Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: WEKU
Location: Bowling Green, KY USA
Website: http://www.wku.edu/
Joined SEA-PHAGES: Cohort 2 (started in 2009)
Buddy school: Western Kentucky University
Term type: None
Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 23
Total SEA-PHAGES students: 523
SEA-PHAGES Faculty
Primary Faculty Contact
Other Faculty Members
Legal Contact
Dr. Cheryl Davis
Associate Provost for Research and Creative Activity
Office: Wetherby Administration Building; 301
Phone: (270) 745-6733
Email: cheryl.davis@wku.edu
Website: http://www.wku.edu/research/index.php
Academic Terms
Fall 2020
Start: Aug 24, 2020, End: Dec 04, 2020
Sections in this Term
Biol 212 001
Primary Instructor: Naomi Rowland
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 17
Sophomores: 5
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 8
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Biol 212 002
Primary Instructor: Rodney King
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 18
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring Semester 2020
Start: Jan 22, 2020, End: May 10, 2020
Sections in this Term
No sections entered for this term yet
Spring Semester 2020
Start: Jan 22, 2020, End: May 10, 2020
Sections in this Term
Bioinformatics / Biol. 312
Primary Instructor: Claire Rinehart
Additional Instructor: Claire Rinehart
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 35
Freshmen: 9
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 19
Meetings per week: 4
Hours per week: 5.0
Bioinformatics / Biol. 312
Primary Instructor: Claire Rinehart
Additional Instructor: Claire Rinehart
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 35
Freshmen: 9
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 19
Meetings per week: 4
Hours per week: 5.0
Fall Semester 2019
Start: Aug 26, 2019, End: Dec 06, 2019
Sections in this Term
Biol212 Section 1
Primary Instructor: Naomi Rowland
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 2
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 6
Seniors: 3
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Biol212 Section 2
Primary Instructor: Rodney King
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 16
Freshmen: 5
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 5
Seniors: 3
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Biol212 Section 3
Primary Instructor: Rodney King
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 15
Freshmen: 10
Juniors: 1
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring Semester 2019
Start: Jan 22, 2019, End: May 10, 2019
Sections in this Term
Bioinformatics / Biology 312
Primary Instructor: Claire Rinehart
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis, Arthrobacter sp. , Gordonia terrae, Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 43
Freshmen: 25
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 3
Seniors: 14
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
2 one hour lectures per week 2 two hour labs per week - this is where annotation is done
Fall 2018
Start: Aug 27, 2018, End: Dec 07, 2018
Sections in this Term
Biol 212 001
Primary Instructor: Naomi Rowland
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 11
Sophomores: 4
Juniors: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Biol 212 002
Primary Instructor: Rodney King
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 15
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring Semester 2018
Start: Jan 22, 2018, End: May 11, 2018
Sections in this Term
Bioinformatics/Biol 312/32661
Primary Instructor: Claire Rinehart
Additional Instructor: Rodney King
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 37
Freshmen: 21
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 4
Seniors: 10
Meetings per week: 4
Hours per week: 6.0
Two Lectures and two labs
Fall Semester 2017
Start: Aug 21, 2017, End: Dec 08, 2017
Sections in this Term
Genome Discover Exploration 2
Primary Instructor: Claire Rinehart
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 9
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2.0
Genome Discovery Exploration 1
Primary Instructor: Naomi Rowland
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 16
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2.0
Spring Semester 2017
Start: Jan 23, 2017, End: May 12, 2017
Bioinformatics
Sections in this Term
Bioinformatics Biol312 32661
Primary Instructor: Claire Rinehart
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 35
Freshmen: 27
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
This course includes two 2-hr lectures and two 2-hr labs per week.
Bioinformatics, Biol312, 32661
Primary Instructor: Claire Rinehart
Additional Instructor: Claire Rinehart
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 35
Freshmen: 27
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 4
Meetings per week: 4
Hours per week: 6.0
Fall Semester 2016
Start: Aug 22, 2016, End: Dec 09, 2016
Sections in this Term
Bio212 001
Primary Instructor: Rodney King
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis, Gordonia terrae
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 15
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Bio212 002
Primary Instructor: Naomi Rowland
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis, Arthrobacter sp.
Number of students: 17
Freshmen: 16
Sophomores: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring 2016
Start: Jan 25, 2016, End: May 13, 2016
Sections in this Term
Biology 312 Bioinformatics
Primary Instructor: Claire Rinehart
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 25
Freshmen: 14
Sophomores: 6
Juniors: 2
Seniors: 3
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 2.0
Fall 2015
Start: Aug 24, 2015, End: Dec 11, 2015
Sections in this Term
Biol 275 002
Primary Instructor: Naomi Rowland
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 13
Freshmen: 10
Sophomores: 2
Juniors: 1
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Biol 275-001
Primary Instructor: Rodney King
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 14
Freshmen: 14
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Spring Semester 2015
Start: Jan 26, 2015, End: May 15, 2015
Duplicate sections below.
Sections in this Term
Bioinformatics / Biol 312 /001
Primary Instructor: Claire Rinehart
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 34
Freshmen: 16
Sophomores: 3
Juniors: 6
Seniors: 9
Meetings per week: 4
Hours per week: 6.0
Two hrs per week are spent in bioinformatics lecture. Four hours per week are spent in lab working on annotations and related phage bioinformatics questions. The results from the annotations and the results from the related phage bioinformatic projects are each presented in poster sessions.
Fall Semester 2014
Start: Aug 25, 2014, End: Dec 12, 2014
Sections in this Term
Biol 275 001
Primary Instructor: Rodney King
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 18
Freshmen: 16
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Biol 275 002
Primary Instructor: Naomi Rowland
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 12
Freshmen: 10
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
Institution Addresses
Current Mailing Address
Rodney King
Western Kentucky University
Biology Department, Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd
TCCW 331
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1080
USA
Current Shipping Address
Rodney King
Western Kentucky University
Biology Department, Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd
TCCW 331
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1080
USA