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: 19
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 347
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
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
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
Spring Semester 2024
Start: Jan 08, 2024, End: May 03, 2024
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Jaime Mayoral
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 23
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Jaime Mayoral
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 19
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Spring Semester 2024
Start: Jan 08, 2024, End: May 03, 2024
PHAGES Sections in this Term
No sections entered for this term yet
Fall Semester 2023
Start: Aug 21, 2023, End: Dec 01, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BSC2010L - U37
Primary Instructor: Patricia Waikel
Additional Instructor: Patricia Waikel
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 8
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Spring 2020
Start: Jan 06, 2020, End: Apr 23, 2020
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BSC2011L U01
Primary Instructor: Patricia Waikel
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 7
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 2
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall 2019
Start: Aug 26, 2019, End: Dec 13, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BSC2010L-U46
Primary Instructor: Patricia Waikel
Additional Instructor: Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 23
Meetings per week: 2
BSC2010L-U47
Primary Instructor: Patricia Waikel
Additional Instructor: Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 24
Meetings per week: 2
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
BSC 2010L-U45 (85893)
Primary Instructor: Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty
Additional Instructor: John Makemson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 22
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BSC 2010L-U49 (85897)
Primary Instructor: Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty
Additional Instructor: John Makemson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 20
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
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
BSC 2011L
Primary Instructor: John Makemson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 12
Freshmen: 2
Sophomores: 4
Juniors: 6
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
They are getting a great grounding in genome structure and phylogeny.
BSC 2011L-U02
Primary Instructor: Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty
Additional Instructor: John Makemson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Bacillus cereus
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 15
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall 2017
Start: Aug 21, 2017, End: Dec 08, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BSC 2010L-U57 (78840)
Primary Instructor: Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Bacillus cereus
Number of students: 19
Freshmen: 19
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BSC 2010L-U58
Primary Instructor: John Makemson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Bacillus cereus
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 15
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Fall 2016
Start: Aug 25, 2016, End: Dec 02, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BSC 1010L-U59
Primary Instructor: Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Bacillus cereus
Number of students: 29
Freshmen: 29
Meetings per week: 4
Hours per week: 8.0
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
Gen Biol II Sect 35, BSC 1011L
Primary Instructor: John Makemson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 10
Freshmen: 8
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
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
BSC 1010L Section 54.
Primary Instructor: John Makemson
Additional Instructor: John Makemson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Arthrobacter sp.
Number of students: 28
Freshmen: 23
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Students, besides using Arthrobacter sp., are isolating bacteria in pure culture from their soil sample and using them as hosts as well.
BSC 1010L Section 54.
Primary Instructor: John Makemson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Arthrobacter sp.
Number of students: 13
Freshmen: 11
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Arthrobacter and other bacteria from the soil samples.
BSC 1010L Section 53
Primary Instructor: Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 8
Sophomores: 4
Juniors: 3
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 4.0
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
BSC 1011L Section U44
Primary Instructor: Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 11
Freshmen: 10
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall Semester
Start: Aug 25, 2014, End: Dec 12, 2014
PHAGES Sections in this Term
1148/BSC1010L/Gen Biology/U-57
Primary Instructor: Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty
Additional Instructor: John Makemson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 13
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
Patricia Waikel
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street.
Florida International University
OE167
Miami, FL 33199
USA
Current Shipping Address
Patricia Waikel
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street.
Florida International University
OE167
Miami, FL 33199
USA