June 2018 – Jacqueline’s manuscript accepted at The Journal of Infectious Diseases
6/18/2018
Jacqueline’s manuscript, “Endocervical and neutrophil lipoxygenases coordinate neutrophil transepithelial migration to Neisseria gonorrhoeae,” was accepted at The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Congratulations Jacqueline and Mary, and to our collaborator Christophe!
May 2018 – Stephanie’s manuscript accepted at PLOS Pathogens
6/18/2018
Stephanie’s manuscript, “Neisseria gonorrhoeae employs two protein inhibitors to evade killing by human lysozyme," was accepted at PLOS Pathogens. Congratulations Steph, and to our collaborators Myron and Vicky!
May 2018 – Allie passes her qualifying exam
6/18/2018
Allie passed her qualifying exam and is officially a PhD candidate in Microbiology. Congratulations, Allie!
May 2018 – Urmila and Katie graduate
6/18/2018
Congratulations to Urmila and Katie, who graduated from UVA with their bachelor’s degrees! Urmila will attend VCU Medical School in the fall, and Katie is working at Guidepoint while making…
March 2018 – Stephanie invited to talk at Keystone Cells vs. Pathogens Symposia
4/3/2018
Stephanie was selected to give a short talk at the Keystone Symposia on Cells vs. Pathogens: Intrinsic Defenses and Counterdefenses in Monterey, California. Congratulations on a beautiful talk, Stephanie!
January 2018 – Alison was named to the 2018 class of Pinn Scholars
1/5/2018
Alison was named to the 2018 class of Pinn Scholars, named for Vivian Pinn, the first African-American and female graduate of the UVA School of Medicine. The Pinn Scholars program…
November 2017 – Even more good grant news arrived
11/5/2017
Even more good grant news arrived, with the renewal of R01 AI097312 on “Survival of Neisseria gonorrhoeae after primary human neutrophil challenge” being funded by the National Institute of Allergy…
Sept 2017 – The Thematic Issue on Neisseria in the FEMS journal Pathogens and Disease
9/30/2017
The Thematic Issue on Neisseria in the FEMS journal Pathogens and Disease was released. Alison and colleague Chris Tang (Oxford, UK) jointly guest edited the issue. It is available at…
Sept 2017 – Jacqueline publishes in Current Opinion in Hematology
9/30/2017
Congratulations to Jacqueline, whose review with Alison on gonococcal pathogenesis in the female genital tract was accepted for publication in Current Opinion in Hematology! The article can be accessed HERE.
