Steven 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 2021 BIOL 396 – Ugrad Tchng Assistantshp
- BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
- BIOL 497H – Honors Capstone Course
- Summer 2021 BIOL 302 – Molecular & General Genetics
- BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
- Spring 2021 BIOL 499 – Undergrad. Lab/Field Rsch
- BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
- BIOL 316L – Phage Genome Analysis
- Winter 2021 BIOL 109 – Life: Intro To Mod Biol
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
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, 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). Genome Sequences of Two Bacillus cereus Group Bacteriophages, Eyuki and AvesoBmore. 5. 3 e01199–15 Washington, DC: Genome Announcements.
Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2015). Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus cereus Group Phage TsarBomba. 5. 3 e01178–15 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 120 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. Janelia Farms, Ashburn, VA. (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. Madison, WI2. (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. Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA. (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. UMBC, Baltimore, MD. (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. Janelia Farms, Ashburn, VA. (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. Janelia Farms, Ashburn, VA. (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. Janelia Farms, Ashburn, VA. (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. Janelia Farms, Ashburn, VA. (Jun 8, 2013).