Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: USPH
Location: Philadelphia, PA United States
Website: https://www.sju.edu/
Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 8 (started in 2015)
Buddy school: Lehigh University
Term type: None
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 30
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 483
SEA Faculty
Primary Faculty Contact
No primary contact set
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Legal Contact
Dr. Elisabeth Morlino
Interim Provost & VP of Academic Affairs
e.morlin@usciences.edu
215-596-7469
Academic Terms
Spring 2022 ▼
Start: Jan 17, 2022, End: May 06, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BS-137-01
Primary Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 13
Freshmen: 13
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BS-137-02
Primary Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
GENES Sections in this Term
BS-291-01
Primary Instructor: Michelle Kanther
Additional Instructor: Priya Aryal
Additional Instructor: Norman Fultang
Additional Instructor: Chris Janetopoulos
Additional Instructor: Michelle Kanther
Additional Instructor: Chantal Koechli
Additional Instructor: Dana Pape-Zambito
Additional Instructor: Maggie Pearce
Additional Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Phage Used: NormanBulbieJr
Number of students: 8
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Fall 2021 ▼
Start: Aug 30, 2021, End: Dec 10, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BS-136-01
Primary Instructor: Dana Pape-Zambito
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BS-136-02
Primary Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring 2021 ▼
Start: Jan 25, 2021, End: Apr 30, 2021
In-person, socially distanced.
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BS-136-01
Primary Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 11
Freshmen: 11
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BS-136-02
Primary Instructor: Dana Pape-Zambito
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 14
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
GENES Sections in this Term
BS-291
Primary Instructor: Michelle Kanther
Additional Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Phage Used: NormanBulbieJr
Number of students: 5
Sophomores: 1
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Fall 2020 ▼
Start: Aug 31, 2020, End: Dec 18, 2020
all online (combination synchronous/asynchronous), Bioinformatics
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BS-137-01
Primary Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 15
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
all online (combination synchronous/asynchronous)
BS-137-02
Primary Instructor: Chantal Koechli
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis, Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 13
Freshmen: 13
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
all online (combination synchronous/asynchronous)
Spring 2020 ▼
Start: Jan 13, 2020, End: May 01, 2020
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BS-137-01
Primary Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 12
Freshmen: 12
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
DOGEMS deconvolution followed by annotation
BS-137-02
Primary Instructor: Norman Fultang
Additional Instructor: Michelle Kanther
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 18
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
DOGEMS deconvolution followed by annotation
Fall 2019 ▼
Start: Aug 26, 2019, End: Dec 06, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BS-136-01
Primary Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
DOGEMS deconvolution followed by annotation
BS-136-02
Primary Instructor: Norman Fultang
Additional Instructor: Michelle Kanther
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring 2019 ▼
Start: Jan 14, 2019, End: May 03, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BS-137-01
Primary Instructor: Dana Pape-Zambito
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Streptomyces platensis, Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 15
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
We isolated from M. foliorum in the fall, and have adopted a S. platensis phage for additional annotation.
BS-137-02
Primary Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 13
Freshmen: 13
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Fall 2018 ▼
Start: Aug 27, 2018, End: Dec 14, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BS-136-01
Primary Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BS-136-02
Primary Instructor: Dana Pape-Zambito
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 17
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring 2018 ▼
Start: Jan 15, 2018, End: May 11, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BS137-01
Primary Instructor: Maggie Pearce
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 17
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
DOGEMS deconvolution followed by annotation.
BS137-02
Primary Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Additional Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 22
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
DOGEMS deconvolution followed by annotation.
BS137-03
Primary Instructor: Dana Pape-Zambito
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 15
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
DOGEMS deconvolution followed by annotation.
BS137-04
Primary Instructor: Svetlana Khakhina
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 17
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
DOGEMS deconvolution followed by annotation.
Fall 2017 ▼
Start: Aug 28, 2017, End: Dec 15, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BS136-01
Primary Instructor: Dana Pape-Zambito
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 22
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BS136-02
Primary Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BS136-03
Primary Instructor: Maggie Pearce
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 22
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BS136-04
Primary Instructor: Svetlana Khakhina
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 19
Freshmen: 19
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring 2017 ▼
Start: Jan 16, 2017, End: May 05, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BS131L-35, BS490-01
Primary Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 14
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
2, 3hr meetings each week. The first 4 weeks are spent identifying which phage(s) were sequenced via DOGEMS (wet bench research), and the remainder of the semester is spent annotating those genomes.
BS131L-36, BS490-02
Primary Instructor: Dana Pape-Zambito
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
2, 3hr meetings each week. The first 4 weeks are spent identifying which phage(s) were sequenced via DOGEMS (wet bench research), and the remainder of the semester is spent annotating those genomes.
Fall 2016 ▼
Start: Aug 29, 2016, End: Dec 09, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BS130L-31, BS490-01
Primary Instructor: Dana Pape-Zambito
Additional Instructor: Dana Pape-Zambito
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 15
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
BS130L-32, BS490-02
Primary Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring 2016 ▼
Start: Jan 18, 2016, End: May 06, 2016
Bioinformatics
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BS131L-35, BS490-01
Primary Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Additional Instructor: Dana Pape-Zambito
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 11
Freshmen: 11
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Fall 2015 ▼
Start: Aug 31, 2015, End: Dec 18, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
1
Primary Instructor: C. Nicole (Nikki) Sunnen
Additional Instructor: Dana Pape-Zambito
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 13
Freshmen: 13
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
C. Nicole Sunnen
University of the Sciences (now St. Joseph's Univ)
600 South 43rd Street
Biological Sciences Dept., Box 38
Philadelphia, PA 19104
USA
XXX-XXX-XXXX
Current Shipping Address
C. Nicole Sunnen
University of the Sciences (now St. Joseph's Univ)
600 South 43rd Street
Biological Sciences Dept., Box 38
Philadelphia, PA 19104
USA
XXX-XXX-XXXX