July 2022: Our lab publishes in eLife!
7/10/2022
Check out our latest publication: “Phosphoregulation accommodates Type III secretion and assembly of a tether of ER- Chlamydia inclusion membrane contact sites “ This work was initiated by Becky…
July 2022: Samantha is re-appointed to the ID training grant!
7/10/2022
Congratulations to Samantha for being re-appointed to the NIH Infectious Disease Training Grant (T32 AI007046).
7/10/2022
We welcome Elaheh (Eli) Najafian, as our new laboratory specialist.
June 2022: Samantha moves on to candidacy!
6/10/2022
Congratulations to Samantha who received an unconditional pass for her Qualifying Exam.
June 2022: A third publication for Clayton!
6/10/2022
Congratulations Clayton on the publication of your manuscript titled " The Chlamydia trachomatis Inclusion Membrane Protein CTL0390 Mediates Host Cell Exit via Lysis through STING Activation" in Infection and Immunity.…
5/10/2022
We welcome Dr. Forrest Walker, a recent graduate from the Baldridge Lab at Washington University, as he embarks on his postdoctoral journey.
March 2022: Congratulations Rachel!
4/29/2022
Rachel Ende was awarded a TUFTS IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellowship. She will be joining the Mecsas Lab in the Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Tufts Medical School in Boston,…
4/29/2022
Eleanor and Samantha were awarded a Double Hoo Award to fund their research this summer. A big thank you to Rachel who has been mentoring Eleanor since she joined the…
February 2022: UVA Infectious Disease Research Day
2/24/2022
Another exciting in-person event. Samantha hosted and introduced the keynote speaker Dr. Ana Fernandez-Sezma, and presented a poster. Clayton gave a talk. Rachel presented a poster.
February 2022: Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting
2/24/2022
Rachel, Eugenia and Samantha attended their first in-person meeting in 2 years! Rachel presented a poster.
