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University of Pittsburgh

Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: PITT

Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA

Website: http://www.pitt.edu/

Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 5 (started in 2012)

Buddy school: Purdue University

Term type: Semester

Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 315

Total SEA-PHAGES students: 5801

The Phage Hunting program began at the University of Pittsburgh, under the direction of Dr. Graham Hatfull and supported by funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The Science Education Alliance (SEA) has taken Phage Hunting national, with over 80 colleges and universities participating around the country.

SEA Faculty

Primary Faculty Contact

kab340@pitt.edu

University of Pittsburgh

Laboratory Course Developer

Biological Sciences

SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members

meb248@pitt.edu

412-624-0420

University of Pittsburgh

Faculty and Lab Manager

Biological Sciences

dcb47@pitt.edu

University of Pittsburgh

Laboratory Instructor

Biological Sciences

rag4@pitt.edu

University of Pittsburgh

Department of Biological Sciences

CLG122@pitt.edu

University of Pittsburgh

Lab Instructor

Biological Sciences

hanauer@pitt.edu

University of Pittsburgh

Lead Assessment Coordinator for the SEA-PHAGES Program

gfh@pitt.edu

University of Pittsburgh

Eberly Family Professor of Biotechnology, HHMI Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

djs@pitt.edu

412-648-3170

University of Pittsburgh

Lab Instructor

Department of Biological Sciences

alaperut@andrew.cmu.edu

University of Pittsburgh

cpeebles@pitt.edu

4129837421

University of Pittsburgh

Professor

Biological Sciences

dar78@pitt.edu

412-624-4313

University of Pittsburgh

Lab Instructor

Department of Biological Sciences

After working at TIGR (The Institute for Genomic Research) in the early 2000s, acquiring a Master's in Science Education from the University of Missouri in 2005, and teaching high school science for the better part of three years, I returned to my native Pittsburgh in 2008 and started work with Graham Hatfull. Since then, I've become heavily involved in phage genome sequencing and finishing, as well as database-driven web design and implementation. See: phagesdb.org, seaphages.org.

stuckman@pitt.edu

University of Pittsburgh

Laboratory Instructor

Biological Sciences

Legal Contact

Kelly Downing
kdowning@pitt.edu
412-624-7414

SEA Publications

Mycobacteriophage Tarkin: a Cluster E Phage

Cleary et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2022

Genome Sequences of 20 Bacteriophages Isolated on Gordonia terrae

Pope et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2020

Complete Genome Sequences of 44 Arthrobacter Phages.

Klyczek KK et al., Genome Announcements, 2018

THIS PUBLICATION HAS SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome Sequences of Four Cluster P Mycobacteriophages

Doyle et al., Genome Announcements, 2018

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 33 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Complete Genome Sequences of 38 Gordonia sp. Bacteriophages.

Pope WH et al., Genome Announcements, 2017

Genome Sequences of Mycobacteriophages Kerberos, Pomar16, and StarStuff.

Jacobs-Sera D et al., Genome Announcements, 2017

PhagesDB: the actinobacteriophage database

Russell et al, Bioinformatics, 2017

Genome Sequences of 19 Rhodococcus erythropolis Cluster CA Phages

Bonilla et al., Genome Announcements, 2017

THIS PUBLICATION HAS SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome Sequences of Five Streptomyces Bacteriophages Forming Cluster BG

Donegan-Quick et al, Genome Announcements, 2017

THIS PUBLICATION HAS SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome Sequences of Gordonia terrae Phages Attis and SoilAssassin.

Pope WH et al., Genome Announcements, 2016

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 16 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome Sequence of Gordonia Bacteriophage Lucky10.

Pope WH et al., Genome Announcements, 2016

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 10 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome Sequences of Gordonia Phages Hotorobo, Woes, and Monty.

Pope WH et al., Genome Announcements, 2016

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 8 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome Sequences of Gordonia terrae Phages Benczkowski14 and Katyusha.

Pope WH et al., Genome Announcements, 2016

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 15 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome Sequence of Gordonia Phage Yvonnetastic.

Pope WH et al., Genome Announcements, 2016

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 12 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome Sequences of Gordonia Phages BaxterFox, Kita, Nymphadora, and Yeezy.

Pope WH et al., Genome Announcements, 2016

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 17 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome Sequences of Gordonia Bacteriophages Obliviate, UmaThurman, and Guacamole.

Pope WH et al., Genome Announcements, 2016

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 18 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome Sequence of Gordonia Phage BetterKatz.

