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Alyssa Thesis

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Hard work pays off! Alyssa did an outstanding job defending her Thesis, which was of course followed by the proper celebrations and lab outing for this big moment! (bottom photo, from left to right: Joyce, Jordan, Tamara, Houda, Alyssa, Carlos, Peter, Christina, Antonis (August 2025).

Antonis Excited

Birthdays — Birthdays are always a reason to celebrate (and get a delicious cake)! From bottom left, counterclockwise: Alyssa’s, Houda’s, Joyce’s, Christina’s (August 2024 - August 2025).

Abhi dinner

Abhi Cheedipudi

DDRCC symposium

Baking Competition

This is always so special! Amanda Daulagala successfully defended her Thesis (top left), which was naturally followed by her hooding ceremony (bottom left), and - of course - appropriate celebrations! (top and bottom right) (April - May 2023).

Amanda, Christina, and Antonis at the ASCB Cell Biology Meeting — Amanda (left), Christina (middle), and Antonis (right) presenting at the ASCB Cell Bio Annual meeting, first in-person in three years! (December 2022, Washington, DC).

Kourtidis lab celebrating birthdays — Birthdays are always a reason to celebrate! From top left, clockwise: Joyce’s, Christina’s, Amanda’s, Alyssa’s (2022).

Christina presenting her work at MUSC Research Day — Christina presenting during MUSC’s MSTP/DSTP Research Day (Sep 2022).

Antonis receiving the Developing Scholar's Award from President Cole — So honored and humbled for obtaining MUSC’s Developing Scholar Award! Photo is from the Faculty Convocation ceremony, with the Provost, Dr. Lisa Saladin (left), and MUSC’s President, Dr. David Cole (right) (August 2022).

Kourtidis lab at lunch — Bidding farewell to the outstanding High School student Abhinav (Abhi) Cheedipudi who performed his summer research in the lab (from left to right: Alyssa, Abhi, Christina, Amanda, Joyce, Antonis; July 2022).

Amanda and Alyssa at the Gordon Research Conference — Amanda (left) and Alyssa (right) presenting at the Signaling by Adhesion Receptors Gordon Research Conference, Manchester, NH (July 2022).

Amanda, Alyssa, and Christina presenting at the Hollings Cancer Retreat — Amanda (left), Alyssa (middle), and Christina (right) presenting at the Hollings Cancer Center Retreat (May 2022).

Catherine Bridges celebrates her successful defense — Catherine Bridges is the first student to graduate from the Lab! Catherine’s Thesis defense (top left), hooding ceremony (middle), and appropriate celebrations (top right and bottom) (April - May 2022).

Amanda posing for best poster award — Amanda (2nd from right) got the Best Poster Award! Digestive Disease Research Center Retreat, MUSC (April 2022).

Kourtidis lab celebrating at dinner — Lab happy hour - from left, clockwise: Amanda, Joyce, Christina, Catherine, Alyssa, Antonis (March 2022).

Kourtidis lab celebrating Christmas dinner — Christmas Dinner! From left to right: Catherine, Christina, Antonis, Joyce, Alyssa, Amanda (December 2021).

Kourtidis Lab at Catherine's birthday gathering — Celebrating Catherine’s birthday and having Lab breakfast under Charleston’s balmy Fall! From left to right: Joyce, Catherine, Christina, Alyssa, DJ, Amanda (November 2021).

Kourtidis Lab at Amanda's birthday gathering — Celebrating Amanda’s birthday during Lab meeting! From left to right: DJ, