Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: VACU
Location: Richmond, VA USA
Website: http://www.vcu.edu/
Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 3 (started in 2010)
Buddy school: James Madison University
Term type: None
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 40
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 839
SEA Faculty
SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members
sackmanam@vcu.edu
Virginia Commonwealth University
Assistant Professor
Center for Biological Data Science
SEA-GENES Faculty Members
Virginia Commonwealth University
Associate Professor
Life Sciences - Center for Biological Data Science
Legal Contact
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Kristin L. Schmidt
Contracts Manager
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(804) 828-6488
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SEA Publications
Bass et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2024
Kostyk et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2021
THIS PUBLICATION HAS SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS
Complete Genome Sequences of Bacillus Phages Janet and OTooleKemple52.
Kent B et al., Genome Announcements, 2018
THIS PUBLICATION HAS SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS
Academic Terms
Fall 2025 ▼
Start: Agu 19, 2025, End: Des 08, 2025
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 14
Sophomores: 4
Juniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 12
Sophomores: 4
Juniors: 4
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
GENES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Peter Uetz
Phage Used: Trixie
Number of students: 14
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
Fall 2025 ▼
Start: Agu 19, 2025, End: Des 08, 2025
PHAGES Sections in this Term
No sections entered for this term yet
Spring 2025 ▼
Start: Jan 13, 2025, End: Apr 28, 2025
PHAGES Sections in this Term
No sections entered for this term yet
Spring 2025 ▼
Start: Jan 13, 2025, End: Apr 28, 2025
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 35
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 31
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Spring 2025 ▼
Start: Jan 13, 2025, End: Apr 28, 2025
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Additional Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 31
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 36
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Fall 2024 ▼
Start: Agu 20, 2024, End: Des 02, 2024
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Additional Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
Spring 2024 ▼
Start: Jan 16, 2024, End: Mei 01, 2024
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Section 3
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 8
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Fall 2023 ▼
Start: Agu 22, 2023, End: Des 11, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Additional Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 16
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 13
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
Spring 2023 ▼
Start: Jan 17, 2023, End: Mei 03, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Additional Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Section 3
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 14
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Fall 2022 ▼
Start: Agu 23, 2022, End: Des 12, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Andrew Sackman
Additional Instructor: Andrew Sackman
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 18
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Andrew Sackman
Additional Instructor: Andrew Sackman
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 18
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
GENES Sections in this Term
2
Primary Instructor: Peter Uetz
Phage Used: Trixie
Number of students: 6
Freshmen: 1
Sophomores: 1
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6,0
Fall 2021 ▼
Start: Agu 24, 2021, End: Des 13, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Additional Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 10
Freshmen: 8
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 12
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
GENES Sections in this Term
1
Primary Instructor: Peter Uetz
Phage Used: Trixie
Number of students: 12
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 9
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 8,0
2 main meetings à 3h + 1-2 extra meetings as needed.
Spring 2021 ▼
Start: Jan 25, 2021, End: Mei 05, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Bacillus thuringiensis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 14
Sophomores: 4
Juniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Fall 2019 ▼
Start: Agu 20, 2019, End: Des 09, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Rhodococcus erythropolis
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 3
Sophomores: 14
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Rhodococcus erythropolis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 14
Sophomores: 4
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
Spring 2019 ▼
Start: Jan 14, 2019, End: Mei 11, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Bacillus thuringiensis
Number of students: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Section 3
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Pantoea sp. phages
Fall 2018 ▼
Start: Agu 23, 2018, End: Des 08, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2,0
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2,0
Spring 2018 ▼
Start: Jan 16, 2018, End: Mei 11, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Bacillus thuringiensis
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 17
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Bacillus thuringiensis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 15
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Fall Semester 2017 ▼
Start: Agu 24, 2017, End: Des 09, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2,0
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 15
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2,0
Spring 2017 ▼
Start: Jan 17, 2017, End: Mei 12, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Section 1
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Bacillus thuringiensis
Number of students: 19
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Section 2
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Bacillus thuringiensis
Number of students: 14
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Section 3
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Additional Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Bacillus thuringiensis
Number of students: 11
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Fall 2016 ▼
Start: Agu 25, 2016, End: Des 08, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
001
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Additional Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 17
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
We are using Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki and Gordonia terrae, but have so far been unable to detect any Gordonia phages.
002
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Bacillus thuringiensis
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 2
Sophomores: 15
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
We are using Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki and Gordonia terrae, but have so far been unable to detect any Gordonia phages.
003
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Bacillus thuringiensis
Number of students: 18
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3,0
Fall 2015 ▼
Start: Agu 19, 2015, End: Des 05, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
1
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Bacillus thuringiensis
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 12
Sophomores: 8
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2,0
Spring 2015 ▼
Start: Jan 15, 2015, End: Mei 09, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BNFO 2552 section 001
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Bacillus thuringiensis
Number of students: 32
Freshmen: 24
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2,0
Fall Semester 2014 ▼
Start: Agu 21, 2014, End: Des 05, 2014
PHAGES Sections in this Term
1
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Bacillus thuringiensis
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 10
Sophomores: 10
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4,0
Plus one high school student
BNFO 252 Phage Discovery II
Primary Instructor: Allison Johnson
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Bacillus thuringiensis
Number of students: 33
Freshmen: 28
Sophomores: 4
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2,0
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
Allison Johnson
Virginia Commonwealth University
1000 W. Cary St. Suite 111
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA 23284
USA
XXX-XXX-XXXX
Current Shipping Address
Allison Johnson
Virginia Commonwealth University
1000 W. Cary St. Suite 111
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA 23284
USA
XXX-XXX-XXXX