Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: UMHC
Location: Orono, ME USA
Website: http://www.honors.umaine.edu/
Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 4 (started in 2011)
Buddy school: University of Colorado Boulder
Term type: None
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 42
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 785
The University of Maine, Honors College joined the SEA in 2011 as an Associate member of Cohort IV.
SEA Faculty
Primary Faculty Contact
sally.dixon@maine.edu
207-581-2818
University of Maine, Honors College
Assistant Professor
Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members
Legal Contact
Karen Lidral
University of Maine
Department of Industrial Cooperation
5717 Corbett Hall, Rm 430
Orono, ME 04469
karen.lidral@maine.edu
ph. (207) 581-2228
fx. (207) 581-1479
SEA Publications
Genome sequence of cluster A15 Gordonia terrae bacteriophage Nebulosus
Doyle et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2023
Characterization of the genomes of cluster CT Gordonia terrae phages, Horseradish and Yummy
Bazinet et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2023
Genome Sequence of a Cluster CR2 Gordonia terrae Phage, StarStruck
Cannell et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2022
Genome Sequence of the Cluster CD Gordonia Phage Widow
Curtis et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2022
Genomic Characterization of the Cluster CZ4 Gordonia terrae Phage Oregano
Lembree et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2022
Genome Sequence of Singleton Gordonia terrae Bacteriophage Finkle
Ashby et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2022
Genome Sequence of a Cluster DN1 Gordonia terrae Phage, Periwinkle
Boudreaux et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2022
Academic Terms
Fall 2024 ▼
Start: Sep 03, 2024, End: Dec 20, 2024
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 01 Molloy
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Additional Instructor: Melissa Maginnis
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis, Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens, Curtobacterium luteum
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 16
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
There is no additional instructor for this section and I couldn't remove Melissa Maginnis from the form.
Section 02 Bernard
Primary Instructor: Edward Bernard
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
Section 03 Whitaker
Primary Instructor: Emily Whitaker
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 21
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
Fall 2023 ▼
Start: Aug 28, 2023, End: Dec 15, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Molloy HON150 Section 01
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium neoaurum, Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
Neely BMB150 Section 02
Primary Instructor: Melody Neely
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium neoaurum, Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 19
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
Wiafe-Kwakye BMB150 Section 03
Primary Instructor: Caitlin Wiafe-Kwakye
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium neoaurum, Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 18
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
Spring 2023 ▼
Start: Jan 17, 2023, End: May 05, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Molloy HON155 Section 01
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 19
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 4.0
This section also analyzed Mycobacterium chelonae prophage genomes
Neely BMB155 Section 02
Primary Instructor: Melody Neely
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 19
Freshmen: 17
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall 2022 Phage Genomics ▼
Start: Aug 29, 2022, End: Dec 09, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Maginnis BMB150 Section 02
Primary Instructor: Melissa Maginnis
Additional Instructor: Melissa Maginnis
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 19
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
Molloy HON150 Section 01
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Additional Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 19
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
Neely BMB150 Section 03
Primary Instructor: Melody Neely
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 10
Freshmen: 8
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
Spring 22 ▼
Start: Jan 18, 2022, End: May 06, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BMB150 Section 02
Primary Instructor: Melody Neely
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 10
Freshmen: 10
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 3.5
This class is annotating G. terrae phage genomes and also they have sequenced NTB Mycobacterium genomes and are annotating 9 prophage genomes
HON150/BMB150 Section 01
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 20
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 3.5
This class is annotating G. terrae phage genomes and also they have sequenced NTB Mycobacterium genomes and are annotating 9 prophage genomes
Spring 22 ▼
Start: Jan 18, 2022, End: May 06, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
No sections entered for this term yet
Fall 2021 ▼
Start: Aug 30, 2021, End: Dec 17, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BMB150 Section 02
Primary Instructor: Melissa Maginnis
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
HON150/BMB150 Section 01
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
Spring 2020 ▼
Start: Jan 21, 2020, End: May 08, 2020
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BMB155 Section 01
Primary Instructor: Melody Neely
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Rhodococcus erythropolis, Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 3
Freshmen: 3
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 3.5
BMB155 Section 02
Primary Instructor: Michael Wilczek
Additional Instructor: Michael Wilczek
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 16
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 3.5
HON155 section 01
Primary Instructor: Melody Neely
Additional Instructor: Melody Neely
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Rhodococcus erythropolis, Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 21
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 3.5
Fall 2019 ▼
Start: Sep 03, 2019, End: Dec 21, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BMB150 Section 02
Primary Instructor: Melissa Maginnis
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 19
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
BMB150 Section 03
Primary Instructor: Melody Neely
Additional Instructor: Melody Neely
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
HON150 section 01
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Rhodococcus erythropolis, Gordonia rubripertincta, Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
Spring 2019 ▼
Start: Jan 22, 2019, End: May 11, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 01_Molloy
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Additional Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Rhodococcus erythropolis, Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 28
Freshmen: 21
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 4
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 4.0
Section 02_Neely
Primary Instructor: Melody Neely
Additional Instructor: Melody Neely
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 11
Freshmen: 5
Sophomores: 5
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall 2018 ▼
Start: Sep 04, 2018, End: Dec 21, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Maginnis Section 02 BMB150
Primary Instructor: Melissa Maginnis
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
Molloy Section 01 HON/BMB150
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Rhodococcus erythropolis, Gordonia rubripertincta, Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 15
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
We are also using Brevibacterium aurantiacum
Neely Section 03 BMB150
Primary Instructor: Melody Neely
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 15
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
Spring 2018 ▼
Start: Jan 22, 2018, End: May 11, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1_Molloy
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae, Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 22
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 3.0
Section 2_Hutchison
Primary Instructor: Keith Hutchison
Additional Instructor: Keith Hutchison
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 3.0
Section 3_Neely
Primary Instructor: Melody Neely
Additional Instructor: Melody Neely
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall 2017 ▼
Start: Aug 28, 2017, End: Dec 15, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1_Molloy
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Additional Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae, Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 22
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 9.0
Section 2_Maginnis
Primary Instructor: Melissa Maginnis
Additional Instructor: Melissa Maginnis
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 9.0
Section 3_Neely
Primary Instructor: Melody Neely
Additional Instructor: Melody Neely
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 9.0
Spring Semester 2017 ▼
Start: Jan 17, 2017, End: May 12, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BMB155
Primary Instructor: Keith Hutchison
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 17
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 3.0
HON155
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis, Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 22
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall 2016 ▼
Start: Aug 29, 2016, End: Dec 16, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BMB150
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 17
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
The primary instructor is Melissa Maginnis but I need to have her signed up to put her name in!
HON150
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis, Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 22
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
Spring 2016 ▼
Start: Jan 19, 2016, End: May 13, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BMB155
Primary Instructor: Keith Hutchison
Additional Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 3.0
HON155
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 18
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall 2015 ▼
Start: Aug 31, 2015, End: Dec 18, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BMB150
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Additional Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
HON150
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
SPRING 2015 ▼
Start: Jan 12, 2015, End: May 08, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
HON155
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 12
Freshmen: 12
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 3.0
Fall Semester 2014 ▼
Start: Sep 02, 2014, End: May 08, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
HON150
Primary Instructor: Sally Molloy
Additional Instructor: Sally Molloy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 7.0
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
Sally Molloy
University of Maine, Honors College
5735 Hitchner Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
USA
Current Shipping Address
Sally Molloy
University of Maine, Honors College
5735 Hitchner Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
USA