Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: DRXL
Location: Philadelphia, PA United States
Website: http://drexel.edu/
Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 8 (started in 2015)
Buddy school: Lincoln University
Term type: None
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 73
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 1612
SEA Faculty
Primary Faculty Contact
SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members
SEA-GENES Faculty Members
Legal Contact
Robert McGrath
Senior Associate Vice Provost
rbm26@drexel.edu
215.895.0303
Academic Terms
Winter Quarter 2024
Start: Jan 08, 2024, End: Mar 16, 2024
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Bio 143 SEA-PHAGES 61H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Bio 143 SEA-PHAGES 62H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Bio 143 SEA-PHAGES 63H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Additional Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 19
Freshmen: 19
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall Quarter 2023
Start: Sep 26, 2023, End: Dec 09, 2023
Phage Discovery Quarter System - 11 week term
PHAGES Sections in this Term
61H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
62H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
63H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 19
Freshmen: 19
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
GENES Sections in this Term
Bio 242 SEA-GENES 1
Primary Instructor: Manuel Seman Senderos
Phage Used: Purky
Number of students: 12
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring Quarter 2023
Start: Apr 03, 2023, End: Jun 10, 2023
Students develop and perform independent phage related projects during this term.
PHAGES Sections in this Term
61H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: Other
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Students develop and perform independent phage related projects during this term.
62H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: Other
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Students develop and perform independent phage related projects during this term.
63H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: Other
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 15
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Students develop and perform independent phage related projects during this term.
64H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: Other
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Students develop and perform independent phage related projects during this term.
Winter Quarter 2023
Start: Jan 09, 2023, End: Mar 18, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
61H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
62H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
63H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 15
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
64H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall Term 2022
Start: Sep 19, 2022, End: Sep 09, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 61H
Primary Instructor: Brett Condon
Additional Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Section 62H
Primary Instructor: Brett Condon
Additional Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Section 63H
Primary Instructor: Brett Condon
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 22
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Section 64H
Primary Instructor: Brett Condon
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 21
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Winter Quarter 2022
Start: Jan 03, 2022, End: Mar 11, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 61H
Primary Instructor: Brett Condon
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Section 62H
Primary Instructor: Brett Condon
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 21
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Section 63H
Primary Instructor: Brett Condon
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Section 64H
Primary Instructor: Brett Condon
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
GENES Sections in this Term
Section 61
Primary Instructor: Brett Condon
Phage Used: Purky
Number of students: 22
Sophomores: 5
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 7
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall Quarter 2021
Start: Sep 20, 2021, End: Dec 11, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 61H
Primary Instructor: Brett Condon
Additional Instructor: Brett Condon
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Section 62H
Primary Instructor: Brett Condon
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 18
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Section 63H
Primary Instructor: Brett Condon
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Section 64H
Primary Instructor: Brett Condon
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 21
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Winter Quarter 2020
Start: Sep 21, 2020, End: Dec 12, 2020
PHAGES Sections in this Term
62H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: Other
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 18
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Hybrid class of phage discovery and bioinformatics
63H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: Other
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 18
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Hybrid class of phage discovery and bioinformatics
64H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: Other
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 18
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Hybrid class of phage discovery and bioinformatics
Spring 2020
Start: Mar 30, 2020, End: Jun 06, 2020
PHAGES Sections in this Term
61H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: Other
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Students develop and perform independent phage related projects during this term.
62H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: Other
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Students develop and perform independent phage related projects during this term.
63H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: Other
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Students develop and perform independent phage related projects during this term.
64H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: Other
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Students develop and perform independent phage related projects during this term.
