Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: BRWN
Location: Providence, RI USA
Website: http://www.brown.edu/
Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 4 (started in 2011)
Buddy school: Lehigh University
Term type: Semester
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 14
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 293
Brown University joined the SEA program as a member of Cohort IV.
SEA Faculty
SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members
christopher_degraffenried@brown.edu
Assistant Professor
MMI
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SEA Publications
Complete Genome Sequence of the Cluster F1 Mycobacteriophage KingMidas
Byrum et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2020
THIS PUBLICATION HAS 2 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS
Academic Terms
Fall Semester 2024 ▼
Start: Sep 04, 2024, End: Dec 18, 2024
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Fall Semester 2024
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 4
Hours per week: 17.0
Lecture once/week (~2 hours) 3 lab sections/week (~5 hours available each lab meeting. Students are expected to come to lab on average 1.5x/week across the semester with flexibility on the specific days they attend.
Fall Semester 2023 ▼
Start: Sep 06, 2023, End: Dec 22, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Fall Semester 2023
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 4
Hours per week: 20.0
Fall Semester 2022 ▼
Start: Sep 07, 2022, End: Dec 16, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Fall Semester 2022
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 10.0
1 lecture/week (~2 hours) 2 lab sessions/week (up to ~6-8/hours per students as needed)
Fall Semester 2021 ▼
Start: Sep 08, 2021, End: Dec 21, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Fall Semester 2021
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 26
Freshmen: 26
Meetings per week: 4
Hours per week: 14.0
- 1 lecture per week (~2 hours) - 3 lab sections/week (~4 hours). Students are working in pairs this semester, and each pair has at least one member present during each of the three lab meetings.
Spring 2019 ▼
Start: Jan 22, 2019, End: May 17, 2019
Fall 2018 ▼
Start: Sep 03, 2018, End: Dec 21, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 190R: Phage Hunters
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 18
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 11.5
Spring 2018 ▼
Start: Jan 24, 2018, End: May 18, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Biol 190S
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Yang Zhou
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 7.0
1 annotation session/wk 1 journal club/wk 1 lab/wk
Fall 2017 ▼
Start: Sep 06, 2017, End: Dec 21, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 0190R: Phage Hunters
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Yang Zhou
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 10.0
1 Lecture per week (~2 hours) 2 Labs per week (~4 hours each)
Spring 2017 ▼
Start: Jan 23, 2017, End: May 23, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 190S
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 8.0
Fall 2016 ▼
Start: Sep 06, 2016, End: Dec 22, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 190R
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Additional Instructor: Yang Zhou
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 10.0
Spring 2016 ▼
Start: Jan 26, 2016, End: May 20, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 0190S: Phage Hunters
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 19
Freshmen: 19
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Journal Club once/wk Annotation/Bioinformatics once/wk Time-permitting, students will also undertake independent group projects (choice between wet lab and computational projects)
Fall 2015 ▼
Start: Sep 08, 2015, End: Dec 21, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 0190R: Phage Hunters
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 19
Freshmen: 19
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 9.0
Weekly lecture + 2 lab meetings/week
Spring Semester 2015 ▼
Start: Jan 21, 2015, End: May 10, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO 0190S: Phage Hunters
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 21
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
Two additional instructors: Christopher de Graffenreid Yang Zhou
Fall Semester 2014 ▼
Start: Sep 03, 2014, End: Dec 20, 2014
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO 0190R: Phage Hunters
Primary Instructor: Sarah Taylor
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 7.5
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
Sarah Taylor
Brown University
Biology Undergraduate Education
Arnold Laboratory, 91 Waterman St
Box G A-124
Providence, RI 02912
United States
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Current Shipping Address
Sarah Taylor
Brown University
34 Olive Street
MDL / Brown University
BioMedical Ceneter, Room 111
Providence, RI 02912
United States
XXX-XXX-XXXX