SEA-PHAGES: BioS 318 Advance Phage Genetic
Term: Spring 2018, starting Jan 22, 2018
Primary Instructor: Vassie Ware
Type: Other
Hosts used: Mycobacterium smegmatis
Number of students: 10
Sophomores: 1
Juniors: 8
Seniors: 1
Meetings per week: 3
Hours per week: 10.0
also using host, Streptomyces griseus. Students carry out independent research projects, including genome annotation, immunity studies, phage genome mutagenesis, RNAseq analysis, phage hunting in new hosts, etc.