{"642258":{"#nid":"642258","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Biology PhD student Cristian Crisan wins Suddath Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBiology PhD student Cristian Crisan in Brian Hammer\u0026#39;s lab has won 1st place in the 2021 Suddath Award competition.\u0026nbsp;The F.L. \u0026quot;Bud\u0026quot; Suddath Memorial Award was established by Bud Suddath\u0026#39;s family, friends, and colleagues in memory of his contributions to Georgia Tech. The award is given annually to graduate students at Georgia Tech who have\u0026nbsp;demonstrated significant bio-research accomplishments while conducting biological or biochemical research at the molecular or cellular level. Cristian\u0026#39;s award ceremony presentation at the 2021 Suddath Symposium January 28-29 will be entitled\u003Cem\u003E \u0026quot;Competition Dynamics of the Vibrio Cholerae Type VI Secretion System\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026quot;.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECristian studies the waterborne human pathogen \u003Cem\u003EVibrio cholerae\u003C\/em\u003E, the microbe responsible for Cholera, a devastating and often fatal disease. His work is focused on the chemical weapons that \u003Cem\u003EV. cholerae \u003C\/em\u003Euse against other bacteria so as to dominate their local environment. Cristian discovered that human-derived strains of \u003Cem\u003EV. cholerae\u003C\/em\u003E can have anti-bacterial weapons that are in addition to those of strains isolated from environmental sources. Building on this work, Cristian showed that one of the newly discovered anti-bacterial weapons of\u003Cem\u003E V. cholerae\u003C\/em\u003E acts by permeabilizing the cell membranes of other bacteria. Additionally, Cristian and his collaborators showed how other bacteria can guard against attack\u0026nbsp;by \u003Cem\u003EV. cholerae\u003C\/em\u003E. This fundamental research could be of great importance for understanding the virulence of pathogenic \u003Cem\u003EV. cholerae\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"PhD student Cristian Crisan in Hammer Lab wins top prize"}],"uid":"35397","created_gmt":"2020-12-18 14:59:17","changed_gmt":"2020-12-18 20:39:52","author":"astolfi3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-12-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-12-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"624724":{"id":"624724","type":"image","title":"Cristian Crisan","body":null,"created":"1566225101","gmt_created":"2019-08-19 14:31:41","changed":"1566225101","gmt_changed":"2019-08-19 14:31:41","alt":"","file":{"fid":"237876","name":"Cristian Crisan.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Cristian%20Crisan.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Cristian%20Crisan.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":81348,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Cristian%20Crisan.jpg?itok=9OnxpvL_"}}},"media_ids":["624724"],"groups":[{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"167429","name":"Suddath Award Winner"},{"id":"170084","name":"cholera"},{"id":"171897","name":"Vibrio cholerae"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["brian.hammer@biosci.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}