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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No other faculty yet
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
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