About
Ph.D., UMBC, 2002
BS, UMBC, 1994
Research interests
Phage biology, microbial physiology, molecular and microbiology, genetics, science education
Teaching interests
Science education, genetics, micro- and phage biology, active learning, investigative teaching, and creating an immersive lab experience.
Education
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Ph D, Biological sciences
— University of Maryland Graduate School Baltimore (2002)
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BS, Biological Sciences and Psychology
— University of Maryland Baltimore County (1994)
Publications
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Characterization of the Complete Genome of Arthrobacter globiformis Cluster FF Bacteriophage QuinnAvery.
2026
microPublication biology · 2026
E P Akst, D Areda, E J Battaglioli, C W Beck, M L Bogush, Caruso M Steven, A M Cedergren-Healy, S V Chirravuri, D L Crossley, K D'Amico-Willman, V A Delesalle, R F Hare, D L Harris, J R Ingram, V Karpakakunjaram, B Khatabi, K K Klyczek, J N Lawson, C Leonetti, S L Mathews, M T McDonald, K M Mika, U C Morikwe, Z L Nikolakis, X S Purroy, A B Ryan, H S Schiller, M Sepehri, D E Starkey, L Storks, K T Tchedre, A C Vallor, N M Vega, D E Velez-Ramirez, E E Whitaker, D C Williams, N M Young, C H Zagorac, D Jacobs-Sera, D Monti, D A Russell, B Wise, M H Warner
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Science communication tools: rubrics for generating posters and manuscripts that are authentic to the practice of science.
2026
Journal of microbiology & biology education · pp. e0031325
T L Adair, S Agrawal, Y P Ahumada-Santos, R Alvarez, K R Anders, M Antunes, M Ayuk, M E Báez-Flores, D Bailey, F N Baliraine, M F Balish, C T Bancroft, M Barmoy, T C Bates, A Beyer, S Bhalla, D Bollivar, L M Bono, R Bortz, T Bouklas, K Butela, C A Byrum, M Carroll, Caruso M Steven, N Castro, K Clase, K Clermont, S T Coleman, P L Connerly, A M Garcia Costas, S G Cresawn, T D'Elia, A Danley, M K Dennis, A Diaz, E L Doyle, I Duffy, D C Edwards, E Eivazova, E Engstrom, C Fillman, C L Fleischacker, V J Frost, J T Garcia, B P Gibb, A M Gleichsner, S Gusky, R F Hare, D Heller, L E Hughes, J D Kagey, B Kirkpatrick, K K Klyczek, K P Kohl, H Kotturi, J Y Lee-Soety, H Lindberg, B Manish, S A Markov, M D Mastropaolo, J T Melton, J Mitchell, S D Molloy, D L Monti, T P Morales, M A Mussi, H Nance, F Nieto, I Y Nsa, S T Page, R Parra-Unda, V Phuntumart, B E Pickett, R S Pollenz, S N Reardon, J Rocheleau, O Rossier, N S Rowland, A D Rudner, E E Rueschhoff, V Sivanathan, M Smith Caldas, C N Sunnen, S J Swerdlow, K Tchedre, K Thoemke, D Tobiason, S S Tolsma, T Turley-Stoulig, Q Vega, P Waikel, C Ward, V C Ware, J M Washington, D E Westholm, B Wilkes, D Williams, E Williams, E M Wisner
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The complete genome sequence of the cluster BE1 Streptomyces Bacteriophage Riptide includes genes encoding ribosome-associated proteins.
2025
Microbiology resource announcements · 14 (10) · pp. e0077625
Alena Sagalovsky, Aniket Camarushi, Jeshuwin D Prabakaran, Abdullah Shahzad, Nicholas Nguyen, Daniel Mirahmadian, Michelle A Ibino, Ali Mutasim, Emmanuel Okusanya, Choudhury Zaki, Kimia Kardaniyazd, Hope Ramsey, Jariatu Kargbo, Beryl Fuamazeh, Dania Mahmood, James Anderson, Eni Adesola, Laure Elisabeth Fom Kembou, Cameron Hindle, Keyshawn Kontchou, Abdullah Najib, Gilbert Hernandez, Elana Frazier, Caruso M Steven
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Complete genome sequences of Streptomyces phages HazuAndZazu and Tubberson.
