Undergraduate Study Abroad: Identifying Bacteriophages in Barcelona

This winter, Meredith Morse took part in UMBC’s Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program: Phage Hunters. This CBEE senior participated in the course Phage Hunters Genome Analysis at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. Through this course, students were trained on how to identify unknown bacteriophages and how to annotate complete bacteriophage genome sequences through bacteriophage biology and genetics.

Meredith also participated in an internship with the IDEAS Mentorship Program at Universitat Pompeu Fabra where she conducted research with the Oxidative Stress and Cell Cycle Research Group. Through this lab, Meredith practiced many lab techniques including DNA extraction, PCR, gel electrophoresis, Western blotting, and microscopy, to better understand the cell cycle in the fission yeast S. pombe.

See Meredith Morse’s Linked In post: https://shorturl.at/pkO87

PHOTO CREDIT: Meredith Morse