Documents for the 8th Annual SEA-PHAGES Symposium

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Abstracts from the 8th Annual SEA-PHAGES Symposium

Go to abstract list page Albion College | Here to be Phamous: Discovery and Analysis of Briton15 and Timmi Albion College | Isolation, Characterization and Genome Annotation of Two Siphoviridae Group B Cluster Members from the Albion College Campus Alliance University (formerly Nyack College) | Characterization of Saguaro, Founding Member of the New B7 Subcluster Baylor University | Diversity Dilemma: The Art of Maximizing Arthrobacteriophage Cluster Diversity Brigham Young University | Paenibacillus Larvae Phages Contain Regions of Conserved Synteny Despite Large Genomic Differences Brown University | Characterization of a Novel Mycobacteriophage JuicyJay and Slippery Sequences in its Genome Bucknell University | The Arthrobacter phages of Bucknell University Cabrini University | An optimized enrichment protocol for the isolation of Arthrobacterbacteriophages from soil sample isolates Calvin University | Squashed and Soiled: Gordonia phage Cucurbita and continued discovery of enterobacteriophage novelty Carnegie Mellon University | New Rhodococcus and Arthrobacter phages: annotation, lysogens, regulatory elements and unusual sequence coverage behavior within cluster AT. Carthage College | Investigation and Annotation of Cluster B1 Mycobacteriophages: SassyCat97, Surely, and TomBombadil College of Charleston | DirtyDunning: The Complete Genome Sequence of a New Subcluster A4 Phage College of St. Scholastica | Evidence for revision of predicted genome annotation using tandem mass spectrometry College of William & Mary | The Quest for Novelty: A Tale of Four Hosts College of William & Mary | Transcriptional Analysis of Phage Infection Dynamics Using RNA-Seq Culver-Stockton College | Identification and Characterization of the Mycobacteriophage Baby16 Del Mar College | Isolation and Characterization of the Novel Actinobacteriophage ‘Draco’ and Annotation of the Actinobacteriophage ‘Oogway’ Del Mar College | Investigating Unique Genomic Features of Rare Cluster M Mycobacteriophages in the Novel Phage ‘Nanosmite’ Doane University | Isolation and genome annotation of mycobacteriophage Jabith, a cluster A11 phage which increases biofilm growth of Mycobacterium smegmatis Drexel University | Genomic and Biological Characterization of Mycobacteriophages Geralt and Phrodobaggins Durham Technical Community College | First in Phlight: Characterization of Two Novel Phages, Iridoclysis and Nidhogg, Isolated in North Carolina Florida Gulf Coast University | Bioinformatic Characterization of Y Cluster Mycobacteriophage Bipper Florida International University | Bias on gene strand location mirrors Mycobacteriophages genetic clusters Gonzaga University | Investigating promoters in O cluster phages Hope College | Mycobacteriophages Krueger (K6) and Phrappuccino (Singleton) Harbor Unique Examples of Mosaic Architecture Linking Actinobacteriophages from Different Hosts Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Factors Influencing Arthrobacter sp. growth and Arthrobacteriophage Isolation and Characterization Howard University | Isolation and Identification of Brevibacillus brevis Bacteriophages at Howard University Illinois Wesleyan University | The Isolation and Genomic Analysis of Mycobacterium smegmatis and Rhodobacter capsulatus bacteriophages Indian River State College | Mycobacteriophage in Southeast Florida: Genomic characterization of five new phage and comparative analysis of an expanding repository of isolates. James Madison University | Genomic Analysis of DRBy19, a Subcluster F1 Mycobacteriophage James Madison University | Temperate or Virulent? The Search for Lysogens of Cousin Phages, Belinda and Smudge, Newly Discovered from Two Continents Johns Hopkins University | Analysis of the differences between Valjean and Zaider, two mycobacteriophages with 98.7% identity Kansas State University | Flint Hills Phages - Genetic Characterization of A2 subcluster Phage DBQu4n, Comparisons and Contrasts to Phages D29 and L5 La Salle University | Mycobacteriophages LouisV14 and RitaG Lafayette College | Identifying Novel Characteristics of Methyltransferase and Hydrolase Structures in Phage Tinybot Genome Lehigh University | Bioinformatics discoveries brought to life: uncovering mycobacteriophage gene functions LeTourneau University | Genomic and Evolutionary Analysis of Two Diverse Mycobacteriophages and Methodological Analysis of Chronological Variation in Genomic Annotation Lincoln University | Jordennis, a newly annotated A6 subcluster bacteriophage Massey University | From Soil to Sequencing: The isolation and characterisation of novel New Zealand Mycobacterium smegmatis bacteriophages Merrimack College | Lokk and BobSwaget: Two Highly Similar Genomes Diverging in the Region Upstream of the parABS Casette Miami University | From High St. to Bishop Woods: the "Lives" of two phages Montana Technological University | Genome Analysis of Mycobacteriophage Nimrod