2025
Microbiology resource announcements · 14 (7) · pp. e0036125
Nisha Shah, Phoenix S Bryant, Meghna Chandrasekaran, Arya J Chaudhari, Ramsha A Chaudhary, Cole Cheng, Norah JX Jackson, Allison S Kende, Agnes Koodaly, Rohan S Kyasa, Iman Mahmood, Katherine J McHarg, Isabella S Naimi, Ayeoritse T Tuedon, Zachary M Smith, Caruso M Steven
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Genome sequence of bacteriophage GiJojo, isolated using Streptomyces mirabilis in Catonsville, Maryland.
2024
Microbiology resource announcements · 13 (10) · pp. e0058424
Marie Louise P Badiola, Kaela D Befano, McKayla L Berger, Claudine R Blanco, Nhyira Ghunney, Jaehyun G Lee, Lin P Myat, James K Nguyen, Ellison M Ober, Karla M Press-Porter, Brendan T She, Justin S Watkins, Steven M Caruso
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Genome characterization of BI2 subcluster Streptomyces scabiei bacteriophages GoblinVoyage and Doxi13.
2024
Microbiology resource announcements · pp. e0058124
Hanna Jin, Nihal K Chana, Annie L Tang, Paramjit Kaur, Brishti Lamichhane, Sze C Leung, Diane Scheiderer, Vighnesh V Sivaprakasam, Dannah T Marcelino, Gregory J Hull, Toma M Kamara, Maria Cambraia Guimaro Diniz, Steven M Caruso
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An inclusive Research and Education Community (iREC) model to facilitate undergraduate science education reform
2024
Frontiers in Education · 9
Denise L Monti, Julia C Gill, Tamarah L Adair, Sandra D Adams, Yesmi Patricia Ahumada-Santos, Isabel Amaya, Kirk Anders, Justin R Anderson, Mauricio S Antunes, Mary Ayuk, Frederick Baliraine, Tonya C Bates, Andrea R Beyer, Suparna Bhalla, Tejas Bouklas, Sharon K Bullock, Kristen A Butela, Christine Byrum, Steven M Caruso, Rebecca Chong, Hui-Min Chung, Stephanie B Conant, Brett Condon, Katie E Crump, Tom D'Elia, Megan K Dennis, Linda C DeVeaux, Lautaro Diacovich, Arturo Diaz, Iain Duffy, Dustin Edwards, Patricia C Fallest-Strobl, Ann Findley, Matthew R Fisher, Marie P Fogarty, Victoria Jane Frost, Maria D Gainey, Courtney S Galle, Bryan Gibb, Urszula Golebiewska, Hugo Gramajo, Anna S Grinath, Jennifer Guerrero, Nancy Guild, Kathryn E Gunn, Susan Gurney, Lee E Hughes, Pradeepa Jayachandran, Kristen Johnson, Allison Johnson, Alison E Kanak, Michelle L Kanther, Rodney A King, Kathryn Kohl, Julia Lee-Soety, Lynn O Lewis, Heather Lindberg, Jaclyn A Madden, Breonna J Martin, Matthew D Mastropaolo, Sean McClory, Evan C Merkhofer, Julie A Merkle, Jon Mitchell, María Alejandra Mussi, Fernando Nieto, Jillian Nissen, Imade Yolanda Nsa, Mary G O'Donnell, R. Deborah Overath, Shallee T Page, Andrea Panagakis, Jesús Ricardo Parra Unda, Michelle B Pass, Tiara Perez Morales, Nick T Peters, Ruth Plymale, Richard Pollenz, Nathan S Reyna, Claire A Rinehart, Jessica Rocheleau, John S Rombold, Ombeline Rossier, Adam D Rudner, Elizabeth E Rueschhoff, Christopher D Shaffer, Mary Ann V Smith, Amy B Sprenkle, C. Nicole Sunnen, Michael A Thomas, Michelle M Tigges, Deborah Tobiason, Sara Sybesma Tolsma, Julie Torruellas Garcia, Peter Uetz, Edwin Vazquez, Catherine M Ward, Vassie C Ware, Jacqueline M Washington, Matthew J Waterman, Daniel E Westholm, Keith A Wheaton, Simon J White, Elizabeth C Williams, Daniel C Williams, Ellen M Wisner, William H Biederman, Steven G Cresawn, Danielle M Heller, Deborah Jacobs-Sera, Daniel A Russell, Graham F Hatfull, David J Asai, David I Hanauer, Mark J Graham, Viknesh Sivanathan
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Complete genome sequence of the Streptomyces bacteriophage Amabiko.
