SEA-PHAGES: Phage Genetics Lab/BioS 118
Term: Fall Semester 2017, starting Aug 28, 2017
Primary Instructor: Vassie Ware
Additional Instructor: Margaret Kenna
Type: In silico (phage genomics/bioinformatics)
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 10
Sophomores: 10
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 6.0
Lehigh does phage hunting in the spring semester. The spring phage hunting course substitutes for the first core laboratory course required in the biology curriculum, taken by freshmen. The fall semester course is dedicated to phage genomics and additional microbiology laboratory experiments. This course substitutes for the second required core lab course in the biology curriculum. Sophomores are typically enrolled in this course.