Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: CAMU
Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA
Website: http://www.cmu.edu/
Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 1 (started in 2008)
Buddy school: Lehigh University
Term type: Semester
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 9
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 190
SEA Faculty
SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members
mabraun@andrew.cmu.edu
412-268-5934
Assistant Department Head, Assistant Teaching Professor
Biological Sciences
nmcguier@cmu.edu
Special Lecturer, Undergraduate Laboratories
Biological Sciences
Legal Contact
Mary Jo Dively
mjdively@andrew.cmu.edu
412-268-9519
Academic Terms
Spring Semester 2018
Start: Jan 16, 2018, End: May 04, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
03-116 Phage Genomics Research
Primary Instructor: Javier Lopez
Additional Instructor: Natalie McGuier
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Arthrobacter sp. , Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 22
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Fall Semester 2017
Start: Aug 28, 2017, End: Dec 08, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
03-115
Primary Instructor: Natalie McGuier
Additional Instructor: Javier Lopez
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Arthrobacter sp. , Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 22
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring Semester 2017
Start: Jan 17, 2017, End: May 05, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Bacteriophage Genomics 03-116
Primary Instructor: Javier Lopez
Additional Instructor: Natalie McGuier
Type: Other
Hosts used: Arthrobacter sp.
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 22
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
This semester is devoted to a combination of in silico and experimental work (phage sequencing, annotation, hypothesis testing)
Fall Semester 2016
Start: Aug 29, 2016, End: Dec 09, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
F16 03-115
Primary Instructor: Natalie McGuier
Additional Instructor: Javier Lopez
Additional Instructor: Natalie McGuier
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Arthrobacter sp.
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 22
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
F16 03-115
Primary Instructor: Natalie McGuier
Additional Instructor: Natalie McGuier
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Arthrobacter sp.
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 22
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
Spring Semester 2016
Start: Jan 11, 2016, End: Apr 29, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
03-116 Phage Genomics Research
Primary Instructor: Javier Lopez
Additional Instructor: Swarna Mohan
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Rhodococcus erythropolis, Arthrobacter sp.
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 18
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Fall 2015
Start: Sep 01, 2015, End: Dec 10, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
03-115
Primary Instructor: Swarna Mohan
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Rhodococcus erythropolis, Arthrobacter sp.
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring Semester 2015
Start: Jan 12, 2015, End: May 01, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
03-116 Section A
Primary Instructor: Javier Lopez
Additional Instructor: Swarna Mohan
Type: Other
Hosts used: Rhodococcus erythropolis, Arthrobacter sp.
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 21
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Activities include genome sequencing, annotation and bioinformatic analyses, and additional experimental work such as lysogen isolation and characterization.
Fall 2014
Start: Aug 25, 2014, End: Dec 05, 2014
Attempting to isolate Arthrobacter and Rhodococcus phages this semester
PHAGES Sections in this Term
03-115
Primary Instructor: Swarna Mohan
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Rhodococcus erythropolis, Arthrobacter sp.
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 21
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
A. Javier Lopez
Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Ave.
Mellon Institute, Room 243
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
USA
Current Shipping Address
Charlotte Bartosh
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave
7415 Wean Hall/Physics Stock Room
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
USA