2024
Microbiology resource announcements · pp. e0018224
Mark Milhaven, Heba A Bakry, Anuvi Batra, Amanda M Bermingham, Gloria Grama, Jacob Kebe, Shawn S Martinez, Rishika V Mudunuri, Megan R Nelson, Evie T Nguyen, Mia M Peterson, Alexis Pruitt, Kristan Tran, Akarshi Brar, Gabriella Cerna, Elaine Chaffee, Steven M Caruso, Susanne P Pfeifer
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Complete genome and characteristics of cluster BC bacteriophage SoJo, isolated using Streptomyces mirabilis NRRL B-2400 in Columbia, MD.
2024
Microbiology resource announcements · pp. e0006824
Soven Verma Kumar, Nicholas Schaffer, Zainab Bharmal, Quinn Mood, Ivan Erill, Steven M Caruso
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Designing a High Quality and Accessible Scientific Poster
2024
HHMI Science Education Alliance (SEA) Faculty Group, (Version 4.1) · HHMI BioQuest
David Wayne Bolilivar, Christy Fillman, C. Nicole Sunnen, Quinn Vega, Christa Bancroft, Denise Monti, Viknesh Sivanathan, Kirk R Anders, Dondra Bailey, Elena Baez, Michele Barmoy, Tonya Bates, Beth Behr, Siparna Bhalla, Megan Carroll, Steven M Caruso, Nancy Castro, Hui-Min Chung, Kristen Clermont, Tom D'Elia, Randall DeJong, Iain Duffy, Ann-Scott Ettinger, Maria Elena Baez Flores, Bryan Gibb, Lee E Hughes, Karen Klyczek, Kathryn Kohl, Julia Lee-Soety, Bhaswati Manish, Sean McClory, James Melton, Fernando Nieto, Imede Nsa, Shallee Page, Vipaporn Phuntumart, Pushpa Ramakrishna, Ombeline Rossier, Elizabeth Rueschhoff, Yesmi Patricia Ahumada Santos, Martha Smith-Caldas, Sarah Swerdlow, Jesus Ricardo Parra Unda, Ellen Wisner
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Models of classroom assessment for course-based research experiences
2023
STEM: Innovation on Teaching and Learning · FRONTIERS IN EDUCATION · 8 · pp. 20
DI Hanauer, T Zhang, MJ Graham, SD Adams, YP Ahumada-Santos, RM Alvey, MS Antunes, MA Ayuk, ME Baez-Flores, CT Bancroft, TC Bates, MJ Bechman, E Behr, AR Beyer, RL Bortz, DM Bowder, LA Briggs, V Brown-Kennerly, MA Buckholt, SK Bullock, KA Butela, CA Byrum, Steven M Caruso, CP Chia, RA Chong, HM Chung, KL Clase, ST Coleman, DP Collins, SB Conant, BM Condon, PL Connerly, BJ Connors, JE Cook-Easterwood, KE Crump, T D'Elia, MK Dennis, LC Deveaux, L Diacovich, I Duffy, NP Edgington, DC Edwards, TOG Egwuatu, ER Eivazova, PC Fallest-Strobl, CL Fillman, AM Findley, E Fisher, MR Fisher, MP Fogarty, AC Freise, VJ Frost, MD Gainey, AMG Costas, AA Garza, HE Gavin, R Ghittoni, B Gibb, UP Golebiewska, AS Grinath, SMR Gurney, RF Hare, SG Heninger, JM Hinz, LE Hughes, P Jayachandran, KC Johnson, AA Johnson, M Kanther, M Kenna, BL Kirkpatrick, KK Klyczek, KP Kohl, M Kuchka, AJ Laperuta, JY Lee-Soety, LO Lewis, HM Lindberg, JA Madden, SA Markov, MD Mastropaolo, V Mathur, SP Mcclory, EC Merkhofer, JA Merkle, SF Michael, JC Mitchell, SD Molloy, DL Monti, MA Mussi, H Nance, FE Nieto-Fernandez, JC Nissen, IY Nsa, MG O'Donnell, ST Page, A Panagakis, Parra-Unda, JR, TA Pelletier, TGP Morales, NT Peters, V Phuntumart, RS Pollenz, ML Preuss, DP Puthoff, MK Raifu, NS Reyna, CA Rinehart, JM Rocheleau, O Rossier, AD Rudner, EE Rueschhoff, A Ryan, S Saha, CD Shaffer, MAV Smith, AB Sprenkle, CL Strong, CN Sunnen, BP Tarbox, L Temple, KR Thoemke, MA Thomas, DM Tobiason, SS Tolsma, JT Garcia, MS Valentine, E Vazquez, RE Ward, CM Ward, VC Ware, MH Warner, JM Washington, DE Westholm, KA Wheaton, BM Wilkes, EC Williams, WH Biederman, SG Cresawn, DM Heller, D Jacobs-Sera, GF Hatfull, DJ Asai, V Sivanathan
