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North Carolina State University

Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: NCSU

Location: Raleigh, NC USA

Website: http://www.ncsu.edu/

Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 2 (started in 2009)

Buddy school: University of California, San Diego

Term type: None

Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 7

Total SEA-PHAGES students: 108

SEA Faculty

Primary Faculty Contact

stephanie_mathews@ncsu.edu

9195133492

North Carolina State University

Assistant Professor

Biological Sciences

Dr. Mathews earned her PhD in Microbiology and Forest Biomaterials from NC State and conducted postdoctoral research with Drs. Rob Dunn and Amy Grunden in the Departments of Applied Ecology and Plant and Microbial Biology. She has been teaching since 2016 at Campbell University and since 2023 at NCSU. Dr. Mathews is passionate about microbiology education, promoting scientific identity, and undergraduate research experiences.

SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members

kmwillma@ncsu.edu

North Carolina State University

Postdoctoral Scholar

Entomology & Plant Pathology

Dr. D'Amico-Willman is currently a postdoc at North Carolina State University and will be co-teaching Phage Hunters with Dr. Stephanie Mathews in Fall 2024/Spring 2025. She earned her PhD from Ohio State University in 2021 with a focus in plant genetics. For her postdoc, Dr. D'Amico-Willman has enthusiastically embraced the world of phage, with a focus on phage associated with plant pathogenic bacteria. She is thrilled to teach this course and hopefully spark some curiosity and excitement among students for scientific exploration.

eric_miller@ncsu.edu

919-513-1368

North Carolina State University

Professor

Plant & Microbial Biology

Legal Contact

Gerry Sasser
gerry_sasser@ncsu.edu
919-513-7560

SEA Publications

Complete Genome Sequence of Cluster J Mycobacteriophage Superphikiman

Pradhan P et al, Genome Announcements, 2018

THIS PUBLICATION HAS SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Academic Terms

Fall 2024

Start: Aug 12, 2024, End: Dec 06, 2024

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Fall Semester 2018

Start: Aug 23, 2018, End: Dec 06, 2018

Combined phage discovery - phage genomics lab course for first year students. Many life science students, with others in engineering, exploratory studies, etc. Course is taught in the well-equipped Biotechnology Program teaching facility. This year enrollment is 16 students in the one lab section meeting twice per week for 3 hours maximum. Hosts are Mycobacterium sphagni ENV42 and M. smegmatis.

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Fall 2017

Start: Aug 16, 2017, End: Dec 13, 2017

Combined phage discovery - phage genomics lab course for first year students. Many life science students, with others in engineering, exploratory studies, etc. Course is taught in the well-equipped Biotechnology Program teaching facility. This year enrollment is 16 students in the one lab section meeting twice per week for 3 hours maximum. The host is Paenibacillus larvae.

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Fall 2016

Start: Aug 18, 2016, End: Dec 01, 2016

NC State offers phage hunters as a one semester "Phage Discovery" course - phage isolation, genome sequencing and genome annotation - in one fall semester. One faculty member and one TA deliver the course through the NCSU Biotechnology Program. Primary literature is reviewed, oral presentations are made, and an optional opportunity to present at the spring Undergraduate Research Symposium is provided. And it's all fun!

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Fall 2015

Start: Aug 20, 2015, End: Dec 10, 2015

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Spring 2015

Start: Jan 07, 2015, End: May 07, 2015

BIT(MB) 211 Phage Genomics

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Fall semester 2014

Start: Aug 19, 2014, End: Dec 10, 2014

BIT(MB) 210 Phage Hunters

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Institution Addresses

Current Mailing Address

Stephanie Mathews

North Carolina State University

112 Derieux Place

Box 7614

3510 Thomas Hall

Raleigh, NC 27695

USA

Current Shipping Address

Stephanie Mathews

North Carolina State University

112 Derieux Place

Box 7614

3510 Thomas Hall

Raleigh, NC 27695

USA

Upcoming Events

2024 Phage Genomics Workshop

December 13, 2024 to December 17, 2024

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 Discovery Workshop 17B

July 13, 2024 to July 19, 2024

Phage Discovery Workshop 17B

July 13, 2024 to July 19, 2024