Academic News

Ileana receiving the Catherine E. Costello Award for Exemplary Achievements in Proteomics at US HUPO!
While at ASMS 2024, Ileana ran into a former student: Hanna Budayeva! Always nice to see old friends!
Group photo from ASMS 2024 in Anaheim, CA!
Krystal presented work on proteomic characterization of the virus microenvironment at US HUPO 2024.
Dawei shared his work on IFI16 liquid-liquid phase separation bolstering the immune response to foreign DNA at the UPenn Herpesvirus Symposium.
Bokai sharing his work in the "Quantitative Proteomics in Disease Research" section at US HUPO 2023.
Ileana delivers the plenary talk at the Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG30).
Lab members past and present attend ASV in Madison
Will, Josh, and Katelyn reunited with Elene at the American Society for Virology conference in Madison, WI
Our group takes on ASMS 2022
Lab members, past and present, gathered at ASMS 2022 in Minneapolis.
Our group returns to in-person conferences at US HUPO 2022
Lab members pose for a group photo after a wonderful presentation given by Tim Howard.
Cristea lab represents at the 2021 Princeton Molecular Biology Retreat
Katelyn wins Best Talk by a PhD Student, and Cora, Josh, and Dawei delivered some beautiful posters!
Our group members attend US HUPO Virtual 2021
Pictured here in the Gathertown platform after the meeting, having a bit too much fun
Cristea Lab goes virtual for SARS-Cov-2
We promise our faces are always this studious...

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April 10, 2025

Peter was awarded an F31 Fellowship with the NIH to fund his remaining graduate studies! Good work, Peter!

Feb. 23, 2025

Nearly the entire Cristea Lab attended US HUPO 2025 in Philly, giving a variety of talks and poster presentations. Most notably, Ileana received the Catherine E. Costello Award for Exemplary Achievements in Proteomics and gave a wonderful plenary talk on her scientific journey. Good work, team!

Ileana and Peter Present at ASMS Winter Conference

Jan. 29, 2025

Ileana and Peter each presented at a Mass Spectrometry in Microbial Sciences conference organized by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Their talks were both met with great questions and excitement. I'm sure they also didn't mind a break from the cold and snow in New Jersey!

James and Will Present at SU2C Scientific Summit

Jan. 24, 2025

James and Will Rodriguez each presented their work on virus-induced oncogenic and oncomodulatory mechanisms at the Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) Scientific Summit. Congrats to both of you on such great talks!

Tavis Wins Best Talk Award at MOL Retreat

Sept. 30, 2024

Tavis presented his work at the Molecular Biology Departmental Retreat, which was voted the best talk of the conference! Congratulations, Tavis!

Cristea Lab attends IHW

July 12, 2024

Matt, Will, and Peter all gave talks at the International Herpesvirus Workshop in Portland, OR. Great science and great coffee!

Cristea Lab attends ASV

June 24, 2024

Krystal and Will Hofstadter represented the Cristea Lab at the American Society for Virology (ASV) conference in Columbus, Ohio. Each gave talks that were met with great questions and excitement. Another good year at one of our favorite conferences!

Will Rodriguez receives NJCCR Fellowship

June 21, 2024

Will received a fellowship with the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to support his work on organelle remodeling during infection with oncogenic gamma-herpesviruses. Congrats, Will!

Tavis Wins Award for 'Exemplary Mentorship'

June 11, 2024

Tavis recently received an 'Exemplary Mentor' award from the McGraw Teaching Center at Princeton. Anyone who knows Tavis understands how well deserved this award is. He works tirelessly to support any student he mentors and the lab as a whole. Congrats, Tavis!

Lab attends ASMS 2024

June 5, 2024

Ileana, Jaime, Tavis, and Matt attended ASMS 2024 in sunny Anaheim, CA. Ileana and Jaime each gave talks, while Tavis and Matt presented posters. Good work, everyone!