# BIOCHEM 207: Engineering Bacteriophage Laboratory | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### schema version

6

### importer version

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### projection id

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### observed at

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### built at

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### courses

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### current instructors

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### limited

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### term

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### departments

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| SURGERY   | 25    |
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| URBRPL    | 60    |
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## course

### run id

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### semester

1272

### observed at

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### record version id

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### course id

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### catalog version id

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### course number

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### subjects

* BIOCHEM

### title

ENGINEERING BACTERIOPHAGE LABORATORY

### description

Introduces the lab skills and techniques used in biochemistry and molecular biology laboratories. Engineer mutants of the T7 bacteriophage and test the virulence of the bacteriophages on various bacterial strains. Integrate biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, genetics, and basic laboratory techniques.

### requirements text

None

### credit offering ids

None recorded.

### llm job id

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### llm model

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### llm model revision

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### llm task version

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### llm search status

valid

### llm summary

BIOCHEM 207 is an engineering bacteriophage laboratory that introduces biochemistry and molecular biology lab skills.

### llm topics

* Integration of biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, and genetics
* T7 bacteriophage mutation and engineering
* Bacteriophage virulence and bacterial strain interactions

### llm skills

* Lab skills and techniques in biochemistry and molecular biology
* Engineering bacteriophage mutants
* Testing bacteriophage virulence on bacterial strains

### llm assumed background

None recorded.

### llm search phrases

* bacteriophage engineering lab
* T7 phage mutagenesis
* biochemistry molecular biology techniques
* bacterial virulence testing

### llm requirements status

valid

### llm student summary status

valid

### llm experience status

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### catalog variants

None recorded.

### student summary

#### context hash

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#### course id

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#### current instructors

None recorded.

#### difficulty workload

None recorded.

#### errors

None recorded.

#### historical context

None recorded.

#### message

No course-specific reviews available

#### offered

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#### profile hash

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#### quick take

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.76 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 94.6% A/AB (n=37 letter grades).

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#### student experience

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#### teaching history

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#### term id

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#### term name

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#### version

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* Display fallback using original requirements text; not an LLM-parsed rule.

#### root

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#### status

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### instructors

None recorded.

### offerings

None recorded.

### sections

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### grade instructors

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#### gpa

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#### graded

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### grade conflicts

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### evidence

#### history

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course\_911853099efd8ded117e83ba-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course_911853099efd8ded117e83ba-0.json)

#### traces

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course\_911853099efd8ded117e83ba-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course_911853099efd8ded117e83ba-0.json)

#### results

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course\_911853099efd8ded117e83ba-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course_911853099efd8ded117e83ba-0.json)

### revision

e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349

## context

### all

#### term



#### gpa

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#### count

56

#### university

##### size

2021

##### gpa Percentile

74

##### count Percentile

34

##### median Count

77

##### histogram

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### terms

#### 1254

##### term

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##### gpa

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##### count

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##### departments

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| ------- | ---------- |
| BIOCHEM |            |

#### 1264

##### term

1264

##### gpa

3.945945945945946

##### count

37

##### university

###### size

1283

###### gpa Percentile

87

###### count Percentile

13

###### median Count

66

###### histogram

| range   | count | current |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
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##### departments

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### benchmarks

#### all

##### school

###### size

2021

###### gpa

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###### top Share

82.25902967226666

###### count

77

##### BIOCHEM

###### size

18

###### gpa

3.5704031580510267

###### top Share

74.87456258983882

###### count

77

#### terms

##### 1254

###### school

###### size

1289

###### gpa

3.6126423469389106

###### top Share

79.48050408754871

###### count

66

###### BIOCHEM

###### size

14

###### gpa

3.433964049199819

###### top Share

66.50185965650853

###### count

54.5

##### 1264

###### school

###### size

1283

###### gpa

3.6229729166451925

###### top Share

80.13669149396227

###### count

66

###### BIOCHEM

###### size

12

###### gpa

3.579078243735759

###### top Share

75.20837163824363

###### count

45.5

## instructor Trends

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## following

None recorded.
