Steven M Caruso
Principal Lecturer
Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences Bldg BS 455
Education
Ph D University of Maryland Graduate School Baltimore 2002
BS University of Maryland Baltimore County 1994
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 2022 BIOL 396 – Ugrad Tchng Assistantshp
- BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
- Summer 2022 BIOL 302 – Molecular & General Genetics
- BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
- Spring 2022 BIOL 316L – Phage Genome Analysis
- BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
- Winter 2022 BIOL 109 – Life: Intro To Mod Biol
- Fall 2021 BIOL 497H – Honors Capstone Course
- Spring 2021 BIOL 499 – Undergrad. Lab/Field Rsch
Contracts, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research
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).
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).
Intellectual Contributions
Kumar, Soven Verma., Schaffer, Nicholas, Bharmal, Zainab, Mood, Quinn, Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2024). Complete genome and characteristics of cluster BC bacteriophage SoJo, isolated using Streptomyces mirabilis NRRL B-2400 in Columbia, MD.. e0006824 Washington, DC: Microbiology resource announcements.
deCarvalho, Tagide, Mascolo, Elia, Steven, Caruso M., López-Pérez, Júlia, Weston-Hafer, Kathleen, Shaffer, Christopher, Erill, Ivan. (2023). Simultaneous entry as an adaptation to virulence in a novel satellite-helper system infecting Streptomyces species. The ISME Journal.
Cleary, Katherine E., Pelagalli, Charles, Cassford, Marly, Berry, Nathan, Aguas, Elizabeth, Kim, Brandon, deCarvalho, Tagide, Jacobs-Sera, Deborah, Steven, Caruso M., Cornely, Kathleen. (2023). Genome sequence of Streptomyces BM cluster phage Frankenweenie. 11. 12 e00592-23 Washington, DC: Microbiology Resource Announcements.
Ismail, Ahmed, Saini, Tanuj, Al Qaffas, Ahmed, Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M., Temple, Louise, Johnson, Allison A. (2023). Evidence of a Set of Core-Function Genes in 16 Bacillus Podoviral Genomes with Considerable Genomic Diversity. 2. 15 276 Basel: Viruses.
Davis, F, Kakacek, B, Doorandish, D, Goldwasser, T, Agboha, N, Steven, Caruso M., Erill, Ivan. (2022). Genome Sequences of Streptomyces Bacteriophages Fabian, FlowerPower, Geostin, RetrieverFever, and Vorvolakos.. 12. 11 e0099822 Washington, DC: Microbiology resource announcements.
Park, Y G., McCarthy, G F., Mustafa, H, Feild, G M., Puram, S, Younes, H A., Imam, D, Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2022). Complete Genome Sequences of Streptomyces Bacteriophages Annihilus, TonyStarch, Thiqqums, CricKo, ClubPenguin, RosaAsantewaa, and PherryCruz.. 11. 11 e0092222 Washington, DC: Microbiology resource announcements.
Mascolo, E, Adhikari, S, Steven, Caruso M., deCarvalho, Tagide, Folch Salvador, A, Serra-Sagristà, J, Young, R, Erill, Ivan, Curtis, P D. (2022). The transcriptional regulator CtrA controls gene expression in Alphaproteobacteria phages: Evidence for a lytic deferment pathway.. 13 918015 Frontiers in microbiology.
Koert, Matthew, Lopez-Perez, Julia, Mattson, Courtney, Steven, Caruso M., Erill, Ivan. (2021). Evidence for shared ancestry between Actinobacteria and Firmicutes bacteriophages. 1 e16 Peer Community Journal.
