Below we've collected articles—from a variety of sources—that are related to the SEA-PHAGES program. If you know of an article that should be added to this collection, please contact us and let us know about it!
One student gets to name lab discovery
Eagle News | Aug. 27, 2014
An agar plate lies still. Omnicron has destroyed the layer of bacteria inside the plate, leaving plaques or dark holes 2 mm in diameter. Omnicron is a virus replicating itself inside the plate. The discovery of this virus belongs to Tasha Baer, a Florida Gulf Coast University student from the 2013-14 Virus Hunters course....read more
Related institution: Florida Gulf Coast University
Ideation | Sept. 6, 2013
It was the summer that the freshmen ruled the sequencer. Technically, the six William & Mary students who logged heavy lab time with a state-of-the-art Ion Torrent gene sequencer had finished their freshman year and therefore did their summer work as rising sophomores....read more
Related institution: College of William & Mary
WKU 2012 Goldwater Scholarship Recipient Charles Coomer
innovateKY/YouTube | April 24, 2012
Charles Coomer, a junior in the Honors College at WKU and the son of Evell and Don Coomer, has been involved in microbiological research for two years. In the lab of Dr. Rodney King, associate professor of biology, Coomer is characterizing viruses that infect bacterial cells...read more
Related institution: Western Kentucky University
First-years discover viruses, analyze DNA
The Brown Daily Herald | Feb. 10, 2012
Sixteen first-years watched with excitement as their screens loaded the sequence of 59,625 nucleic acids that comprise the DNA of “Job42,” the virus a student in their class had discovered, isolated and named during the fall semester. “Each of them codes for something,” said Jordan Rego...read more
Related institution: Brown University
Bio major considered dream come true for department
Loquitor—Cabrini College Student Media | March 5, 2011
Surrounded by only her thoughts and glass beekers, one Cabrini student spends much of her time diligently working in the Iadarola Science Center. Katie Mageeney, senior biology major and math and chemistry minor, is anything but an average student. “Katie is definitely dedicated to her lab work,”...read more
Related institutions: Cabrini University | Lehigh University