title: Innovations in Undergraduate Science Education: Going Viral.
abstract: Bacteriophage discovery and genomics provides a powerful and effective platform for integrating missions in research and education. Implementation of the Science Education Alliance Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) program facilitates a broad impact by including a diverse array of schools, faculty, and students. The program generates new insights into the diversity and evolution of the bacteriophage population and presents a model for introducing first-year undergraduate students to discovery-based research experiences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania gfh@pitt.edu.
authors.forename: Graham F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Hatfull
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages; D004493:Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012586:Science / Q000193:education*; D014495:Universities