Undergraduate research experience

lab members indicated, * authors contributed equally, # co-corresponding authors

2024

D.I. Hanauer, R. Alvey, P. An, C. Bancroft, K. Butela, S. Coleman, K.L. Clase, P. Collins, S. Conant, P. Connerly, B. Connors, M.K. Dennis, E.L. Doyle, D. Edwards, C. Fillman, A. Findley, V.J. Frost, M. Gainey, U. Golebiewska, N. Guild, S.B. Gusky, A. Johnson, K. Johnson, K.K. Klyczek, J. Lee-Soety, H. Lindberg, M.D. Mastropaolo, J.A. Merkle, J. Mitchell, S. Molloy, F. Nieto, J. Nissen, T. Perez Morales, N.T. Peters, S.P. Pfeifer, R. Pollenz, M.L. Preuss, G. Rosas-Acosta, M.S. Saha, A. Sprenkle, C.N. Sunnen, D. Tobiason, S.S. Tolsma, V. Ware, Y.P. Ahumada-Santos, R.V. Alvarez, J. Anderson, M. Ayuk, M.E. Báez-Flores, D. Bailey, F. Baliraine, E. Behr, A.R. Beyer, S. Bhalla, L.M. Bono, D.P. Breakwell, C. Byrum, I. Duffy, A. Gleichsner, M. Harrison, R. Ho, L.E. Hughes, J.D. Kagey, K. Kohl, S. McClory, A. Moyer, M.A. Mussi, H. Nance, I.Y. Nsa, S.T. Page, J.R. Parra Unda, J. Rocheleau, S. Swerdlow, K. Thoemke, M.S. Valentine, Q.C. Vega, C. Ward, D.C. Williams, E. Wisner, W.H. Biederman, S.G. Cresawn, M.J. Graham, G. Hatfull, D. Heller, D. Jacobs-Sera, P. Ramakrishna, D. Russell, V. Sivanathan. 2024. The professional identity of STEM faculty as instructors of course-based research experiences. Accepted, Front. Educ. Sec. STEM Education

M. Milhaven, H.A. Bakry, A. Batra, A.M. Bermingham, G. Grama, J. Kebe, S.S. Martinez, R.V. Mudunuri, M.R. Nelson, E.T. Nguyen, M.M. Peterson, A. Pruitt, K. Tran, A. Brar, G. Cerna, E. Chaffee, S.M. Caruso, S.P. Pfeifer. 2024. Complete genome sequence of the Streptomyces bacteriophage Amabiko. Microbiol. Resour. Announc. e00182-24. pdf 

2023

A.A. Howell*, C.J. Versoza*, S.P. Pfeifer. 2023. Computational host range prediction – the good, the bad, and the ugly. Virus Evol., 10(1): 1–11. pdf 

M. Milhaven, C.J. Versoza, A. Garg, L. Cai, S. Cherian, K. Johnson, K. Salas Perez, M. Blanco, J. Lobatos, C. Mitra, M. Strasser, S.P. Pfeifer. 2023. Microbacterium cluster EA bacteriophages: phylogenomic relationships and host range predictions. Microorganisms. 11(1): 170. pdf

M. Milhaven, L. Cai, S. Cherian, K. Johnson, K. Salas Perez, M. Blanco, A. Garg, J. Lobatos, C. Mitra, M. Strasser, R. Harms, S.P. Pfeifer. 2023. Complete genome sequence of the Microbacterium bacteriophage Chako. Microbiol. Resour. Announc., 12(2): e0125122. pdf 


2022

A.A. Howell*, C.J. Versoza*, G. Cerna, T. Johnston, S. Kakde, K. Karuku, M. Kowal, J. Monahan, J. Murray, T. Nguyen, A. Sanchez Carreon, A. Streiff, B. Su, F. Youkhana, S. Munig, Z. Patel, M. So, M. Sy, S. Weiss, S.P. Pfeifer. 2022. Phylogenomic analyses and host range prediction of cluster P mycobacteriophages. G3 (Bethesda), 12(11): e0054022. pdf 

C.J. Versoza*, A.A. Howell*, T. Aftab, M. Blanco, A. Brar, E. Chaffee, N. Howell, W. Leach, J. Lobatos, M. Luca, M. Maddineni, R. Mirji, C. Mitra, M. Strasser, S. Munig, Z. Patel, M. So, M. Sy, S. Weiss, S.P. Pfeifer. 2022. Comparative genomics of closely-related Gordonia terrae cluster DR bacteriophages. Viruses, 14(8): 1647. pdf 

C.J. Versoza*, A.A. Howell*, T. Aftab, M. Blanco, A. Brar, E. Chaffee, N. Howell, W. Leach, J. Lobatos, M. Luca, M. Maddineni, R. Mirji, C. Mitra, M. Strasser, S. Munig, Z. Patel, M. So, M. Sy, S. Weiss, C.D. Herren, M. Smith Caldas, S.P. Pfeifer. 2022. Complete genome sequence of the Gordonia bacteriophage BiggityBass. Microbiol. Resour. Announc. 11(9): e00469-22. pdf

A.A. Howell*, C.J. Versoza*, G. Cerna, T. Johnston, S. Kakde, K. Karuku, M. Kowal, J. Monahan, J. Murray, T. Nguyen, A. Sanchez Carreon, E. Song, A. Streiff, B. Su, F. Youkhana, S. Munig, Z. Patel, M. So, M. Sy, S. Weiss, Y. Zhou, S.P. Pfeifer. 2022. Complete genome sequence of the cluster P mycobacteriophage Phegasus. Microbiol. Resour. Announc. 11(9): e00540-22. pdf

C.J. Versoza and S.P. Pfeifer. 2022. Computational prediction of bacteriophage host ranges. Microorganisms, 10(1): 149. pdf 

2021

A. Crane*, C.J. Versoza*, T. Hua, R. Kapoor, L. Lloyd, R. Mehta, J. Menolascino, A. Morais, S. Munig, Z. Patel, D. Sackett, B. Schmit, M. Sy, S.P. Pfeifer. 2021. Phylogenetic relationships and codon usage bias amongst cluster K mycobacteriophages. G3 (Bethesda), 11(11): jkab291. pdf

M. Milhaven, E. Hastings, D. Brister, L. Cevallos, S. Chilukuri, A. Diyya, A. Garg, R. Hernandez, D. Kelly, K. Lazo, J. Le, G. Maag, P.D. Marfatia, R. Mehta, A. Nejad, J. Porche, A. Queiroz, D. Sackett, P. Santos Molina, T. Slade, M. So, K. Thakur, A. Urquidez Negrete, S. Wackett, S. Weiss, L. McCarthy,  K. Wheaton, A.D. Rudner, J.P. McCutcheon, S.P. Pfeifer. 2021. Complete genome sequence of the Microbacterium bacteriophage Erla. Microbiol. Resour. Announc., 10(3): e01354-20. pdf

2020

A. Crane, J. Abaidoo, G. Beltran, D. Fry, C. Furey, N. Green, R. Johal, B. La Rosa, C. Lopez Jimenez, L. Luong, G. Maag, J. Porche, L. Reyes, A. Robinson, S. Sabbara, L. Soto Herrera, A. Urquidez Negrete, P. Wilson, K. Geiler-Samerotte, S.P. Pfeifer. 2020. The complete genome sequence of the Staphylococcus bacteriophage Metroid. G3 (Bethesda), 10(9): 2975-2979. pdf