Ramsey, J, McIntosh, B, Renfro, D, Aleksander, S A., LaBonte, S, Ross, C, Zweifel, A E., Liles, N, Farrar, S, Gill, J J., Erill, Ivan, Ades, S, Berardini, T Z., Bennett, J A., Brady, S, Britton, R, Carbon, S, Steven, Caruso M., Clements, D, Dalia, R, Defelice, M, Doyle, E L., Friedberg, I, Hughes, L, Johnson, A, Kowalski, J M., Li, D, Lovering, R C., Mans, T L., McCarthy, F, Moore, S D., Murphy, R, Paustian, T D., Perdue, S, Peterson, C N., Prüß, B M., Saha, M S., Sheehy, R R., Tansey, J T., Temple, L, Thorman, A W., Trevino, S, Vollmer, A C., Walbot, V, Willey, J, Siegele, D A., Hu, J C. (2021). Crowdsourcing biocuration: The Community Assessment of Community Annotation with Ontologies (CACAO).. 10. 17 e1009463 PLoS computational biology.
Steven, Caruso M., deCarvalho, Tagide, Kropinski, Andrew M., Gill, Jason, Gillis, Annika. (2021). ICTV Taxonomic Proposal 2020.042B.R.Deltatectivirus_Epsilontectivirus. Create two new genera (Deltatectivirus and Epsilontectivirus) including three new species (Kalamavirales: Tectiviridae).. 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].
Steven, Caruso M., deCarvalho, Tagide, Huynh, Anthony, Morcos, George, Kuo, Nansen, Parsa, Shabnam, Erill, Ivan. (2019). A novel genus of actinobacterial Tectiviridae. 12. 11 1134 Basel: Viruses.
Blocker, Devin, Koert, Matthew, Mattson, Courtney, Patel, Harsh, Patel, Priya, Patel, Rishit, Paudel, Hemanta, Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2018). Complete Genome Sequences of Six BI Cluster Streptomyces Bacteriophages, HotFries, Moozy, Rainydai, RavenPuff, Scap1, and SenditCS. 12. 7 e00993-1018 Washington, DC: Microbiology Resource Announcements.
Lee, Martin, Puglisi, Kayla M., Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2018). Complete Genome Sequences of HonestAbe, Anthony, and Taffo16, Three Cluster C Bacillus cereus Group Bacteriophages. 25. 6 e00493-18 Washington, DC: Genome Announcements.
Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2018). Complete Genome Sequence of Streptomyces Bacteriophage Abt2graduatex2. 3. 6 e01480-17 Washington, DC: Genome Announcements.
Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M., Hu, Jim. (2018). Gamifying critical reading through a genome annotation intercollegiate competition. 6. 39 18 Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching.
Hanauer, David I., Graham, Mark J., Betancur, Laura, Bobrownicki, Aiyana, Cresawn, Steven G., Garlena, Rebecca A., Jacobs-Sera, Deborah, Kaufmann, Nancy, Pope, Welkin H., Russell, Daniel A., Jacobs, William R., Sivanathan, Viknesh, Asai, David J., Hatfull, Graham F., Steven, Caruso M., Erill, Ivan. (2017). An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning. 201718188 Washington, DC: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2017). Bacillus cereus Group Bacteriophage Flapjack Genome Sequence. 31. 5 e00700-17 Washington, DC: Genome Announcements.
Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2017). Complete Genome Sequences of Three phi29-Like Bacillus cereus Group Podoviridae. 29. 5 e00701-17 Washington, DC: Genome Announcements.
Steven, Caruso M., Klumpp, Jochen, Kropinski, Andrew M., Adriaenssens, Evelien M., Kuhn, Jens H., Ryu, Sangryeol. (2017). ICTV Taxonomic Proposal 2016.051a-dB.A.v1.Tsarbombavirus. Create genus Tsarbombavirus in the subfamily Spounavirinae, family Myoviridae, order Caudovirales.. London: ICTV [International Committee for Taxonomy of Viruses].
Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2016). Complete Genome Sequence of the Streptomyces Phage Nanodon.. 5. 4 Washington, DC: Genome announcements.
Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2016). Genome Sequence of Bacillus cereus Group Phage SalinJah. 5. 4 e00953–16 Washington, DC: Genome Announcements.
