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 2019	BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
	BIOL 396 – Ugrad Tchng Assistantshp
	BIOL 499 – Undergrad. Lab/Field Rsch
Summer 2019	BIOL 302 – Molecular & General Genetics
	BIOL 499 – Undergrad. Lab/Field Rsch
Spring 2019	BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
	BIOL 316L – Phage Genome Analysis
	BIOL 499 – Undergrad. Lab/Field Rsch
Winter 2019	BIOL 109 – Life: Intro To Mod Biol

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

Koert, Matthew Lopez-Perez, Julia Mattson, Courtney Steven, Caruso M. Erill, Ivan (2020) Evidence for shared ancestry between Actinobacteria and Firmicutes bacteriophages bioRxiv, 842583, ver. 3 peer-reviewed and recommended by Peer Community in Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1101/842583

Steven, Caruso M. deCarvalho, Tagide Huynh, Anthony Morcos, George Kuo, Nansen Parsa, Shabnam Erill, Ivan (2019) A Novel Genus of Actinobacterial Tectiviridae 12 vol. 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 vol. 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 vol. 6 e00493-18 Washington, DC Genome Announcements

Erill, Ivan Steven, Caruso M. (2018) Complete Genome Sequence of Streptomyces Bacteriophage Abt2graduatex2 3 vol. 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 vol. 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 vol. 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 vol. 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 vol. 4 Washington, DC Genome announcements

Erill, Ivan Steven, Caruso M. (2016) Genome Sequence of Bacillus cereus Group Phage SalinJah 5 vol. 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 vol. 489 243-251 Virology

Erill, Ivan Steven, Caruso M. (2015) Genome Sequences of Two Bacillus cereus Group Bacteriophages, Eyuki and AvesoBmore 5 vol. 3 e01199–15 Washington, DC Genome Announcements

Erill, Ivan Steven, Caruso M. (2015) Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus cereus Group Phage TsarBomba 5 vol. 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. vol. 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 vol. 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 vol. 6 e16329 PloS one

Steven, Caruso M. James, Sandoz Jessica, Kelsey (2009) Non-STEM Undergraduates Become Enthusiastic Phage-Hunters. CBE - Life Sci Educ 4 vol. 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) vol. 29

Steven, Caruso M. (2000) Control of Bacillus subtilis Glutamine Synthetase Expression by GlnR from Staphylococcus aureus. Curr. Microbiol 6 vol. 41 425-429 Current microbiology

Research in Progress

Steven, Caruso M. Co-author on 103 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)

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)

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) 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)

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)