Montana Technological University | Analysis of Mycobacteriophage DillTech15 Montclair State University | Isolation and Characterization of LifeSavor and Abidatro Morehouse College | The discovery and annotation of four new mycobacteriophages Nebraska Wesleyan University | Isolation and Analysis of Mycobacteriophage JackSparrow and Bacteriophages Zeta1847, BonaeVitae, and Metamorphoo North Carolina A&T State University | Isolation and Characterization of Mazhar510, Roosevelt and Royals2015 North Carolina State University | Paenibacillus larvae phage Mock2 from a diseased North Carolina honey bee hive: Comparative genomics and host range Old Dominion University | The discovery and annotation of mycobacteriophages HedwigODU and Goldilocks Ouachita Baptist University | Getting Lucky: Using Proteomic Analysis and Creating CS-Beacon to Describe the Fortunato Genome Purdue University | Integration of genome sequencing and mass spectrometry to develop a pipeline for characterization of the phage bacteria system Queensborough Community College | Genomic Analysis of Mycobacteriophage Tonenili Saint Joseph's University | Metagenomic analysis of Arthrobacter-specific bacteriophages in the AN cluster Seton Hill University | Genomic Diversity within Cluster M2 Mycobacteriophages GardenSalsa and GenevaB15 Southern Connecticut State University | Starts and Stops: Identification of conserved sequences in subcluster A11 and cluster K mycobacteriophages associated with gene expression. Southern Maine Community College | SEA-PHAGES and the sea at SMCC St. Edward's University | Synthetic Genome Builder The Ohio State University | Sojourns in the F Cluster Truckee Meadows Community College | Isolation, Purification, and Characterization of Bacteriophage Cookies University of Alabama at Birmingham | Using Structural Genomics to Determine Putative Functions for Novel Gene Products of Corynebacterium phage, C3PO University of California, Los Angeles | Novel Propionibacterium acnes Phage Leviosa Demonstrates Broad Infectivity University of Colorado Boulder | Genomic Analysis of Mycobacteriophage Tortellini Reveals Significant Genetic Differences from Current P Cluster Phages, Establishing this Phage as the First Member of the P2 Subcluster University of Detroit Mercy | Isolation and characterization of the A3 bacteriophage Kady from the host Mycobacterium smegmatis University of Florida | Annotation of Mycobacteriophage Louie6 – a new member of cluster A3 University of Houston-Downtown | Isolation and Annotation of Mycobacteriophages belonging to A, K and N Clusters University of Kansas | Isolation and characterization, including host range, immunity, excision and potential splicing in the lysogenic J-cluster mycobacteriophage HokkenD University of Louisiana at Monroe | Comparative Analysis of Seven Rhodococcus erythropolis CA Cluster Phages (Angry Orchard, Bobby Dazzler, Dinger, Harlequin, Jester, Partridge, and Yogi) and a Single CB Cluster Phage (Measels) University of Maine, Fort Kent | New graphical perspectives on genomic mosaicism using multivariate analysis of Cluster A University of Maine, Honors College | Alternative host range and immunity in mycobacteriophage Clusters A and E University of Maine, Machias | Comparison of Cluster S Phages University of Mary Washington | xxx University of Mary Washington | Phage Hunting at University of Mary Washington University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Two Pacific Bacteriophages Isolated and Characterized University of North Texas | Comparative Analysis of the Expanding Streptomyces BC Cluster University of North Texas | Alternative Staining for Electron Microscopy with Ytterbium Acetate University of Pittsburgh | Isolation and analysis of Gordonia terrae phages reveals novel aspects of lysis, virion morphology, and host range University of Pittsburgh | Curiosities and oddities in Gordonia phage genomes University of Puerto Rico at Cayey | Morphologic and Genomic Characterization of Mycobacteriophages Isolated from Tropical Soils of Puerto Rico University of Southern Mississippi | Genome sequence of mycobacteriophage Hammy University of Texas at El Paso | Novel insight into the relationship between genomic sequence and bacteriophage morphology University of the Sciences (now St. Joseph's Univ) | Our Phage Phriends: Isolation & Characterization of Audrick & Porcelain University of West Florida | Who Ya Gonna Call? Phage Hunters! University of Wisconsin-River Falls | Hits from Host to Host: Isolation, Characterization, and Comparative Genomics of Five New Gordonia phages University of Wisconsin-River Falls | Expanding the Actinobacteriophage Community: Comparative Genomics of Phages Isolated in an Arthrobacter Host Virginia Commonwealth University | Functional Genomics of Bacillus Phages Virginia Tech | Genomic characterization of three novel mycobacteriophages: Florean, Kingsley, and Watson Washington State University | Bioinformatics Analysis of Mycobacterial R Cluster Phages Washington State University | Is a CURE a CURE? Comparing Student Educational