March 2017 – Jacqueline chairs Southeast Symposium for Advocates for Women in Science and Medicine
3/5/2017
Congratulations to Jacqueline, who chaired the Southeast Symposium for Advocates for Women in Science and Medicine that was hosted at UVA! This very successful conference brought together junior scientists and…
February 2017 – Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting at Wintergreen Resort
2/5/2017
The Criss lab attended the Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting at Wintergreen Resort. Stephanie was invited to give a talk, and Jacqueline, Asya, and Sam presented posters. Alison served on the…
February 2017 – Welcome, Allie!
2/5/2017
February 2017 Graduate student Allie Palmer joined the Criss lab. Welcome, Allie!
December 2016 – Asya publishes Current Protocols in Cytometry manuscript
12/19/2016
Asya has had another great Imagestream publication accepted! “High-throughput particle uptake analysis using imaging flow cytometry” will be published in Current Protocols in Cytometry. The manuscript is coauthored by Alison…
September 2016 – Criss Lab at International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference
9/19/2016
The Criss Lab was well represented at the 20th International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference, September 4-9 in Manchester, UK. Stephanie and Asya gave talks, Jacqueline presented a poster, and Stephanie and…
August 2016 – Stephanie’s manuscript accepted at Cellular Microbiology
8/20/2016
Congratulations to Stephanie, whose manuscript “Two lytic transglycosylases in Neisseria gonorrhoeae impart resistance to killing by lysozyme and human neutrophils” was accepted at Cellular Microbiology! The manuscript was coauthored by Alison…
8/19/2016
We wish Becky well as she embarks on new adventures at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where she will work in cell biological Research and Development!
July 2016 – Criss and Cornelissen Labs Publish in Infection and Immunity
7/22/2016
Our collaborative research with Dr. Cynthia Cornelissen’s laboratory at Virginia Commonwealth University was accepted for publication at Infection and Immunity! “Neisseria gonorrhoeae Evades Calprotectin Mediated Nutritional Immunity and Survives Neutrophil…
July 2016 – Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Handing
7/22/2016
Huge congratulations to Jonathan, who has successfully defended his PhD! Jonathan’s dissertation is entitled “Neisseria gonorrhoeae defense against human neutrophils and host-derived antimicrobials.”
July 2016 – Criss and Columbus Labs Publish in Biochemistry
7/22/2016
The latest collaborative research on Opa proteins between the Criss lab and the lab of Linda Columbus, UVA Dept. of Chemistry was accepted for publication! “Neisserial Opa protein – CEACAM…