Pope WH et al., Genome Announcements, 2016

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 9 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome Sequence of Gordonia Phage Emalyn.

Pope WH et al., Genome Announcements, 2016

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 8 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome Sequences of Gordonia Phages Bowser and Schwabeltier.

Montgomery MT et al, Genome Announcements, 2016

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 8 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome Sequences of Gordonia terrae Bacteriophages Phinally and Vivi2.

Pope WH et al., Genome Announcements, 2016

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 18 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Complete Genome Sequence of Gordonia terrae 3612

Russell DA et al, Genome Announcements, 2016

Genome Sequences of Mycobacteriophages AlanGrant, Baee, Corofin, OrangeOswald, and Vincenzo, New Members of Cluster B.

Pope WH et al, Genome Announcements, 2015

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 35 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome Sequences of Cluster G Mycobacteriophages Cambiare, FlagStaff, and MOOREtheMARYer.

Pope WH et al, Genome Announcements, 2015

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 26 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome sequence of Mycobacteriophage Mindy

Pope WH et al, Genome Announcements, 2015

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 8 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome sequence of a newly isolated mycobacteriophage, ShedlockHolmes

Pope WH et al, Genome Announcements, 2015

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 7 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome sequence of Mycobacteriophage Phayonce

Pope WH et al, Genome Announcements, 2015

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 8 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome sequences of Mycobacteriophages Luchador and Nerujay

Pope WH et al, Genome Announcements, 2015

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 16 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Genome sequence of Mycobacteriophage Momo

Pope WH et al, Genome Announcements, 2015

THIS PUBLICATION HAS 14 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS

Academic Terms

Fall 2024

Start: Aug 26, 2024, End: Dec 18, 2024

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Summer 2024 6 week 2

Start: Jun 24, 2024, End: Aug 02, 2024

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No sections entered for this term yet

Summer 2024 6 week 1

Start: May 13, 2024, End: Jun 21, 2024

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Spring 2024

Start: Jan 08, 2024, End: Apr 26, 2024

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Fall 2023

Start: Aug 28, 2023, End: Dec 19, 2023

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Spring 2023

Start: Jan 09, 2023, End: May 08, 2023

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Fall 2022

Start: Aug 29, 2022, End: Dec 16, 2022

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Spring 2022

Start: Jan 10, 2022, End: May 02, 2022

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Fall 2021

Start: Aug 27, 2021, End: Dec 17, 2021

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Spring 2021

Start: Jan 19, 2021, End: May 03, 2021

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Fall 2020

Start: Aug 19, 2020, End: Nov 20, 2020

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Spring 2020

Start: Jan 06, 2020, End: Apr 27, 2020

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Fall 2019

Start: Aug 26, 2019, End: Dec 16, 2019

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Spring 2019

Start: Jan 07, 2019, End: Apr 29, 2019

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Fall 2018

Start: Aug 27, 2018, End: Dec 14, 2018

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Spring 2018

Start: Jan 08, 2018, End: Apr 27, 2018

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Fall 2017

Start: Aug 28, 2017, End: Dec 16, 2017

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Spring 2017

Start: Jan 04, 2017, End: Apr 28, 2017

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Fall Semester 2016

Start: Aug 29, 2016, End: Dec 17, 2016

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Spring 2016

Start: Jan 06, 2016, End: Apr 22, 2016

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Fall Semester 2015

Start: Aug 31, 2015, End: Dec 16, 2015

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Spring Semester

Start: Jan 05, 2015, End: Apr 24, 2015

In Silico: six-weeks of annotation followed by six weeks of student-driven final projects.

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Fall Semester 2014

Start: Aug 25, 2014, End: Dec 13, 2014

We expanded our SEA-PHAGES program from a single section to five sections during this term. All five sections will continue through both semesters of the program.

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Institution Addresses

Current Mailing Address

Debbie Jacobs-Sera

University of Pittsburgh

4249 Fifth Avenue

Department of Biological Sciences

303 Clapp Hall

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

USA

XXX-XXX-XXXX

Current Shipping Address

Dan Russell

University of Pittsburgh

4249 Fifth Avenue

Department of Biological Sciences

303 Clapp Hall

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

USA

412-624-6976

Upcoming Events

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 Genomics Workshop

December 13, 2024 to December 17, 2024

2024 Phage Discovery Workshop 17B

July 13, 2024 to July 19, 2024

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