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University of Texas at El Paso

Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: UTEP

Location: El Paso, TX USA

Website: http://www.utep.edu/

Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 3 (started in 2010)

Buddy school: University of Colorado Boulder

Term type: None

Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 8

Total SEA-PHAGES students: 146

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Academic Terms

Fall Semester 2019

Start: Aug 26, 2019, End: Dec 13, 2019

We have 20 students enrolled in 1 section of our Phage Hunters lab. We are using Arthrobacter spp. as our bacterial host.

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Spring Semester 2018

Start: Jan 16, 2018, End: May 10, 2018

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Fall 2017

Start: Aug 28, 2017, End: Dec 15, 2017

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Spring 2017

Start: Jan 19, 2017, End: May 11, 2017

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Fall Semester 2016

Start: Aug 22, 2016, End: Dec 09, 2016

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Spring Semester 2016

Start: Jan 18, 2016, End: May 13, 2016

This is our "in silico" term. We will be annotating the genomes of two Arthrobacter sp. bacteriophages (Nhala and Piccoletto) and completing the annotation of two Mycobacterium smegmatis bacteriophages.

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Fall Semester 2015

Start: Aug 24, 2015, End: Dec 11, 2015

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Fall 2014

Start: Aug 25, 2014, End: Dec 12, 2014

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Institution Addresses

Current Mailing Address

Dr. German Rosas-Acosta

University of Texas at El Paso

The University of Texas at El Paso

500 W University Avenue

BioSciences, Room 4.148

El Paso, TX 79968

USA

Current Shipping Address

Dr. German Rosas-Acosta

University of Texas at El Paso

The University of Texas at El Paso

500 W University Avenue

BioSciences, Room 4.148

El Paso, TX 79968

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