Igor Stojilkovic Memorial Travel Awards to attend the International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference
2/3/2016
January 2016: Congratulations to Jacqueline and Stephanie, who received Igor Stojilkovic Memorial Travel Awards to attend the International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference in Manchester, UK in September! Information about the IPNC…
Alison convenes session at ASM
6/11/2015
Alison convened the session “Making a Happy Home: New Concepts in Niche Modulation by Microbial Pathogens” at the 115th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in New Orleans.
Welcome Urmila Bharathan to the Criss Lab
6/11/2015
We welcome Urmila Bharathan to the Criss Lab! Urmila is a rising 2nd year at UVA majoring in Biology. Her summer research will explore the role of gonococcal efflux pumps…
Jacqueline and Becky were appointed to the UVA Infectious Diseases T32 Training Grant
5/11/2015
Congratulations to Jacqueline Stevens and Becky Dunning, who were appointed to the UVA Infectious Diseases T32 Training Grant for 2015-2016!
Kylene Daily graduates and is our new Lab Specialist
5/11/2015
Kylene Daily celebrated her graduation from UVA College of Arts and Sciences with a BS in Chemistry (ACS Certified) and after 3 years of undergraduate research in the Criss Lab.…
We welcome Rebecca Dunning to the Criss lab!
5/6/2015
Becky received her undergraduate degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and worked at the Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services before matriculating in the BIMS program. Becky will examine the mechanisms…
Welcome Yonathan Michael to the Criss Lab
5/4/2015
We welcome Yonathan Michael to the Criss Lab! Yonnie is a rising 3rd year UVA Nanomedicine major. This summer, he will be investigating the fate of Opa+ liposomes in neutrophils,…
Asya publishes article in Journal of Immunological Methods
4/11/2015
Congratulations to Asya, whose manuscript with Joanne Lannigan and Mike Solga, “An Improved Method for Differentiating Cell-bound from Internalized Particles by Imaging Flow Cytometry,” was accepted for publication in the…
Criss lab attends 2015 Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting
2/13/2015
Alison, Asya, Rick, Jonathan, Stephanie, Jacqueline, and Kylene attended the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting at Wintergreen Resort. Rick gave a talk, Asya, Jonathan, Stephanie, and Kylene presented posters, and…
Rick and Jacqueline publish in Journal of Infectious Diseases
1/16/2015
January 2015: Congratulations to Rick and Jacqueline, whose manuscript “A thermonuclease of Neisseria gonorrhoeae enhances bacterial escape from killing by neutrophil extracellular traps” was accepted at The Journal of Infectious Diseases!“…
