Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: GEMA
Location: Fairfax, VA USA
Website: https://www.gmu.edu/
Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 9 (started in 2016)
Buddy school: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Term type: None
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 15
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 253
SEA Faculty
Primary Faculty Contact
SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members
Legal Contact
Kim Jervey, CRA, CFCM
Senior Contracts Administrator
Office of Sponsored Programs
703-993-3508; KJervey@gmu.edu
Fax: 703-993-2296
Academic Terms
Fall 2023
Start: Aug 21, 2023, End: Dec 01, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
01
Primary Instructor: Anne Scherer
Additional Instructor: Bonnie Madden
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia rubripertincta
Number of students: 24
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall 2022
Start: Aug 22, 2022, End: Dec 02, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
001
Primary Instructor: Anne Scherer
Additional Instructor: Bonnie Madden
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia rubripertincta
Number of students: 17
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring 2022
Start: Jan 24, 2022, End: May 06, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
001
Primary Instructor: Anne Scherer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia rubripertincta
Number of students: 20
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
202
Start: Aug 24, 2021, End: Dec 03, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
202
Primary Instructor: Anne Scherer
Additional Instructor: Bonnie Madden
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia rubripertincta
Number of students: 11
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 10
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
2 hours are online
Fall 2021
Start: Aug 23, 2021, End: Dec 03, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
201
Primary Instructor: Anne Scherer
Additional Instructor: Bonnie Madden
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia rubripertincta
Number of students: 12
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 11
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
2 hours are online
Spring 2021
Start: Jan 25, 2021, End: Apr 30, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Spring 2021 Phage Discovery
Primary Instructor: Anne Scherer
Additional Instructor: Bonnie Madden
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis, Gordonia rubripertincta
Number of students: 16
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 18
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall 2020
Start: Aug 24, 2020, End: Dec 04, 2020
PHAGES Sections in this Term
01
Primary Instructor: Anne Scherer
Additional Instructor: Bonnie Madden
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia sp.
Number of students: 18
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring 2020
Start: Jan 21, 2020, End: May 01, 2020
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 01
Primary Instructor: Anne Scherer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia rubripertincta
Number of students: 24
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
One of our sequenced phages was isolated using smeg as host and one sequenced phage used Gordonia rubripertincta as host.
Fall 2019
Start: Sep 23, 2019, End: Dec 06, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 01
Primary Instructor: Anne Scherer
Additional Instructor: Bonnie Madden
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia rubripertincta
Number of students: 19
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 15
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.5
Spring 2019
Start: Jan 22, 2019, End: May 06, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
01
Primary Instructor: Anne Scherer
Additional Instructor: Anne Scherer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia rubripertincta
Number of students: 16
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 14
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall 2018
Start: Sep 24, 2018, End: Dec 07, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 01
Primary Instructor: Anne Scherer
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia rubripertincta
Number of students: 19
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 12
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
There is also one non-degree seeking student.
Fall Semester 2017
Start: Aug 28, 2017, End: Dec 08, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
01
Primary Instructor: Anne Scherer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 9
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
There are also 2 non-degree students in the course.
Summer 2017
Start: Jun 26, 2017, End: Jul 28, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
01
Primary Instructor: Anne Scherer
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 13
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 8
Meetings per week: 5
Hours per week: 15.0
Fall 2016
Start: Aug 29, 2016, End: Dec 09, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
01
Primary Instructor: Anne Scherer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 9
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Summer 2016
Start: Jul 11, 2016, End: Jul 29, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Summer 2016
Primary Instructor: James Schwebach
Additional Instructor: Anne Scherer
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 8
Seniors: 3
Meetings per week: 5
Hours per week: 30.0
Two high school students are included in the total head count for this course.
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
Anne Scherer
George Mason University
George Mason University
4400 University Drive
Exploratory Hall Rm 1200
Fairfax, VA 22030
USA
Current Shipping Address
Anne Scherer
George Mason University
George Mason University
4400 University Drive
Exploratory Hall Rm 1200
Fairfax, VA 22030
USA