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Simultaneous entry as an adaptation to virulence in a novel satellite-helper system infecting Streptomyces species
2023
The ISME Journal · 17 (12) · pp. 2381-2388
Tagide deCarvalho, Elia Mascolo, Steven M Caruso, Júlia López-Pérez, Kathleen Weston-Hafer, Christopher Shaffer, Ivan Erill
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Genome sequence of Streptomyces BM cluster phage Frankenweenie
2023
Microbiology Resource Announcements · 12 (11) · pp. e00592-23
Katherine E Cleary, Charles Pelagalli, Marly Cassford, Nathan Berry, Elizabeth Aguas, Brandon Kim, Tagide deCarvalho, Deborah Jacobs-Sera, Steven M Caruso, Kathleen Cornely
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Evidence of a Set of Core-Function Genes in 16 Bacillus Podoviral Genomes with Considerable Genomic Diversity
2023
Viruses · 15 (2) · pp. 276
Ahmed Ismail, Tanuj Saini, Ahmed Al Qaffas, Ivan Erill, Steven M Caruso, Louise Temple, Allison A Johnson
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Genome Sequences of Streptomyces Bacteriophages Fabian, FlowerPower, Geostin, RetrieverFever, and Vorvolakos.
2022
Microbiology resource announcements · 11 (12) · pp. e0099822
Faith Davis, Baily Kakacek, Delaram Doorandish, Tamar Goldwasser, Neyiasuo Agboha, Caruso M Steven, Ivan Erill
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Complete Genome Sequences of Streptomyces Bacteriophages Annihilus, TonyStarch, Thiqqums, CricKo, ClubPenguin, RosaAsantewaa, and PherryCruz.
2022
Microbiology resource announcements · 11 (11) · pp. e0092222
Yvette Genie Park, Gillian Faith McCarthy, Hadeeqa Mustafa, Gemma M Feild, Snigdha Puram, Hager Aly Younes, Danyah Imam, Ivan Erill, Caruso M Steven
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The transcriptional regulator CtrA controls gene expression in Alphaproteobacteria phages: Evidence for a lytic deferment pathway.
2022
Frontiers in microbiology · 13 · pp. 918015
E Mascolo, S Adhikari, Caruso M Steven, Tagide deCarvalho, A Folch Salvador, J Serra-Sagristà, R Young, Ivan Erill, P D Curtis
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Evidence for shared ancestry between Actinobacteria and Firmicutes bacteriophages
2021
Peer Community Journal · 1 · pp. e16
Matthew Koert, Julia Lopez-Perez, Courtney Mattson, Caruso M Steven, Ivan Erill
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Crowdsourcing biocuration: The Community Assessment of Community Annotation with Ontologies (CACAO).
2021
PLoS computational biology · 17 (10) · pp. e1009463
J Ramsey, B McIntosh, D Renfro, S A Aleksander, S LaBonte, C Ross, A E Zweifel, N Liles, S Farrar, J J Gill, Ivan Erill, S Ades, T Z Berardini, J A Bennett, S Brady, R Britton, S Carbon, Caruso M Steven, D Clements, R Dalia, M Defelice, E L Doyle, I Friedberg, Gurney SMR, L Hughes, A Johnson, J M Kowalski, D Li, R C Lovering, T L Mans, F McCarthy, S D Moore, R Murphy, T D Paustian, S Perdue, C N Peterson, B M Prüß, M S Saha, R R Sheehy, J T Tansey, L Temple, A W Thorman, S Trevino, A C Vollmer, V Walbot, J Willey, D A Siegele, J C Hu
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ICTV Taxonomic Proposal 2020.042B.R.Deltatectivirus_Epsilontectivirus. Create two new genera (Deltatectivirus and Epsilontectivirus) including three new species (Kalamavirales: Tectiviridae).