Sauder, Amber Brooke., Quinn, McKenzie Rea., Brouillette, Alexis, Steven, Caruso M., Cresawn, Steven, Erill, Ivan, Lewis, Lynn, Loesser-Casey, Kathryn, Pate, Morgan, Crystal, Crystal, Stockwell, Stephanie, Temple, Louise. (2016). Genomic characterization and comparison of seven Myoviridae bacteriophage infecting Bacillus thuringiensis. February 2016. 489 243-251 Virology.
Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2015). Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus cereus Group Phage TsarBomba. 5. 3 e01178–15 Washington, DC: Genome Announcements.
Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2015). Genome Sequences of Two Bacillus cereus Group Bacteriophages, Eyuki and AvesoBmore. 5. 3 e01199–15 Washington, DC: Genome Announcements.
Pope, Welkin H., Bowman, Charles A., Russell, Daniel A., Jacobs-Sera, Deborah, Asai, David, Cresawn, Steven G., Hendrix, Roger W., Lawrence, Jeffrey G., Hatfull, Graham F., Steven, Caruso M. (2015). Whole genome comparison of a large collection of mycobacteriophages reveals a continuum of phage genetic diversity.. 4 e06416 eLife.
Jordan, Tuajuanda C., Barnett, Sandra H., Carson, Susan, Steven, Caruso M. (2014). A Broadly Implementable Research Course in Phage Discovery and Genomics for First-Year Undergraduate Students. 1. 5 01051-13 ASM.
Pope, W H., Jacobs-Sera, D, Russell, D A., Peebles, C L., Al-Atrache, Z, Alcoser, T A., Alexander, L M., Alfano, M B., Alford, S T., Amy, N E., Anderson, M D., Anderson, A G., Ang, A A., Ares, Jr, M, Barber, A J., Barker, L P., Barrett, J M., Barshop, W D., Bauerle, C M., Bayles, I M., Belfield, K L., Best, A A., Bowman, C A., Boyer, C A., Bradley, K W., Bradley, V A., Broadway, L N., Budwal, K, Busby, K N., Campbell, I W., Campbell, A M., Carey, A, Steven, Caruso M., Chew, R D., Cockburn, C L., Cohen, L B., Corajod, J M., Cresawn, S G., Davis, K R., Deng, L, Denver, D R., Dixon, B R., Ekram, S, Elgin, S C., Engelsen, A E., English, B E., Erb, M L., Estrada, C, Filliger, L Z., Findley, A M., Forbes, L, Forsyth, M H., Fox, T M., Fritz, M J., Garcia, R, George, Z D., Georges, A E., Gissendanner, C R., Goff, S, Goldstein, R, Gordon, K C., Green, R D., Guerra, S L., Guiney-Olsen, K R., Guiza, B G., Haghighat, L, Hagopian, G V., Harmon, C J., Harmson, J S., Hartzog, G A., Harvey, S E., He, S, He, K J., Healy, K E., Higinbotham, E R., Hildebrandt, E N., Ho, J H., Hogan, G M., Hohenstein, V G., Holz, N A., Huang, V J., Hufford, E L., Hynes, P M., Jackson, A S., Jansen, E C., Jarvik, J, Jasinto, P G., Jordan, T C., Kasza, T, Katelyn, M A., Kelsey, J S., Kerrigan, L A., Khaw, D, Kim, J, Knutter, J Z., Ko, C C., Larkin, G V., Laroche, J R., Latif, A, Leuba, K D., Leuba, S I., Lewis, L O., Loesser-Casey, K E., Long, C A., Lopez, A J., Lowery, N, Lu, T Q., Mac, V, Masters, I R., McCloud, J J., McDonough, M J., Medenbach, A J., Menon, A, Miller, R, Morgan, B K., Ng, P C., Nguyen, E, Nguyen, K T., Nguyen, E T., Nicholson, K M., Parnell, L A., Peirce, C E., Perz, A M., Peterson, L J., Pferdehirt, R E., Philip, S V., Pogliano, K, Pogliano, J, Polley, T, Puopolo, E J., Rabinowitz, H S., Resiss, M J., Rhyan, C N., Robinson, Y M., Rodriguez, L L., Rose, A C., Rubin, J D., Ruby, J A., Saha, M S., Sandoz, James W., Savitskaya, J, Schipper, D J., Schnitzler, C E., Schott, A R., Segal, J B., Shaffer, C