August 2021: Amaris awarded NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship
8/30/2021
Congratulations to Amaris, who was awarded an F31 Predoctoral Fellowship by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of NIH! Amaris is investigating how modification of lipooligosaccharide of Neisseria…
July 2021: Lacie awarded Wagner Fellowship
8/30/2021
Congratulations to Lacie, who was awarded a Robert R. Wagner Fellowship! The fellowship is given to selected BIMS graduate students who exhibit exemplary research and contributions to the graduate community.…
July 2021: Alison promoted to Full Professor
8/30/2021
Alison was promoted to Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology. She joined the Department as an Assistant Professor in 2008.
June 2021: Opinion/Hypothesis on gonococcal-neutrophil interactions published in mBio
6/2/2021
Alison and colleagues at Uniformed Services University, University of Toronto, Tufts University, and Northwestern University published “Challenges and Controversies Concerning Neisseria gonorrhoeae-Neutrophil Interactions in Pathogenesis” in the American Society of…
May 2021: Congratulations x2 to Ian
6/2/2021
Double congratulations to graduate student Ian Liyayi, who successfully passed his PhD qualifying exam and was reappointed to the Infectious Diseases T32 Training Grant!
April 2021: Aimee elected to Board of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae Research Society
5/4/2021
Congratulations to postdoc Aimee Potter, who was elected as the inaugural trainee member of the Executive Board of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae Research Society ()!
December 2020: Happy holidays from the Criss lab
1/4/2021
We gathered by Zoom, as we have the past 9 months, to make some holiday-themed crafts, reflect on an eventful year, and look forward to healthy and happy times together…
1/4/2021
The lab received new funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Grant AI1R21AI157539 is entitled “Complement-independent role of C4 binding protein in gonococcal survival from human neutrophils.” …
October 2020: Aimee and Alison present at the NgoRS Conference
1/4/2021
Aimee and Alison were invited to give talks at the inaugural Neisseria gonorrhoeae Research Society Conference, held virtually October 21-24 ()
1/4/2021
The Criss lab gathered outdoors to wish Dr. Asya Smirnov all the best on her move to Washington University in St. Louis. Asya has been an integral part of the…
