American Society for Microbiology Conference hosted
11/16/2013
November 2013 Alison and colleague Ian Glomski co-hosted the Virginia Branch of the American Society for Microbiology annual meeting at UVA on November 8 and 9. The Criss lab was well…
NIH National Graduate Student Research Conference
10/16/2013
October 2013 Brittany was selected to present a poster at the NIH National Graduate Student Research Conference. It was unfortunately canceled due to the government shutdown.
UVA International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM)
10/16/2013
October 2013 Congratulations to the UVA International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) team, which won a gold medal at the North America semifinal and competed in the Global iGEM Championship! Alison…
Alison receives UVA School of Medicine’s Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research
9/16/2013
September 2013 Alison received the UVA School of Medicine’s Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research! Click here for the award poster.
Journal of Visualized Experiments video article published
9/16/2013
September 2013 The Journal of Visualized Experiments published Brittany and Alison’s video article, “Fluorescence microscopy methods for determining the viability of bacteria in association with mammalian cells.” The video and…
7/16/2013
July 2013 Alison and former undergraduate Erin Dale contributed to “Neisseria gonorrhoeae metalloprotease NGO1686 is required for full piliation, and piliation is required for resistance to H2O2- and neutrophil-mediated killing,”…
2013 American Society for Microbiology’s Kadner Institute
7/16/2013
July 2013: Brittany Johnson was selected to participate in the 2013 American Society for Microbiology’s Kadner Institute. The Kadner Institute provides guidance on preparation for careers in microbiology. More information…
2013 Phagocytes Gordon Research Conference
6/16/2013
June 2013: Alison was invited to speak at the 2013 Phagocytes Gordon Research Conference. Her talk was entitled "Survival of Neisseria gonorrhoeae after primary human neutrophil challenge.” More information on…
American Society for Microbiology 2013
5/16/2013
May 2013: Alison gave the talk "Playing with fire: Neutrophils in the pathogenesis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae" at the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Denver, Colorado.
Journal of Bacteriology Publication
4/16/2013
April 2013: The manuscript “Constitutively Opa-expressing and Opa-deficient Neisseria gonorrhoeae differentially stimulate and survive exposure to human neutrophils,” by Louise and Alison, was accepted at the Journal of Bacteriology. It was…
