Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: KSSU
Location: Manhattan, KS United States
Website: http://www.k-state.edu/
Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 8 (started in 2015)
Buddy school: University of Kansas
Term type: None
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 20
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 367
SEA Faculty
Primary Faculty Contact
mscaldas@ksu.edu
(785) 532 0867
Teaching Associate Professor
Division of Biology
SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members
No other faculty yet
Legal Contact
Lori Buss
785.532.0103
buss@k-state.edu
SEA Publications
Complete Genome Sequence of the Gordonia Bacteriophage BiggityBass
Versoza et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2022
Genome Sequences of Four Subcluster L2 Mycobacterium Phages, Finemlucis, Miley16, Wilder, and Zakai
Herren et al., Genome Announcements, 2017
Academic Terms
Fall 2024 ▼
Start: Aug 19, 2024, End: Dec 06, 2024
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 461
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Additional Instructor: Christopher Herren
Additional Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 25
Freshmen: 1
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 19
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 1.8
BIOL 461 - B
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 24
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 7
Seniors: 11
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 1.8
Spring 2024 ▼
Start: Jan 16, 2024, End: May 10, 2024
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 462
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Additional Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 21
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 15
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 1.4
Fall 2023 ▼
Start: Aug 21, 2023, End: Dec 08, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 461
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Additional Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 28
Sophomores: 4
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 18
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 1.5
BIOL 461 - B
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Additional Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 2
Sophomores: 4
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 12
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 1.5
Spring 2023 ▼
Start: Jan 17, 2023, End: May 12, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 462
Primary Instructor: Christopher Herren
Additional Instructor: Christopher Herren
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 7
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 5
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 1.3
Fall 2022 ▼
Start: Aug 22, 2022, End: Dec 02, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 461
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Additional Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 20
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 13
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.5
BIOL 461
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Additional Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 21
Sophomores: 4
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 13
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring 2022 ▼
Start: Jan 18, 2022, End: May 13, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 462
Primary Instructor: Christopher Herren
Additional Instructor: Christopher Herren
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 13
Freshmen: 2
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 7
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.5
Fall 2021 ▼
Start: Aug 23, 2021, End: Dec 10, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 461
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Additional Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 19
Freshmen: 7
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 7
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring 2021 ▼
Start: Jan 25, 2021, End: May 14, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 462
Primary Instructor: Christopher Herren
Additional Instructor: Christopher Herren
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 7
Sophomores: 5
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall 2020 ▼
Start: Aug 17, 2020, End: Dec 20, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 461
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Additional Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 11
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.4
Fall 2019 ▼
Start: Aug 26, 2019, End: Dec 23, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 495
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Additional Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 2
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 5
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall Semester 2018 ▼
Start: Aug 20, 2018, End: Dec 07, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 495-B Phage Hunters I
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis, Gordonia terrae, Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 11
Sophomores: 7
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring Semester 2018 ▼
Start: Jan 16, 2018, End: May 04, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 495-B Phage Hunters II
Primary Instructor: Christopher Herren
Additional Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 8
Freshmen: 2
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall Semester 2017 ▼
Start: Aug 21, 2017, End: Dec 08, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 495-B Phage Hunters I
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 7
Sophomores: 5
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 3
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring Semester 2017 ▼
Start: Jan 17, 2017, End: May 12, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 495-B Phage Hunters II
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Additional Instructor: Christopher Herren
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 10
Freshmen: 4
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall Semester 2016 ▼
Start: Aug 22, 2016, End: Dec 09, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 495-B Phage Hunters I
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Additional Instructor: Christopher Herren
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 12
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 3
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring Semester 2016 ▼
Start: Jan 19, 2016, End: May 06, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 495-B Phage Hunters II
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Additional Instructor: Christopher Herren
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 2
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall Semester 2015 ▼
Start: Aug 24, 2015, End: Dec 11, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 495-B Phage Hunters I
Primary Instructor: Martha Smith-Caldas
Additional Instructor: Christopher Herren
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 8
Sophomores: 9
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
2 meetings per week supplemented with daily open lab hours
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
Dr. Smith-Caldas
Kansas State University
Division of Biology
126 Ackert Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-4901
USA
XXX-XXX-XXXX
Current Shipping Address
Dr. Smith-Caldas
Kansas State University
Division of Biology
126 Ackert Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-4901
USA
XXX-XXX-XXXX