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
SEA Publications
Complete Genome Sequences of 44 Arthrobacter Phages.
Klyczek KK et al., Genome Announcements, 2018
THIS PUBLICATION HAS SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS
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
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Current Shipping Address
Charlotte Bartosh
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave
7415 Wean Hall/Physics Stock Room
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
USA
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