2021
Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2021) · ICTV [International Committee for Taxonomy of Viruses]
Caruso M Steven, Tagide deCarvalho, Andrew M Kropinski, Jason Gill, Annika Gillis
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A novel genus of actinobacterial Tectiviridae
2019
Viruses · 11 (12) · pp. 1134
Caruso M Steven, Tagide deCarvalho, Anthony Huynh, George Morcos, Nansen Kuo, Shabnam Parsa, Ivan Erill
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Complete Genome Sequences of Six BI Cluster Streptomyces Bacteriophages, HotFries, Moozy, Rainydai, RavenPuff, Scap1, and SenditCS
2018
Microbiology Resource Announcements · 7 (12) · pp. e00993-1018
Devin Blocker, Matthew Koert, Courtney Mattson, Harsh Patel, Priya Patel, Rishit Patel, Hemanta Paudel, Ivan Erill, Caruso M Steven
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Complete Genome Sequences of HonestAbe, Anthony, and Taffo16, Three Cluster C Bacillus cereus Group Bacteriophages
2018
Genome Announcements · 6 (25) · pp. e00493-18
Martin Lee, Kayla M Puglisi, Ivan Erill, Caruso M Steven
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Complete Genome Sequence of Streptomyces Bacteriophage Abt2graduatex2
2018
Genome Announcements · 6 (3) · pp. e01480-17
Ivan Erill, Caruso M Steven
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Gamifying critical reading through a genome annotation intercollegiate competition
2018
Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching · 39 (6) · pp. 18
Ivan Erill, Caruso M Steven, Jim Hu
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An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning
2017
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · pp. 201718188
David I Hanauer, Mark J Graham, Laura Betancur, Aiyana Bobrownicki, Steven G Cresawn, Rebecca A Garlena, Deborah Jacobs-Sera, Nancy Kaufmann, Welkin H Pope, Daniel A Russell, William R Jacobs, Viknesh Sivanathan, David J Asai, Graham F Hatfull, Caruso M Steven, Ivan Erill
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Bacillus cereus Group Bacteriophage Flapjack Genome Sequence
2017
Genome Announcements · 5 (31) · pp. e00700-17
Ivan Erill, Caruso M Steven
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Complete Genome Sequences of Three phi29-Like Bacillus cereus Group Podoviridae
2017
Genome Announcements · 5 (29) · pp. e00701-17
Ivan Erill, Caruso M Steven
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ICTV Taxonomic Proposal 2016.051a-dB.A.v1.Tsarbombavirus. Create genus Tsarbombavirus in the subfamily Spounavirinae, family Myoviridae, order Caudovirales.
2017
ICTV [International Committee for Taxonomy of Viruses]
Caruso M Steven, Jochen Klumpp, Andrew M Kropinski, Evelien M Adriaenssens, Jens H Kuhn, Sangryeol Ryu
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Complete Genome Sequence of the Streptomyces Phage Nanodon.
2016
Genome announcements · 4 (5)
Ivan Erill, Caruso M Steven
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Genome Sequence of Bacillus cereus Group Phage SalinJah
2016
Genome Announcements · 4 (5) · pp. e00953–16
Ivan Erill, Caruso M Steven
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Genomic characterization and comparison of seven Myoviridae bacteriophage infecting Bacillus thuringiensis
2016
Virology · 489 (February 2016) · pp. 243-251
Amber Brooke Sauder, McKenzie Rea Quinn, Alexis Brouillette, Caruso M Steven, Steven Cresawn, Ivan Erill, Lynn Lewis, Kathryn Loesser-Casey, Morgan Pate, Crystal Crystal, Stephanie Stockwell, Louise Temple
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Genome Sequences of Two Bacillus cereus Group Bacteriophages, Eyuki and AvesoBmore
2015
Genome Announcements · 3 (5) · pp. e01199–15
Ivan Erill, Caruso M Steven
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Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus cereus Group Phage TsarBomba
2015
Genome Announcements · 3 (5) · pp. e01178–15
Ivan Erill, Caruso M Steven
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Whole genome comparison of a large collection of mycobacteriophages reveals a continuum of phage genetic diversity.
