{"id":1432,"date":"2014-11-22T00:08:23","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T00:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2023-09-26T13:34:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T13:34:25","slug":"molecular-biology-students-present-their-semester-research-at-jmus-phage-phaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/2014\/11\/22\/molecular-biology-students-present-their-semester-research-at-jmus-phage-phaire\/","title":{"rendered":"Molecular biology students present their semester research at JMU&#8217;s &#8220;Phage Phaire&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fall 2014 Molecular and Cellular Biology class at Hampden-Sydney has been an active participant in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute SEA-PHAGES program, isolating and characterizing viruses that infect\u00a0<em>Bacillus\u00a0<\/em>bacteria as part of a nationwide project on viral evolution and genomics. \u00a0As part of this class experience, 5 students from the class prepared research presentations for the James Madison University &#8220;Phage Phaire&#8221;, a gathering of research students from James Madison, Virginia Commonwealth University, Old Dominion University, the University of Mary Washington, and Hampden-Sydney. \u00a0These 5 schools are part of the current 74-member nationwide HHMI SEA-PHAGES alliance and organize two research meetings per year to provide students with the chance to share their work with their peers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1433\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/11\/IMG_1108.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1433\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1433\" alt=\"Travis Goodloe '16 presents his work on BlakeE, a phage of Bacillus cereus discovered on the H-SC campus.\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/11\/IMG_1108-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Travis Goodloe &#8217;16 presents his work on BlakeE, a phage of Bacillus cereus discovered on the H-SC campus.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1434\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/11\/IMG_1110.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1434\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1434\" alt=\"Spencer Wiles '15 presenting his work on Bacillus thuringiensis phage LargeMarge\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/11\/IMG_1110-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spencer Wiles &#8217;15 presenting his work on Bacillus thuringiensis phage LargeMarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1435\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/11\/IMG_1111.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1435\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1435\" alt=\"Will Banning '15 with his work on B. thuringiensis page Precious (co-doscovered with Mitch Cavallarin '15)\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/11\/IMG_1111-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will Banning &#8217;15 with his work on B. thuringiensis page Precious (co-doscovered with Mitch Cavallarin &#8217;15)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1436\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/11\/IMG_1115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1436\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1436\" alt=\"Tucker Hudgins '15 presenting phage TuckHudge to Phage Phaire keynote speaker Dr. Daniel Nelson of the University of Maryland-College Park\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/11\/IMG_1115-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tucker Hudgins &#8217;15 presenting phage TuckHudge to Phage Phaire keynote speaker Dr. Daniel Nelson of the University of Maryland-College Park<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1437\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/11\/IMG_1117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1437\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1437\" alt=\"Dr. Lucia Barker of HHMI leans about phage Mavro from Corey Mavromatis '16\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/11\/IMG_1117-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Lucia Barker of HHMI leans about phage Mavro from Corey Mavromatis &#8217;16<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Travis Goodloe &#8217;16 received an award at the event for the best organized and designed poster from among all students, while Spencer Wiles &#8217;15 received recognition for the meetings favorite phage name with &#8220;LargeMarge&#8221;. \u00a0The class will continue to work on characterizing their phages as the semester draws to a close and genomic sequences from the collected phages will be analyzed by H-SC students via bioinformatics.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1438\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/11\/IMG_1119.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1438\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1438\" alt=\"Team H-SC with Mr. Madison on the JMU campus\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/11\/IMG_1119-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team H-SC with Mr. Madison on the JMU campus<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fall 2014 Molecular and Cellular Biology class at Hampden-Sydney has been an active participant in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute SEA-PHAGES program, isolating and characterizing viruses that infect\u00a0Bacillus\u00a0bacteria as part of a nationwide project on viral evolution and genomics. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/2014\/11\/22\/molecular-biology-students-present-their-semester-research-at-jmus-phage-phaire\/\">Continue reading <span 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