Winter Quarter 2020
Start: Jan 06, 2020, End: Mar 22, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
61H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
62H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
63H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
64H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall Quarter
Start: Sep 23, 2019, End: Dec 13, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
61H
Primary Instructor: Svetlana Khakhina
Additional Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
62H
Primary Instructor: Svetlana Khakhina
Additional Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
63H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Additional Instructor: Svetlana Khakhina
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 22
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
64H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Additional Instructor: Svetlana Khakhina
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Winter Quarter 2019
Start: Jan 07, 2019, End: Mar 22, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
61H
Primary Instructor: Svetlana Khakhina
Additional Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
62H
Primary Instructor: Svetlana Khakhina
Additional Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
63H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Additional Instructor: Svetlana Khakhina
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
64H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Additional Instructor: Svetlana Khakhina
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall Quarter 2018
Start: Sep 24, 2018, End: Dec 15, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
61H
Primary Instructor: Svetlana Khakhina
Additional Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
62H
Primary Instructor: Svetlana Khakhina
Additional Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
63H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Additional Instructor: Svetlana Khakhina
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
64H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Additional Instructor: Svetlana Khakhina
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 21
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring Quarter
Start: Apr 02, 2018, End: Jun 16, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
61H
Primary Instructor: Ritu Dalia
Additional Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: Other
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
62H
Primary Instructor: Ritu Dalia
Additional Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: Other
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
63H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Additional Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: Other
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
64H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Additional Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: Other
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Winter Quarter 2018
Start: Jan 08, 2018, End: Mar 24, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
T180-61H
Primary Instructor: Ritu Dalia
Additional Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
T180-62H
Primary Instructor: Ritu Dalia
Additional Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
T180-63H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Additional Instructor: Ritu Dalia
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
T180-64H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Additional Instructor: Ritu Dalia
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall Quarter 2017
Start: Sep 25, 2017, End: Dec 16, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
T180-61H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Additional Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
T180-62H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Additional Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
T180-63H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Additional Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
T180-64H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Additional Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Winter Quarter 2017
Start: Jan 09, 2017, End: Mar 27, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Bio124 Section 61H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Bio124 Section 62H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Bio124 Section 63H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 21
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall Quarter 2016
Start: Sep 19, 2016, End: Dec 03, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Bio 122 Section 61H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Additional Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Bio 122 Section 62H
Primary Instructor: Alison Moyer
Additional Instructor: Susan Gurney
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Bio 122 Section 63H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Additional Instructor: Alison Moyer
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Winter Quarter 2016
Start: Jan 04, 2016, End: Mar 19, 2016
Drexel SEA PHAGES lab will continue through the Spring term (June 10, 2016).
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO 124 section 61H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Additional Instructor: Joy Little
Type: Other
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 17
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
One 2hr lab day per week will continue wet lab experiments from Fall Quarter, while the 2nd 2hr lab day each week will focus on the In Silico portion of the course.
BIO 124 section 62H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Additional Instructor: Joy Little
Type: Other
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
One 2hr lab day per week will continue wet lab experiments from Fall Quarter, while the 2nd 2hr lab day each week will focus on the In Silico portion of the course.
BIO 124 Section 63H
Primary Instructor: Susan Gurney
Additional Instructor: Joy Little
Type: Other
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 16
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
One 2hr lab day per week will continue wet lab experiments from Fall Quarter, while the 2nd 2hr lab day each week will focus on the In Silico portion of the course.
Fall Quarter 2015
Start: Sep 21, 2015, End: Dec 12, 2015
Our SEA PHAGES lab is replacing the lab component of our freshman Introductory Biology first quarter: BIO 122: Cells and Genetics. This year, we're piloting this with only our honors sections (61H, 62H, 63H) before considering scaling up for all of our majors.
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO 122 61H
Primary Instructor: Joy Little
Additional Instructor: Kevin Smith
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 22
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
BIO 122 62H
Primary Instructor: Joy Little
Additional Instructor: Kevin Smith
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 22
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
BIO 122 63H
Primary Instructor: Joy Little
Additional Instructor: Kevin Smith
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 16
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
Matthew McDonald
Drexel University
3245 Chestnut Street
Office 123 Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
USA
Current Shipping Address
Matthew McDonald
Drexel University
3245 Chestnut Street
Office 123 Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
USA