2015
eLife · 4 · pp. e06416
Welkin H Pope, Charles A Bowman, Daniel A Russell, Deborah Jacobs-Sera, David Asai, Steven G Cresawn, Roger W Hendrix, Jeffrey G Lawrence, Graham F Hatfull, Caruso M Steven
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A Broadly Implementable Research Course in Phage Discovery and Genomics for First-Year Undergraduate Students
2014
ASM · 5 (1) · pp. 01051-13
Tuajuanda C Jordan, Sandra H Barnett, Susan Carson, Caruso M Steven
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Expanding the diversity of mycobacteriophages: insights into genome architecture and evolution.
2011
PloS one · 6 (1) · pp. e16329
W H Pope, D Jacobs-Sera, D A Russell, C L Peebles, Z Al-Atrache, T A Alcoser, L M Alexander, M B Alfano, S T Alford, N E Amy, M D Anderson, A G Anderson, A A Ang, M Ares, Jr, A J Barber, L P Barker, J M Barrett, W D Barshop, C M Bauerle, I M Bayles, K L Belfield, A A Best, A Borjon, Jr, C A Bowman, C A Boyer, K W Bradley, V A Bradley, L N Broadway, K Budwal, K N Busby, I W Campbell, A M Campbell, A Carey, Caruso M Steven, R D Chew, C L Cockburn, L B Cohen, J M Corajod, S G Cresawn, K R Davis, L Deng, D R Denver, B R Dixon, S Ekram, S C Elgin, A E Engelsen, B E English, M L Erb, C Estrada, L Z Filliger, A M Findley, L Forbes, M H Forsyth, T M Fox, M J Fritz, R Garcia, Z D George, A E Georges, C R Gissendanner, S Goff, R Goldstein, K C Gordon, R D Green, S L Guerra, K R Guiney-Olsen, B G Guiza, L Haghighat, G V Hagopian, C J Harmon, J S Harmson, G A Hartzog, S E Harvey, S He, K J He, K E Healy, E R Higinbotham, E N Hildebrandt, J H Ho, G M Hogan, V G Hohenstein, N A Holz, V J Huang, E L Hufford, P M Hynes, A S Jackson, E C Jansen, J Jarvik, P G Jasinto, T C Jordan, T Kasza, M A Katelyn, J S Kelsey, L A Kerrigan, D Khaw, J Kim, J Z Knutter, C C Ko, G V Larkin, J R Laroche, A Latif, K D Leuba, S I Leuba, L O Lewis, K E Loesser-Casey, C A Long, A J Lopez, N Lowery, T Q Lu, V Mac, I R Masters, J J McCloud, M J McDonough, A J Medenbach, A Menon, R Miller, B K Morgan, P C Ng, E Nguyen, K T Nguyen, E T Nguyen, K M Nicholson, L A Parnell, C E Peirce, A M Perz, L J Peterson, R E Pferdehirt, S V Philip, K Pogliano, J Pogliano, T Polley, E J Puopolo, H S Rabinowitz, M J Resiss, C N Rhyan, Y M Robinson, L L Rodriguez, A C Rose, J D Rubin, J A Ruby, M S Saha, James W Sandoz, J Savitskaya, D J Schipper, C E Schnitzler, A R Schott, J B Segal, C D Shaffer, K E Sheldon, E M Shepard, J W Shepardson, M K Shroff, J M Simmons, E F Simms, B M Simpson, K M Sinclair, R L Sjoholm, I J Slette, B C Spaulding, C L Straub, J Stukey, T Sughrue, T Y Tang, L M Tatyana, S B Taylor, B J Taylor, L M Temple, J V Thompson, M P Tokarz, S E Trapani, A P Troum, J Tsay, A T Tubbs, J M Walton, D H Wang, H Wang, J R Warner, E G Weisser, S C Wendler, K A Weston-Hafer, H M Whelan, K E Williamson, A N Willis, H S Wirtshafter, T W Wong, P Wu, Yang Yj, B C Yee, D A Zaidins, B Zhang, M Y Zúniga, R W Hendrix, G F Hatfull
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Non-STEM Undergraduates Become Enthusiastic Phage-Hunters. CBE - Life Sci Educ
2009
CBE Life Sciences Education · 8(4) (4) · pp. 278-282
Caruso M Steven, Sandoz James, Kelsey Jessica
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BIOINFORMATICS – Identification of Bacteria using rDNA Analysis.
