Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: HMSD
Location: Hampden-Sydney, VA USA
Website: http://www.hsc.edu/
Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 4 (started in 2011)
Buddy school: James Madison University
Term type: None
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 9
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 57
Hampden-Sydney College joined the SEA in 2011 as an Associate member of Cohort IV.
SEA Faculty
SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members
No other faculty yet
Legal Contact
Dr. Tim Diette
Dean of the Faculty
tdiette@hsc.edu
434-223-6112
Academic Terms
Spring 2024
Start: Jan 16, 2024, End: Apr 29, 2024
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 313
Primary Instructor: Mike Wolyniak
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 2
Sophomores: 1
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall Semester 2022
Start: Aug 22, 2022, End: Dec 02, 2022
SEA-PHAGES work is being done on an independent research basis by 2 students who are seeking work for their senior capstone requirements.
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 495
Primary Instructor: Mike Wolyniak
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 2
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 2.0
These students are engaged in capstone research work in which they build on their experiences with previous SEA-PHAGES courses to design and implement their own experiments.
Fall 2019
Start: Aug 28, 2019, End: Dec 06, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 304
Primary Instructor: Mike Wolyniak
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Arthrobacter globiformis
Number of students: 2
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 6.0
Independent research work by 2 senior Biochemistry and Molecular Biology requirements who required schedule accommodations to complete all program requirements.
Fall Semester 2018
Start: Aug 27, 2018, End: Dec 07, 2018
In silicon work on M. smegmatis phages adopted form other SEA-PHAGES institutions.
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 313
Primary Instructor: Mike Wolyniak
Additional Instructor: Mike Wolyniak
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 7
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring Semester 2018
Start: Jan 15, 2018, End: Apr 27, 2018
Taught as a hybrid class between students at Hampden-Sydney College and Bethune-Cookman University.
PHAGES Sections in this Term
INDS 485.01
Primary Instructor: Mike Wolyniak
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia sp.
Number of students: 13
Juniors: 7
Seniors: 6
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall Semester 2017
Start: Aug 21, 2017, End: Dec 06, 2017
We are offering SEA-PHAGES work on an independent study basis this term.
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 495
Primary Instructor: Mike Wolyniak
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Brevibacterium fuscum
Number of students: 1
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 10.0
Independent research work
Fall Semester 2016
Start: Aug 24, 2016, End: Dec 07, 2016
This is an offering on Genomics and Bioinformatics where the students are doing the genomic annotation of a phage discovered over the summer by an independent student researcher.
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Genomics and Bioinformatics
Primary Instructor: Mike Wolyniak
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 7
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 7.0
Spring Semester 2015
Start: Jan 14, 2015, End: Apr 28, 2015
-2 students worked on bioinformatics work on an independent basis on a Bacillus phage isolated by my SEA-PHAGES class in the fell 2014 semester
PHAGES Sections in this Term
1
Primary Instructor: Mike Wolyniak
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Bacillus thuringiensis
Number of students: 2
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 1.0
Weekly meetings were check-ins on the independent research work.
Fall 2014
Start: Aug 27, 2014, End: Dec 09, 2014
There are 14 students in this Molecular and Cellular Biology class. The class meets twice a week for 80 minutes with a 150 minute lab period on the same afternoon as one of the classes. 80 minutes a week are devoted to lecture and 240 minutes per week to the SEA-PHAGES course.
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 304
Primary Instructor: Mike Wolyniak
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Bacillus cereus, Bacillus thuringiensis
Number of students: 14
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 11
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.5
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
Michael Wolyniak
Hampden-Sydney College
P.O. Box 183
Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943
USA
Current Shipping Address
Michael Wolyniak
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney College
Gilmer Hall
275 Via Sacra
Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943
USA