Phages from the summer.
Students move from environmental samples to phage names, images, genomes, figures, and records in PhagesDB.
Published phage records.
Student isolates, methods, figures, and scientific context.
2025
Spartan
One of the Community Phages discoveries posted through the Harvard institution page.
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Harvard phage collection
Community Phages discoveries are represented on the Harvard PhagesDB institution page.
PhagesDB recordFrom sample to poster.
Students collect samples, look for plaques, compare genomes when sequence data are available, and present the results.
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Environmental sample
Students collect soil or water and document where each sample came from.
2
Plaque evidence
Clearings on bacterial lawns become the first visible hint of phage activity.
3
Genome context
Sequencing and bioinformatics connect each phage to relatives, genes, and hypotheses.
4
Posters and figures
Students assemble figures, practice explanations, and present what they learned.
Student posters.
Final posters include methods, figures, phage names, and comparisons to related phages.