News + Good Things
Lab Lunch, celebrating the end of the semester, Kaitlyn and Ruth’s send off to start their MS, and the addition of Kerstin to the Lab.
December 16, 2021: A lab lunch outing on the last day of Fall semester, where we welcome Kerstin, Karina, and Nick to the Crscitiello lab. We also congratulate Ruth for her acceptance to the Clinical nutrition master program, as well as Kaitlyn to the Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation master program.
Christian’s Defense Successful!
August 23, 2021: Christian successfully defended her thesis on “Elements of Comparative Immunology: From Lymphoid Tissues in Cartilaginous Fish to Bovine Ultralong Immunoglobulin Phylogeny.” We are very proud of her!
Minal passes her Ph.D. prelims!
February 11, 2021: Congratulations to Minal, who passed her Ph.D. prelims in February 2021 and did amazingly! Although COVID unfortunately prevented a celebratory victory photo with the lab team, we nevertheless applaud you heartily, Minal, and are excited to see where this takes you!
Sendoff lunch for Jeannine, congrats on her post-doc with Sunwoo Koo at TVMDL!
June 12, 2020: Above: The gathering at Napa Flats to send off Dr. Ott to her new post-doc position at TVMDL! Below: Continuing the tradition of finishing and signing a bottle of champaign after a dissertation is published in the lab! “Once in the lab, always in the lab.” – Dr. Criscitiello
COVID cannot stop Jeannine being hooded!
May 2020: Despite the unfortunate circumstances with the COVID-19 virus, Jeannine’s hooding ceremony takes place in front of the TAMU Vet School with Dr. Criscitiello and her family – of course, with masks. Well done and well-earned, Dr. Ott!
Jeannine successfully defends Ph.D. in Veterinary Pathobiology!
February 13, 2020: Jeannine successfully defends with outside examiner Dr. Ellen Hsu (or SUNY Downstate HSC), and committee members Mike, Drs. Noushin Ghaffari, Terje Raudsepp, and David Riley. Congrats Dr. Ott!
Post-Holiday Lab Party 2020
January 18, 2020: Post-Holiday Lab Party with the team and alumni before the start of the spring semester!
Way to go Kaitlyn for her B.S. in Environmental Studies with a minor in Oceanography!
December, 2019: Way to go Kaitlyn for her B.S. in Environmental Studies with a minor in Oceanography! And thanks for staying on as a full-time Research Assistant with the lab before grad school! Whoop!
Christian’s White Coat Ceremony 2019
August 2019: Christian ceremoniously receives her graduate-school lab coat. Congratulations, Christian!
Hear Mike Talk Cow Antibodies on The Texas Standard NPR Show
July 1st, 2019: Could Cow Antibodies Prevent HIV?
