Latest Department News
Latest News
Alison Criss Laboratory Reveals How ‘Super Gonorrhea’ Resists the Human Immune System
"UVA’s new research sheds important light on how the gonorrhea bacterium defeats the body’s antimicrobial defenses. Gonorrhea, the scientists determined, takes a two-fisted approach to neutralizing lysozyme, an enzyme that degrades bacteria and is … [Read More...]
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)
We are proud to announce that Becky Stanhope from Isabelle Derré's laboratory received a score of 10 on her F31 application “ Characterization of a Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion membrane protein as a molecular tether mediating endoplasmic … [Read More...]
Congratulations 2018-2019 CIC/MIC Postdoctoral Travel Award Winners!
Claire Rosean and Robin Lindsay won the 2018-2019 CIC/MIC Postdoctoral Travel Award. This award is intended to aid in the professional development within the applicant's area of expertise, by supporting travel to a scientific conference where the … [Read More...]
F31 fellowship to support graduate research on C. difficile
Alyse Frisbee was awarded an F31 fellowship to support her graduate research, "Balancing TLR2 and IL-33 immune pathways to protect during epidemic C. difficile infection" in Bill Petri's lab. This grant was funded by the National Institute of Allergy … [Read More...]
Pioneering New 3D Cancer Model to Speed New Treatments
Dan Gioeli, PhD, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology and the UVA Cancer Center, working with local biotech company HemoShear Therapeutics, has created a three-dimensional model of a cancer tumor that can replicate the complex … [Read More...]
