Stephanie Cave joins the lab
Stephanie Cave joins the lab as a Research Professional. Stephanie will conduct experiments and take charge or organizing different aspects of our overall research operation. Welcome!
Emily speaks at Eukaryotic Pathogen Meeting at Clemson University
Emily Meyers gives a talk about her undergraduate research on the trehalose pathway of Cryptosporidium at Clemson. Emily's talk is part of a two day conference organized by the Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC) at Clemson. The work presented is s a collaboration with postdoc Mattie Pawlovic.
Striepenlab at American Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Meeting
Several folks from the lab had a great time at this year's ASTMH meeting in Atlanta. Jayesh gave a talk as an invited speaker as part of the award he won for his previous presentation at MPM>
Gates Foundation Grand Challenge Exploration Award for natural crypto mouse model
This collaboration between the University of Georgia and the National Institutes of Health will establish a natural infection model in laboratory mice. This experimental system is based on a new parasite strain that the UGA team isolated from ‘wild’ mice, capable of infecting mice with a normal immune system. The NIH team has conducted pioneering work to understand how the bacterial communities that naturally colonize the intestine influence infection and immunity during cryp
New NIH RO1 project to unravel Crypto lifecycle
We are grateful to the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a new five year $1.25M grant to fund our research on "Sexual Development of Cryptosporidium". In this project we will use molecular genetics to understand the sexual part of Cryptosporidium's lifecycle. To our surprise we can observe the formation of gametes in tissue culture and they show fascinating cell biology. We are truly excited about the fundamental and translational opportunities of th
