Susan M. R. Gurney
A5085368823- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Career Development and Diversity
- Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
- Innovative Teaching Methods
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Higher Education Research Studies
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
- Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Genomics and Rare Diseases
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
University of St Andrews
2023-2024
Drexel University
2014-2021
University of Cambridge
2009-2011
Kiel University
2011
University of Münster
2010
Significance The Science Education Alliance–Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary program is an inclusive Research Community with centralized programmatic scientific support, in which broad student engagement authentic science linked to increased accessibility research experiences for students; persistence of these students science, technology, engineering, mathematics; productivity faculty alike.
The bacteriophage population is vast, dynamic, old, and genetically diverse. genomics of phages that infect bacterial hosts in the phylum Actinobacteria show them to not only be diverse but also pervasively mosaic, replete with genes unknown function. To further explore this broad group bacteriophages, we describe here isolation genomic characterization 116 Microbacterium spp. Most are lytic, can grouped into twelve clusters according their overall relatedness; seven singletons no close...
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been described as a mechanism to allow more undergraduates engage in experiences. To understand whether CUREs are viable scale-up access experiences, it is essential carefully evaluate promote comparable self-reported outcomes for students and less resource intensive than internships. In comparing student from four distinct engaged summer programme the biology department at one institution, we found that both self-report gains on...
Experimental data about gene functions curated from the primary literature have enormous value for research scientists in understanding biology. Using Gene Ontology (GO), manual curation by experts has provided an important resource studying function, especially within model organisms. Unprecedented expansion of scientific and validation predicted proteins increased both challenges keeping pace. Capturing literature-based functional annotations is limited ability biocurators to handle...
Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinases (PI3Ks) exert a variety of signaling functions in eukaryotes. We suppressed the PI3K regulatory subunit p85α using small interfering RNA (Pik3r1 siRNA) and examined effects on embryoid body (EB) development hanging drop culture. observed 150% increase volume treated EBs within 24 h, compared to negative controls. Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) assays showed that this is not due increased cellular proliferation. Instead, appears be reduced...
Course-based research pedagogy involves positioning students as contributors to authentic projects part of an engaging educational experience that promotes their learning and persistence in science. To develop a model for assessing grading engaged this type experience, the assessment aims practices community experienced course-based instructors were collected analyzed. This approach defines four assessment—(1) Assessing Laboratory Work Scientific Thinking; (2) Evaluating Mastery Concepts,...
In an mtDNA study on equids recovered from the ancient Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum (covered in ash by eruption Mount Vesuvius AD 79), Di Bernardo et al. 2004a,b presented six equid sequences, which they labeled as CAV1-5 CAVH, respectively. The skeletons had been excavated stables (Fig. 1) at house Casti Amanti (chaste lovers), so called because frescoes depicting a romantic scene. owner this was probably Caius Iulius Polybius, wealthy politician baker Pompeii, shown fact that...
ABSTRACT Seven mycobacteriophages from distinct geographical locations were isolated, using Mycobacterium smegmatis mc 2 155 as the host, and then purified sequenced. All of genomes are related to cluster A mycobacteriophages, BobSwaget Lokk in subcluster A2; Fred313, KADY, Stagni, StepMih A3; MyraDee A18, first phage be assigned that subcluster.
Over the last two decades, there have been numerous initiatives to improve undergraduate student outcomes in STEM. One model for scalable reform is inclusive Research Education Community (iREC). In an iREC, STEM faculty from colleges and universities across nation are supported adopt sustainably implement course-based research – a form of science pedagogy that enhances learning persistence science. this study, we used pathway modeling develop qualitative description explicates HHMI Science...
Twelve B1 cluster mycobacteriophages were isolated from soil samples collected in Philadelphia, PA, USA, using Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2 155 as a host, and sequenced. The genome sequences range size 66,887 bp to 68,953 length have between 99 105 putative protein-coding genes.
Seven EA cluster microbacteriophages were isolated from soil collected around Philadelphia, PA, using the bacterial host Microbacterium foliorum All of these phages have a highly conserved genome with regions diversity localized to 3' end. In phage Phriends (EA1 cluster), this region contains an orpham gene no known function.
Abstract Experimental data about known gene functions curated from the primary literature have enormous value for research scientists in understanding biology. Using Gene Ontology (GO), manual curation by experts has provided an important resource studying function, especially within model organisms. Unprecedented expansion of scientific and validation predicted proteins increased both challenges keeping pace. Capturing literature-based functional annotations is limited ability biocurators...
Mycobacteriophage Superphikiman is a cluster J bacteriophage which was isolated from soil collected in Philadelphia, PA. has 109,799-bp genome with 239 predicted genes, including 2 tRNA genes.