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: 15
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 292
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
Academic Terms
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
Current Shipping Address
Maria Gainey/Chemistry and Physics
Western Carolina University
460 Memorial Dr.
1 University Dr.
Apodoca 230
Cullowhee, NC 28723
USA