September 2018: Asya and Alison at International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference
9/8/2018
Asya and Alison traveled to Asilomar, California to present at the International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference. Asya presented a poster, and Alison gave talks in a plenary session and at a workshop.
September 2018: Stephanie Ragland, PhD
9/7/2018
Congratulations to newly minted PhD Stephanie! We wish her all the best as she starts her postdoc with Jon Kagan at Harvard Medical School.
August 2018: Alison judges Pandemics Simulation at the Batten School
8/30/2018
Alison served as an expert judge for the Pandemic Simulation, hosted by the Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at…
July 2018 – Global Infectious Diseases Institute Faculty-Trainee Summer Social
8/9/2018
Alison and the lab celebrated the first year of the UVA Global Infectious Diseases Institute at the Summer Social on July 24. Shown here is Director Alison and Associate Director…
July 2018 – Allie’s review article accepted at Trends in Microbiology
8/9/2018
Congratulations to Allie, whose review article “Gonococcal defenses against antimicrobial activities of neutrophils” was accepted at Trends in Microbiology!
July 2018 – Research on lysozyme inhibitors in gonococci highlighted
8/9/2018
Stephanie’s PLOS Pathogens manuscript on lysozyme inhibitors in N. gonorrhoeae was highlighted by UVAToday and local news outlets.
July 2018 – Criss Lab graduate students appointed to training grants
8/9/2018
Congratulations to Amaris and Lacie, who were appointed to the NIH T32 Infectious Diseases Training Grant, and to Jocelyn, who was appointed to the NIH T32 Global Biothreats Training Grant!…
July 2018: Alison receives tenure
7/7/2018
Alison was awarded tenure at the University of Virginia School of Medicine!
June 2018 – Jacqueline’s thesis defense
6/18/2018
Congratulations to Jacqueline, who successfully defended her PhD in the lovely Rotunda Dome Room and is now a Double Hoo! Jacqueline will reenter medical school for her 3rd year clinical…
June 2018 – We welcome Nana to the Criss Lab
6/18/2018
We welcome VA-NC Alliance summer student Nana Twumasi-Ankrah to the Criss lab! Nana is a rising second-year undergraduate attending VCU and plans to major in bioinformatics. Nana will hone her…
