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!“…
Jonathan publishes article in Cellular Microbiology
12/2/2014
December 2014: Congratulations to Jonathan, whose manuscript “The lipooligosaccharide-modifying enzyme LptA enhances gonococcal defense against human neutrophils” was accepted at Cellular Microbiology! A link to the manuscript can be found…
Brittany, Louise, and Kylene publish in Cellular Microbiology
10/4/2014
October 2014: Congratulations to Brittany, Louise, and Kylene, whose manuscript “Opa+ Neisseria gonorrhoeae exhibits reduced survival in human neutrophils via Src family kinase-mediated bacterial trafficking into mature phagolysosomes” was accepted…
American Society for Microbiology Supported Lecture at Lynchburg College
10/2/2014
October 2014: Alison and Stephanie spoke with undergraduate microbiology students at Lynchburg College, where Alison gave a lecture sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology.
Criss Lab attends International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference
10/1/2014
October 2013: Alison, Asya, Rick, Jonathan, Stephanie, and Louise presented their work at the International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference in Asheville, NC.
9/16/2014
September 2014 - the U19 “Ecopathogenomics of sexually transmitted infections” was funded by the National Institutes of Health. Alison is a collaborator for all projects in this multi-project systems biology grant.…
Alison receives Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
9/10/2014
September 2014 - Alison received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching! Information about the award can be found here. An excerpt of the Award poster can be found here.
8/16/2014
August 2014 - R21 AI110889, “Gonococcal Nuclease Mediated Escape from Neutrophil Extracellular Traps” (Alison Criss, PI) was funded by the National Institutes of Health
Criss lab members appointed to Training Grants
7/16/2014
July 2014 - Congratulations to Stephanie and Jacqueline for appointment to the Infectious Diseases and the Medical Scientist Training Program training grants, respectively!