2007
Proceedings of the 29th Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE) · 29 · pp. 423-433
Caruso M Steven, Sandoz James
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Control of Bacillus subtilis Glutamine Synthetase Expression by GlnR from Staphylococcus aureus. Curr. Microbiol
2000
Current microbiology · 41 (6) · pp. 425-429
Caruso M Steven, H.J Schreier, K.C Maier
Presentations
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GOing forward: developing critical reading skills through an inter-campus GO annotation competition 2018
Tenth Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Poster
Caruso M Steven (Author & Presenter), Ivan Erill (Author)
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Gamifying critical reading through a genome annotation intercollegiate competition 2017
39th Annual ABLE Meeting – Major Workshop · ABLE · Seminar
Ivan Erill (Author & Presenter), Caruso M Steven (Author), Hu James (Author)
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Genome Annotation Using the Gene Ontology in an Intercollegiate Competition Setting 2016
Regional ABLE (RABLE) Conference · Association of Biology Laboratory Education
Caruso M Steven, Ivan Erill
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Exploring Research in STEM Teaching 2016
UMBC50 A Look Ahead, Explorations in Transformative Research · University of Maryland Baltimore County
Caruso M Steven, Ruth Wagner Cynthia, Stephen M Miller, Sarah M Leupen
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Giving it a GO - enhancing bacteriophage genome annotation and student learning with the Gene Ontology Seventh Annual SEA-Phages Symposium 2015
Seventh Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Poster
Caruso M Steven (Author & Presenter), Ivan Erill (Author & Presenter)
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Host range of Bacillus phages. Seventh Annual SEA-Phages Symposium 2015
Seventh Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Poster
Allison Johnson (Author & Presenter), Lynn Lewis (Author), Caruso M Steven (Author), Ivan Erill (Author), Louise Temple (Author)
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Out From Under the Bridge: Switching the Student Population of SEA-Phages 2013
Fifth Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Poster
Caruso M Steven (Author & Presenter), Ivan Erill (Author)
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Troll, a curved-tail Myoviridae of Bacillus thuringiensis 2013
Fifth Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Poster
Sabrina M Mathew (Author & Presenter), Robert Nunn (Author), Caruso M Steven (Author), Ivan Erill (Author)
Grants and Contracts
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Faculty Mentor and Classroom-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CRE) Instructor for the STEM BUILD at UMBC Initiative 2019
NIH · Grant · Funded
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Instructional Faculty, Research Enrichment Core of the STEM BUILD at UMBC Initiative 2015
NIH · Grant · Funded
Research in Progress
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Co-author on 159 bacteriophage genome NCBI entries 2009
Scholarly · On-Going
Courses Taught
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Ugrad Tchng Assistantshp
BIOL 396 · Fall 2025
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Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
BIOL 302L · Fall 2025
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Molecular & General Genetics
BIOL 302 · Summer 2025
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Life: Intro To Mod Biol
BIOL 109 · Summer 2025
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Phage Genome Analysis
BIOL 316L · Spring 2025
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Experimental Biology Lab
BIOL 300L · Spring 2025
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Human Genetics
BIOL 123 · Spring 2025
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Phage Genome Analysis
BIOL 316L · Winter 2025
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Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
BIOL 302L · Winter 2025
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eBiology - Phage Hunters
BIOL 216L · Winter 2025
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Ugrad Tchng Assistantshp
BIOL 396 · Fall 2023
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Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
BIOL 302L · Fall 2023
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Educational Research
PRAC 101 · Summer 2023
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Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
BIOL 302L · Summer 2023
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Molecular & General Genetics
BIOL 302 · Summer 2023
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Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
BIOL 302L · Spring 2023
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Human Genetics
BIOL 123 · Spring 2023
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Life: Intro To Mod Biol
BIOL 109 · Winter 2023
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Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
BIOL 302L · Fall 2022
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Honors Capstone Course
BIOL 497H · Fall 2021
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Undergrad. Lab/Field Rsch
BIOL 499 · Spring 2021