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Florida International University

Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: FLIU

Location: Miami, FL USA

Website: http://www.fiu.edu/

Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 7 (started in 2014)

Buddy school: Florida Gulf Coast University

Term type: None

Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 21

Total SEA-PHAGES students: 395

Florida International University is the Public Research University in Miami. With over 53,000 students, the university is a comprehensive research university with a College of Law and College of Medicine. SEA PHAGES is in the Department of Biological Sciences that has 4,500 undergraduate biology majors and over 100 graduate students.

SEA Faculty

Primary Faculty Contact

pwaikel@fiu.edu

Florida International University

Assistant Teaching Professor

Biological Sciences

SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members

mayoralj@fiu.edu

305 348 4457

Florida International University

Associate Teaching Professor

Biological Sciences

SEA-GENES Faculty Members

mayoralj@fiu.edu

305 348 4457

Florida International University

Associate Teaching Professor

Biological Sciences

pwaikel@fiu.edu

Florida International University

Assistant Teaching Professor

Biological Sciences

Legal Contact

Ana Villafana
Associate Director, Award Services
Florida International University
Office of Sponsored Research & Economic Development
Phone: 305-348-0521
E-mail: avillafa@fiu.edu

Academic Terms

Fall 2024

Start: Aug 26, 2024, End: Dec 06, 2024

PHAGES Sections in this Term

GENES Sections in this Term

Spring Semester 2024

Start: Jan 08, 2024, End: May 03, 2024

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Fall Semester 2023

Start: Aug 21, 2023, End: Dec 01, 2023

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Spring 2020

Start: Jan 06, 2020, End: Apr 23, 2020

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Fall 2019

Start: Aug 26, 2019, End: Dec 13, 2019

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Fall 2018

Start: Aug 20, 2018, End: Dec 07, 2018

We are teaching two sections of 22 students each. A total of 40 students. All students fresmen

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Spring Semester 2018

Start: Jan 08, 2018, End: May 04, 2018

The section of BSC 2011L (Gen Biology 2 Lab), subtitle = Sea Phages. Has been working on marine phages. They are now into the Annotation of Phage Phamous. At the same time we are improving recovery of phages from sea water.

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Fall 2017

Start: Aug 21, 2017, End: Dec 08, 2017

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Fall 2016

Start: Aug 25, 2016, End: Dec 02, 2016

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Spring Semester 2016

Start: Feb 11, 2016, End: May 06, 2016

We have two sections, this one isolated 5 phages from soil using soil bacterial hosts. All are tail-less phages. Two are have been sequenced (they have small genomes) and are now being annotated.

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Fall Semester 2015

Start: Aug 24, 2015, End: Dec 11, 2015

Two lab sections of SEA PHAGES using Smeg, Arthro and other soil bacterial hosts.

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Spring Semester 2015

Start: Jan 12, 2015, End: May 01, 2015

The students had technical difficulties getting DNA Master, etc. loaded to Macs. Then it went well annotating phage Roary.

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Fall Semester

Start: Aug 25, 2014, End: Dec 12, 2014

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Institution Addresses

Current Mailing Address

Patricia Waikel

Florida International University

11200 SW 8th Street.

Florida International University

OE167

Miami, FL 33199

USA

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Current Shipping Address

Patricia Waikel

Florida International University

11200 SW 8th Street.

Florida International University

OE167

Miami, FL 33199

USA

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Upcoming Events

2025 SEA Symposium

April 25, 2025 to April 27, 2025

2025 SEA Faculty Meeting

June 6, 2025 to June 9, 2024

Recent Events

2024 Phage Genomics Workshop

December 13, 2024 to December 17, 2024

2024 Phage Discovery Workshop 17B

July 13, 2024 to July 19, 2024

Forum Activity

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