D., Sheldon, K E., Shepard, E M., Shepardson, J W., Shroff, M K., Simmons, J M., Simms, E F., Simpson, B M., Sinclair, K M., Sjoholm, R L., Slette, I J., Spaulding, B C., Straub, C L., Stukey, J, Sughrue, T, Tang, T Y., Tatyana, L M., Taylor, S B., Taylor, B J., Temple, L M., Thompson, J V., Tokarz, M P., Trapani, S E., Troum, A P., Tsay, J, Tubbs, A T., Walton, J M., Wang, D H., Wang, H, Warner, J R., Weisser, E G., Wendler, S C., Weston-Hafer, K A., Whelan, H M., Williamson, K E., Willis, A N., Wirtshafter, H S., Wong, T W., Wu, P, Yee, B C., Zaidins, D A., Zhang, B, Zúniga, M Y., Hendrix, R W., Hatfull, G F. (2011). Expanding the diversity of mycobacteriophages: insights into genome architecture and evolution.. 1. 6 e16329 PloS one.
Steven, Caruso M., James, Sandoz, Jessica, Kelsey. (2009). Non-STEM Undergraduates Become Enthusiastic Phage-Hunters. CBE - Life Sci Educ. 4. 8(4) 278-282 CBE Life Sciences Education.
Steven, Caruso M., James, Sandoz. (2007). BIOINFORMATICS – Identification of Bacteria using rDNA Analysis.. Proceedings of the 29th Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE) 29 423-433
Steven, Caruso M. (2000). Control of Bacillus subtilis Glutamine Synthetase Expression by GlnR from Staphylococcus aureus. Curr. Microbiol. 6. 41 425-429 Current microbiology.
Research In Progress
Steven, Caruso M. “Co-author on 135 bacteriophage genome NCBI entries,” Scholarly (On-Going). Jan 1, 2009
Presentations
Steven, Caruso M. (Author & Presenter), Erill, Ivan (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. (Jun 9, 2018).
Erill, Ivan (Author & Presenter), Steven, Caruso M. (Author), James, Hu (Author). 39th Annual ABLE Meeting – Major Workshop. Seminar. "Gamifying critical reading through a genome annotation intercollegiate competition," ABLE. (Jun 14, 2017).
Steven, Caruso M., Erill, Ivan. Regional ABLE (RABLE) Conference. Other. "Genome Annotation Using the Gene Ontology in an Intercollegiate Competition Setting," Association of Biology Laboratory Education. (Oct 8, 2016).
Steven, Caruso M., Cynthia, Ruth Wagner, Miller, Stephen M., Leupen, Sarah M. UMBC50 A Look Ahead, Explorations in Transformative Research. Other. "Exploring Research in STEM Teaching," University of Maryland Baltimore County. (Apr 20, 2016).
Johnson, Allison (Author & Presenter), Lewis, Lynn (Author), Steven, Caruso M. (Author), Erill, Ivan (Author), Temple, Louise (Author). Seventh Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium. Poster. "Host range of Bacillus phages. Seventh Annual SEA-Phages Symposium," Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (Jun 14, 2015).
Steven, Caruso M. (Author & Presenter), Erill, Ivan (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. (Jun 14, 2015).
Mathew, Sabrina M. (Author & Presenter), Nunn, Robert (Author), Steven, Caruso M. (Author), Erill, Ivan (Author). Fifth Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium. Poster. "Troll, a curved-tail Myoviridae of Bacillus thuringiensis," Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (Jun 8, 2013).
Steven, Caruso M. (Author & Presenter), Erill, Ivan (Author). Fifth Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium. Poster. "Out From Under the Bridge: Switching the Student Population of SEA-Phages," Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (Jun 8, 2013).