Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: WCAR
Location: Cullowhee, NC United States
Website: http://www.wcu.edu/
Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 8 (started in 2015)
Buddy school: North Carolina A&T State University
Term type: None
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 16
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 316
SEA Faculty
Primary Faculty Contact
mdgainey@email.wcu.edu
Assistant Professor
Chemistry and Physics
SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members
jamiewallen@email.wcu.edu
828-227-2491
Assistant Professor
Chemistry & Physics
Legal Contact
Shea Browning
srbrowning@email.wcu.edu
828-227-2520
SEA Publications
From Cullowhee Creek to Conley: genome sequence and annotation of a cluster DJ Gordonia phage
Andro et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2023
From compost to culver: genome sequence and annotation of a cluster CQ1 Gordonia phage
Alexander et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2023
Henson et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2022
McGinnis et al, nature communications, 2022
Flota et al, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2022
THIS PUBLICATION HAS 25 SEA-PHAGES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS
Academic Terms
Spring 2024 ▼
Start: Jan 16, 2024, End: Apr 29, 2024
PHAGES Sections in this Term
CHEM-462 Bioinformatics
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium paraoxydans
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 14
Seniors: 8
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2.0
Fall Semester 2023 ▼
Start: Aug 21, 2023, End: Dec 08, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
CHEM139-46/BIOL140-41
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum, Microbacterium paraoxydans
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 16
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring 2023 ▼
Start: Jan 17, 2023, End: May 05, 2023
PHAGES Sections in this Term
CHEM-462 Bioinformatics
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 6
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 8
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2.5
Fall 2022 ▼
Start: Aug 22, 2022, End: Dec 09, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
CHEM139-46/BIOL140-41
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia rubripertincta, Gordonia terrae, Gordonia westfalica
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 9
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring 2022 ▼
Start: Jan 10, 2022, End: Apr 29, 2022
PHAGES Sections in this Term
CHEM-462 Bioinformatics
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: No host information yet.
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 5
Sophomores: 3
Seniors: 8
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 1.2
Fall 2021 ▼
Start: Aug 23, 2021, End: Dec 10, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
CHEM-139-46
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia rubripertincta
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 13
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring 2021 ▼
Start: Jan 25, 2021, End: May 07, 2021
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Molecular Bioinformatics
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis, Gordonia terrae, Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 15
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 1.2
Fall 2019 ▼
Start: Aug 19, 2019, End: Dec 13, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
CHEM139-40/BIOL140-41
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 20
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring Semester 2019 ▼
Start: Jan 14, 2019, End: May 03, 2019
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Molecular Bioinformatics/462/0
Primary Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 22
Freshmen: 22
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall Semester 2018 ▼
Start: Aug 20, 2018, End: Dec 07, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIO/CHEM Lab
Primary Instructor: Jamie Wallen
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring Semester 2018 ▼
Start: Jan 16, 2018, End: May 04, 2018
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BiolChem493PhageBioinformatics
Primary Instructor: Jamie Wallen
Additional Instructor: Megan Eckardt
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis, Gordonia terrae, Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 23
Freshmen: 23
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall 2017 ▼
Start: Aug 21, 2017, End: Dec 08, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Biol140/Chem139 Laboratory
Primary Instructor: Jamie Wallen
Additional Instructor: Megan Eckardt
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Gordonia terrae, Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 24
Freshmen: 24
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring Semester 2017 ▼
Start: Jan 09, 2017, End: Apr 28, 2017
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Biol/Chem 493:Bioinformatics
Primary Instructor: Jamie Wallen
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 12
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall 2016 Semester ▼
Start: Aug 22, 2016, End: Dec 11, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Biol 140/Chem 139 Laboratory
Primary Instructor: Jamie Wallen
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 21
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Spring Semester 2016 ▼
Start: Jan 11, 2016, End: Apr 29, 2016
PHAGES Sections in this Term
BIOL/CHEM 493: Phage Hunters
Primary Instructor: Jamie Wallen
Additional Instructor: Megan Eckardt
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 20
Freshmen: 12
Juniors: 6
Seniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Fall Semester 2015 ▼
Start: Aug 17, 2015, End: Dec 04, 2015
PHAGES Sections in this Term
Phage hunters BIOL/CHEM 493
Primary Instructor: Jamie Wallen
Additional Instructor: Megan Eckardt
Additional Instructor: Maria Gainey
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 21
Freshmen: 13
Juniors: 8
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
Maria Gainey/Chemistry and Physics
Western Carolina University
460 Memorial Dr.
1 University Dr.
Apodoca 230
Cullowhee, NC 28723
USA
XXX-XXX-XXXX
Current Shipping Address
Maria Gainey/Chemistry and Physics
Western Carolina University
460 Memorial Dr.
1 University Dr.
Apodoca 230
Cullowhee, NC 28723
USA
XXX-XXX-XXXX