Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: CCHA
Location: Charleston, SC USA
Website: http://www.cofc.edu/
Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 3 (started in 2010)
Buddy school: Virginia Commonwealth University
Term type: Semester
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 47
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 502
SEA Faculty
Primary Faculty Contact
byrumc@cofc.edu
(843)953-7176
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members
Legal Contact
Mouna DiBenedetto
Laboratory Manager
Department of Biology
College of Charleston
Phone: 843.953.4847
E-mail: dibenedettoms@cofc.edu
Address:
Department of Biology
College of Charleston
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424
Academic Terms
Spring Semester 2024
Start: Jan 29, 2024, End: Apr 17, 2024
PHAGES Sections in this Term
312L-01
Primary Instructor: Jessica McCoy
Additional Instructor: Jessica McCoy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 13
Juniors: 6
Seniors: 8
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
312L-02
Primary Instructor: Jessica McCoy
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Biol312L-01
Primary Instructor: Jessica McCoy
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall Semester 2023
Start: Aug 22, 2023, End: Jan 01, 2024
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Genomics Lab/BIOL 423L
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Additional Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 6
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
We will annotate the genome of the mycobacteriophage Hashim76.
Genomics Lab/BIOL 523L
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 6
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
All 6 students are graduate students in the College of Charleston's Marine Biology MS program. We will annotate the genome of Hashim76.
Molec Biol Lab/BIOL312/SXN1
Primary Instructor: Jessica McCoy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 13
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molec Biol Lab/BIOL312/SXN2
Primary Instructor: Jessica McCoy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Juniors: 6
Seniors: 9
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molec Biol Lab/BIOL312/SXN4
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Sophomores: 4
Juniors: 7
Seniors: 5
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
We will annotate the genome of the mycobacteriophage Jobypre.
Molec Biol Lab/BIOL312/SXN5
Primary Instructor: Jessica McCoy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 6
Seniors: 7
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall Semester 2022
Start: Aug 22, 2022, End: Dec 04, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Genomics Lab/BIOL 423L
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium paraoxydans
Number of students: 4
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Genomics Lab/BIOL 523L
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium paraoxydans
Number of students: 4
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall Semester 2022
Start: Aug 22, 2022, End: Dec 04, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Molec Biol Lab/BIOL312/SXN4
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 12
Juniors: 6
Seniors: 6
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Spring Semester 2021
Start: Jan 11, 2021, End: May 08, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Molec Biol Lab/BIOL312/Sxn4
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 13
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 9
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molec Biol Lab/BIOL312L/Sxn1
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 5
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molec Biol Lab/BIOL312L/Sxn5
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 13
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 9
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall Semester 2020
Start: Aug 25, 2020, End: Dec 04, 2020
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Genomics Lab/BIOL 423L/523L
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: -23
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 5
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Two students listed as seniors are actually Marine Biology MS students (no category for this).
Molec Biol Lab/BIOL 312L
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 11
Juniors: 7
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Spring Semester 2020
Start: Jan 08, 2020, End: Apr 23, 2020
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Molec Biol Lab/BIOL 312L
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Additional Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 13
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 11
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall Semester 2019
Start: Aug 20, 2019, End: Dec 02, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Genomics Lab/BIOL 423L/523L
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 7
Seniors: 7
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molec Biology Lab/BIOL312L
Primary Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Additional Instructor: Chris Korey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 12
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Spring Semester 2019
Start: Jan 07, 2019, End: Apr 26, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Molecular Biology Lab-BIOL312
Primary Instructor: Chris Korey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 12
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 10
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
This is a molecular biology lab. We will be annotating in the first half of the course. In the second half of the course we will be testing putative promoters in our phage genomes using a reporter plasmid.
Fall 2018
Start: Aug 21, 2018, End: Dec 12, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Molecular Biology Lab 312L
Primary Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Additional Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 36
Juniors: 21
Seniors: 14
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 6.0
Molecular Biology Lab Sec. 4
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 10
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Spring 2018
Start: Jan 08, 2018, End: Apr 23, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Molecular Biology Lab Sec. 1
Primary Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Additional Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 17
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molecular Biology Lab Sec. 2
Primary Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Additional Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molecular Biology Lab Sec. 5
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 9
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall 2017
Start: Aug 22, 2017, End: Dec 13, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Independent Study
Primary Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 2
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 10.0
Introductory Biology SCAMP
Primary Instructor: Chris Korey
Additional Instructor: Chris Korey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 13
Freshmen: 13
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
This section is a freshman section that has our South Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation in Science students
Molecular Biology Lab Sec. 1
Primary Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 12
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molecular Biology Lab Sec. 2
Primary Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 12
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Spring Semester 2017
Start: Jan 10, 2017, End: May 08, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
First Year Research Phage
Primary Instructor: Chris Korey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 4
Freshmen: 4
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Independent Study/Capstone
Primary Instructor: Chris Korey
Additional Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 3
Seniors: 3
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molecular Biology Lab Sec. 1
Primary Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Additional Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 12
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molecular Biology Lab Sec. 2
Primary Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 12
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molecular Biology Lab Sec. 3
Primary Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Number of students: 12
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molecular Biology Lab Sec. 4
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 12
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molecular Biology Lab Sec. 5
Primary Instructor: Christine Byrum
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 12
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall 2016
Start: Aug 23, 2016, End: Dec 14, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Molecular Biology Capstone
Primary Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 4
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molecular Biology Lab Sec. 1
Primary Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Additional Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 12
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molecular Biology Lab Sec. 1
Primary Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 12
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Molecular Biology Lab Sec. 2
Primary Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Additional Instructor: Ana Zimmerman
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 13
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
SCAMP Biology 111
Primary Instructor: Chris Korey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 11
Freshmen: 11
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
This section represents our South Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation in STEM cohort
Spring Semester 2016
Start: Jan 07, 2016, End: Apr 27, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
FYER 109
Primary Instructor: Chris Korey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 10
Freshmen: 10
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Half of the class comes from our under-represented minority science program
FYER 109
Primary Instructor: Chris Korey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 10
Freshmen: 10
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Half of the class comes from our under-represented minority science program
Fall Semester 2015
Start: Aug 25, 2015, End: Dec 18, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
SCAMP STEM BIOL 111L
Primary Instructor: Chris Korey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 11
Freshmen: 11
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
This section of the lab is part of our South Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation program at the College of Charleston
Spring Semester 2015
Start: Jan 06, 2015, End: May 12, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
SCAMP STEM First Year Research
Primary Instructor: Chris Korey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 4
Freshmen: 4
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 2.5
Freshman South Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation in Science cohort. This section is a specially designed first year research course.
Fall Semester 2014
Start: Aug 19, 2014, End: Dec 12, 2014
PHAGES Sections in this Term
SCAMP STEM - Biology 111
Primary Instructor: Chris Korey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 12
Freshmen: 12
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.5
Freshman South Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation in Science cohort. Implemented in the Introductory Biology Lab.
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
Christine Byrum
College of Charleston
College of Charleston - Biology Department
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424
USA
Current Shipping Address
Christine Byrum
College of Charleston
College of Charleston - Biology Department
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424
USA