Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: VTEC
Location: Blacksburg, VA United States
Website: http://www.vt.edu/
Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 8 (started in 2015)
Buddy school: Old Dominion University
Term type: None
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 30
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 644
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Academic Terms
Spring 2024
Start: Jan 17, 2024, End: May 01, 2024
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 1136 11648
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 48
Freshmen: 2
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 15
Seniors: 30
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall 2023
Start: Aug 21, 2023, End: Dec 06, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 1135 81698
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 17
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 14
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.5
BIOL 1135 81699
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 19
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 9
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.5
Spring 2023
Start: Jan 17, 2023, End: May 03, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 1136 11678
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 48
Freshmen: 1
Sophomores: 5
Juniors: 8
Seniors: 34
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
Fall 2022
Start: Aug 22, 2022, End: Dec 07, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 1135 81692
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
BIOL 1135 81693
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 15
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
Fall 2021
Start: Aug 23, 2021, End: Dec 10, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 1135 81606
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 1
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 8
Seniors: 7
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
BIOL 1135 81607
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 19
Freshmen: 1
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 10
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
Spring 2021
Start: Jan 19, 2021, End: May 15, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 1136 11646
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 30
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 7
Seniors: 21
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
Fall 2020
Start: Aug 24, 2020, End: Dec 11, 2020
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 1136 91994
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 39
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 36
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring 2020
Start: Jan 21, 2020, End: May 06, 2020
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 1136 11513
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 43
Freshmen: 1
Sophomores: 5
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 35
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
Fall 2019
Start: Aug 26, 2019, End: Dec 11, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 1135 81404
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Additional Instructor: Kristi DeCourcy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 22
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 19
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
BIOL 1135 81405
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Additional Instructor: Kristi DeCourcy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 22
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
Spring 2019
Start: Jan 22, 2019, End: May 08, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 4994 - Research
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 1
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Phage Hunters II - BIOL 1136
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 34
Freshmen: 1
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 28
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2.5
Fall 2018
Start: Aug 20, 2018, End: Dec 05, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 1135 (81331) - Fall 2018
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Additional Instructor: Kristi DeCourcy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 19
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
BIOL 1135 (81332) - Fall 2018
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Additional Instructor: Kristi DeCourcy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 2
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 17
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
BIOL 4994 - Undergrad Research
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 1
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Student will be conducting an independent research project to explore bioinformatics methods.
Spring 2018
Start: Jan 16, 2018, End: May 12, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 1136 - Phage Hunters II
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 36
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 32
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.5
BIOL 4994 - Undergrad Research
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 2
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 3.0
Students who have completed Phage Hunters 1 and 2 will work on an independent research project. The primary goal of the research is to separate a mixed phage lysate. After isolating the phage they will verify the results with PCR and re-characterize each phage and update PhagesDB with their results.
Fall 2017
Start: Aug 28, 2017, End: Dec 15, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 1135 - 81201
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 21
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.5
BIOL 1135 - 81202
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 20
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 6
Seniors: 13
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.5
BIOL 4994
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Additional Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 4
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 3
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Undergraduate research project open to students who already took the in silico Phage Hunter lab. They are responsible for working independently to annotate two phage genomes. The students have regular progress meetings with the instructor and present a paper and poster at the end of the semester.
Spring 2017
Start: Jan 17, 2017, End: May 03, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 1136 - 11216
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 31
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 28
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 5.0
Fall Semester 2016
Start: Aug 22, 2016, End: Dec 07, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL 1135-88453
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Additional Instructor: Kristi DeCourcy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 18
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 15
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.5
Optional open lab time for 2 hours each Friday.
BIOL 1135-88454
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Additional Instructor: Kristi DeCourcy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 18
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 13
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.5
Optional open lab time for 2 hours each Friday.
BIOL 4994
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 2
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 1
Hours per week: 3.0
Undergraduate research project open to students who already took the in silico Phage Hunter lab. They are responsible for working independently to annotate a phage genome. The students have regular progress meetings with the instructor and present a paper and poster at the end of the semester.
Spring Semester 2016
Start: Jan 19, 2016, End: May 04, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Phage Hunters II - BIOL 1136
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Additional Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 25
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 21
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.5
Fall Semester 2015
Start: Aug 24, 2015, End: Dec 17, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Phage Hunters:BIOL 2984:88709
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Additional Instructor: Kristi DeCourcy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 12
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 10
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.5
There are 4 additional hours per week for students to check results and 2 additional hours for them to carry out experiments outside of the regular lab period.
Phage Hunters:BIOL 2984:88710
Primary Instructor: Stephanie Voshell
Additional Instructor: Kristi DeCourcy
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 13
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 8
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.5
There are 4 additional hours per week for students to check results and 2 additional hours for them to carry out experiments outside of the regular lab period.
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
Stephanie Voshell
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
1405 Perry Street
Derring Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24060
USA
Current Shipping Address
Kristi DeCourcy
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech Fralin Institute
360 West Campus Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
USA