and Motivational Outcomes in SEA-PHAGES and Alternative CUREs Washington University in St. Louis | Comparative Analysis of Six Novel Streptomyces Phage: A New Host Contributes to an Increase in the Diversity and Novelty of Phage Proteins Washington University in St. Louis | Investigations into the Kibler SD scoring algorithm Western Carolina University | Preliminary Cluster Typing of 20 Novel Bacteriophages Discovered at Western Carolina University Western Kentucky University | PECAAN, a Phage Evidence Collection And Annotation Network Western Kentucky University | Features for Eight Mycobacteriophage Genomes: AlleyCat (K5), Baehexic (A2), Flare16 (A2), Gruunaga (A6), Jeckyll (K1), LilTurb (A2), Mutante (B1), and NearlyHeadless (A8). Worcester Polytechnic Institute | A tale of Three Phages from the WPI Phamily Xavier University of Louisiana | Phaging on the River: Further Adventures in South Louisiana Phage Biology

Posters from the 8th Annual SEA-PHAGES Symposium

Submit a Poster Albion College | Here to be Phamous: Discovery and Analysis of Briton15 and Timmi Carnegie Mellon University | New Rhodococcus and Arthrobacter phages: annotation, lysogens, regulatory elements and unusual sequence coverage behavior within cluster AT. College of William & Mary | The Quest for Novelty: A Tale of Four Hosts Doane University | Isolation and genome annotation of mycobacteriophage Jabith, a cluster A11 phage which increases biofilm growth of Mycobacterium smegmatis Drexel University | Genomic and Biological Characterization of Mycobacteriophages Geralt and Phrodobaggins Durham Technical Community College | First in Phlight: Characterization of Two Novel Phages, Iridoclysis and Nidhogg, Isolated in North Carolina Florida Gulf Coast University | Bionformatic Characterization of Y Cluster Mycobacteriophage Bipper Gonzaga University | Investigating promoters in O cluster phages Illinois Wesleyan University | Isolation and Genomic Analysis of Mycobacterium smegmatis and Rhodobacter capsulatus bacteriophages James Madison University | Temperate or Virulent? The Search for Lysogens of Cousin Phages, Belinda and Smudge, Newly Discovered from Two Continents Kansas State University | Flint Hills Phages - Genetic Characterization of A2 subcluster Phage DBQu4n, Comparisons and Contrasts to Phages D29 and L5 Lehigh University | Bioinforma)cs discoveries brought to life: uncovering mycobacteriophage gene functions LeTourneau University | Genomic and Evolutionary Analysis of Two Diverse Mycobacteriophages and Methodological Analysis of Chronological Variation in Genomic Annotation Merrimack College | Lokk and BobSwaget: Two Highly Similar Genomes Diverging in the Region Upstream of the parABS Casette Miami University | From High Street to Bishop Woods: The “Lives” of Two Phages Ouachita Baptist University | Getting Lucky: Using Proteomic Analysis and Creating CS-Beacon to Describe the Fortunato Genome Saint Joseph's University | Metagenomic analysis of Arthrobacter-specific bacteriophages in the AN cluster Southern Connecticut State University | Starts and Stops: Identification of conserved sequences in subcluster A11 and cluster K mycobacteriophages associated with gene expression. University of California, Los Angeles | Novel Propionibacterium acnes Phage Leviosa Demonstrates Broad Infectivity University of Colorado Boulder | Analysis of Mycobacteriophage Tortellini Reveals Significant Genetic Differences from Current P Cluster Phages, Establishing this Phage as the First Member of the P2 Subcluster University of Detroit Mercy | Isolation and characterization of the A3 bacteriophage Kady from the host Mycobacterium smegmatis University of Kansas | Isolation and characterization, including host range, immunity, excision and potential splicing in the temperate J-cluster mycobacteriophage HokkenD University of Louisiana at Monroe | Comparative Analysis of Rhodococcus erythropolis CA Cluster Phages (Angry Orchard, Bobby Dazzler, Dinger, Harlequin, Jester, Partridge, and Yogi) and a CB Cluster Phage (Measels) University of Maine, Machias | Comparison of Cluster S Phages University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Two Pacific Bacteriophages Isolated and Characterized: Nanodon and SalinJah University of North Texas | Alternative Staining for Electron Microscopy with Ytterbium Acetate University of North Texas | Comparative Analysis of the Expanding Streptomyces BC Cluster University of Pittsburgh | Isolation and Analysis of a collection of Gordonia terrae phages reveals novel aspects of lysis, virion morphology, and host range University of Texas at El Paso | Novel insight into the relationship between genomic sequence and bacteriophage morphology University of the Sciences (now St. Joseph's Univ) | Our Phage Phriends: Isolation & Characterization of Audrick & Porcelain University of Wisconsin-River Falls | Hits from Host to Host: Isolation, Characterization, and Comparative Genomics of Five New Gordonia phages Xavier University of Louisiana | Phaging on the River: Further Adventures in South Louisiana Phage Biology