Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: VAST
Location: Petersburg, VA USA
Website: http://www.vsu.edu/
Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 11 (started in 2018)
Buddy school: Virginia Union University
Term type: None
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 9
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 79
Virginia State University was founded in 1882 and is one of Virginia's two land-grant institutions. VSU is a public historically black university or college (HBCU) with a student population of ~4,600. Across six colleges, VSU offers 31 undergraduate degree programs, 17 graduate degree programs, two doctoral degree programs, and seven certificate programs. The 231-acre campus is situated just 20 miles south of Richmond and 2 miles from VSU's 412-acre agriculture research facility.
SEA Faculty
Primary Faculty Contact
SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members
Legal Contact
3/6/2024 VSU Legal Counsel office has undergone changes; all MTA requests must now go through Dr. M. Omar Faison,
Associate Vice Provost of Research & Economic Development.
804-524-3690
MFaison@vsu.edu
research@vsu.edu
Academic Terms
Fall 2023
Start: Apr 17, 2023, End: Dec 05, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
No sections entered for this term yet
Spring 2023
Start: Jan 17, 2023, End: May 01, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL123-01
Primary Instructor: Andrea Beyer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Arthrobacter globiformis
Number of students: 8
Freshmen: 6
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall 2022
Start: Aug 15, 2022, End: Nov 22, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL122-11 BioInvestigationsI
Primary Instructor: Andrea Beyer
Additional Instructor: Andrea Beyer
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Arthrobacter globiformis, Gordonia rubripertincta, Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 9
Freshmen: 8
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall 2021
Start: Aug 16, 2021, End: Nov 30, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Fall 2021
Primary Instructor: Andrea Beyer
Additional Instructor: Andrea Beyer
Type: Other
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 0
Spring 2021
Start: Feb 01, 2021, End: May 07, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL446-04 Investigations
Primary Instructor: Andrea Beyer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Arthrobacter globiformis
Number of students: 9
Seniors: 9
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
Fall 2020
Start: Aug 17, 2020, End: Dec 07, 2020
Semester completely online due to COVID-19; normal freshman class was canceled
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL446-04 Investigations
Primary Instructor: Andrea Beyer
Additional Instructor: Andrea Beyer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 9
Seniors: 9
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Annotating two K1 cluster phage; 1 by the biology class (7 students), and 1 by the chemistry students (2 students)/graduate students (rotating).
Spring 2020
Start: Jan 13, 2020, End: Apr 29, 2020
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL123-10
Primary Instructor: Andrea Beyer
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Arthrobacter globiformis, Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 10
Freshmen: 10
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall 2019
Start: Aug 19, 2019, End: Dec 09, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL122-10
Primary Instructor: Andrea Beyer
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Arthrobacter globiformis, Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 12
Freshmen: 12
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring 2019
Start: Jan 14, 2019, End: May 01, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL110-10/BIOL240-10
Primary Instructor: Brian Sayre
Additional Instructor: Kathryn Shows
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 12
Freshmen: 12
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall 2018
Start: Aug 20, 2018, End: Dec 03, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL120-28/BIOL121-13
Primary Instructor: Andrea Beyer
Additional Instructor: Kathryn Shows
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 10
Freshmen: 10
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
Andrea Beyer
Virginia State University
P.O. Box 9064
Owens Hall Rm 102
Petersburg, VA 23806
USA
Current Shipping Address
Andrea Beyer, Biology Department
Virginia State University
Central Receiving Facility
5755 Myster Macklin Street
Petersburg, VA 23806
USA