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Steven M Caruso

Steven M Caruso

Principal Lecturer

Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences Bldg, Room BS 455

Phone
410-455-2246
scaruso@umbc.edu
Education
Ph D, University of Maryland Graduate School Baltimore (2002)
BS, University of Maryland Baltimore County (1994)
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CV
Steven M Caruso's CV

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.

Selected Classes

Fall 2024 BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
BIOL 499 – Undergrad. Lab/Field Rsch
Summer 2024 BIOL 109 – Life: Intro To Mod Biol
BIOL 302 – Molecular & General Genetics
BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
Spring 2024 BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
BIOL 316L – Phage Genome Analysis
Winter 2024 BIOL 109 – Life: Intro To Mod Biol
Fall 2023 BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
BIOL 396 – Ugrad Tchng Assistantshp
Summer 2023 BIOL 302 – Molecular & General Genetics
BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
PRAC 101 – Educational Research
Spring 2023 BIOL 123 – Human Genetics
BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
Winter 2023 BIOL 109 – Life: Intro To Mod Biol
Fall 2022 BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
Fall 2021 BIOL 497H – Honors Capstone Course
Spring 2021 BIOL 499 – Undergrad. Lab/Field Rsch

Contracts, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Steven, Caruso M. Faculty Mentor and Classroom-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CRE) Instructor for the STEM BUILD at UMBC Initiative Grant (Funded) Sponsored by NIH (Jan 1, 2019 – Dec 31, 2023)

Steven, Caruso M. Instructional Faculty, Research Enrichment Core of the STEM BUILD at UMBC Initiative Grant (Funded) Sponsored by NIH (Jan 1, 2015 – Dec 31, 2018)

Intellectual Contributions

10 vol. 13 e0058424 Washington, DC Microbiology resource announcements .

e0058124 Washington, DC Microbiology resource announcements .

vol. 9 Frontiers in Education .

e0018224 Washington, DC Microbiology resource announcements .

e0006824 Washington, DC Microbiology resource announcements .

HHMI Science Education Alliance (SEA) Faculty Group, (Version 4.1) HHMI BioQuest

STEM: Innovation on Teaching and Learning vol. 8 20 FRONTIERS IN EDUCATION .

12 vol. 17 2381-2388 The ISME Journal .

11 vol. 12 e00592-23 Washington, DC Microbiology Resource Announcements .

2 vol. 15 276 Basel Viruses .

12 vol. 11 e0099822 Washington, DC Microbiology resource announcements .

11 vol. 11 e0092222 Washington, DC Microbiology resource announcements .

vol. 13 918015 Frontiers in microbiology

vol. 1 e16 Peer Community Journal .

10 vol. 17 e1009463 PLoS computational biology

Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2021) London ICTV [International Committee for Taxonomy of Viruses] .

12 vol. 11 1134 Basel Viruses

12 vol. 7 e00993-1018 Washington, DC Microbiology Resource Announcements .

25 vol. 6 e00493-18 Washington, DC Genome Announcements .

3 vol. 6 e01480-17 Washington, DC Genome Announcements .

6 vol. 39 18 Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching

201718188 Washington, DC Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .

31 vol. 5 e00700-17 Washington, DC Genome Announcements .

29 vol. 5 e00701-17 Washington, DC Genome Announcements .

London ICTV [International Committee for Taxonomy of Viruses] .

5 vol. 4 Washington, DC Genome announcements .

5 vol. 4 e00953–16 Washington, DC Genome Announcements .

February 2016 vol. 489 243-251 Virology .

5 vol. 3 e01199–15 Washington, DC Genome Announcements .

5 vol. 3 e01178–15 Washington, DC Genome Announcements .

vol. 4 e06416 eLife .

1 vol. 5 01051-13 ASM .

1 vol. 6 e16329 PloS one

4 vol. 8(4) 278-282 CBE Life Sciences Education .

Proceedings of the 29th Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE) vol. 29 423-433

6 vol. 41 425-429 Current microbiology

Research in Progress

Co-author on 150 bacteriophage genome NCBI entries Scholarly (On-Going) Jan 1, 2009

Presentations

(Author & Presenter) (Author) Tenth Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium Poster GOing forward: developing critical reading skills through an inter-campus GO annotation competition Howard Hughes Medical Institute

(Author & Presenter) (Author) (Author) 39th Annual ABLE Meeting – Major Workshop Seminar Gamifying critical reading through a genome annotation intercollegiate competition ABLE

Regional ABLE (RABLE) Conference Other Genome Annotation Using the Gene Ontology in an Intercollegiate Competition Setting Association of Biology Laboratory Education

UMBC50 A Look Ahead, Explorations in Transformative Research Other Exploring Research in STEM Teaching University of Maryland Baltimore County

(Author & Presenter) (Author & Presenter) Seventh Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium Poster Giving it a GO - enhancing bacteriophage genome annotation and student learning with the Gene Ontology Seventh Annual SEA-Phages Symposium Howard Hughes Medical Institute

(Author & Presenter) (Author) (Author) (Author) (Author) Seventh Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium Poster Host range of Bacillus phages. Seventh Annual SEA-Phages Symposium Howard Hughes Medical Institute

(Author & Presenter) (Author) Fifth Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium Poster Out From Under the Bridge: Switching the Student Population of SEA-Phages Howard Hughes Medical Institute

(Author & Presenter) (Author) (Author) (Author) Fifth Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium Poster Troll, a curved-tail Myoviridae of Bacillus thuringiensis Howard Hughes Medical Institute