maag, Jade Porche, Angelica Urquidez Negrete
Spring 2019
Start: Jan 13, 2020, End: May 01, 2020
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section #1
Primary Instructor: Susanne Pfeifer
Additional Instructor: Kerry Geiler-Samerotte
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Arthrobacter globiformis
Number of students: 19
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 7
Seniors: 6
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 8.0
T/Th 12:00-4pm (plus open lab sessions on Fridays) – faculty: Profs. Pfeifer and Geiler-Samerotte – TA: Adele Crane
Fall 2019
Start: Aug 22, 2019, End: Dec 06, 2019
Session C
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section #1
Primary Instructor: Kerry Geiler-Samerotte
Additional Instructor: Susanne Pfeifer
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Arthrobacter globiformis
Number of students: 19
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 7
Seniors: 6
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 8.0
T/Th 12:00-4pm (plus open lab sessions on Fridays) – faculty: Profs. Geiler-Samerotte and Pfeifer – TA: Adele Crane – ATA: Erin Hong
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
Prof. Susanne Pfeifer
Arizona State University
School of Life Sciences (Center for Evolution and Medicine)
427 E Tyler Mall
LSC 340
Tempe, AZ 85281
United States
Current Shipping Address
Prof. Kerry Geiler-Samerotte
Arizona State University
Biodesign Institute (Center for Mechanisms of Evolution)
1001 S. McAllister Ave
c/o Prof. Michael Lynch, Room 436
Tempe, AZ 85287
USA