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: 34
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 666
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
http://research.vcu.edu/mta_dua/index.htm
Kristin L. Schmidt
Contracts Manager
Administration & Compliance
(804) 828-6488
mtadua@vcu.edu
SEA Publications
Bass et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2024
Academic Terms
Fall 2024 ▼
Start: Aug 20, 2024, End: Dec 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: May 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: Aug 22, 2023, End: Dec 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: May 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: Aug 23, 2022, End: Dec 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: Aug 24, 2021, End: Dec 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: May 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: Aug 20, 2019, End: Dec 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: May 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: Aug 23, 2018, End: Dec 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: May 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: Aug 24, 2017, End: Dec 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: May 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: Aug 25, 2016, End: Dec 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: Aug 19, 2015, End: Dec 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: May 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: Aug 21, 2014, End: Dec 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
Current Shipping Address
Allison Johnson
Virginia Commonwealth University
1000 W. Cary St. Suite 111
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA 23284
USA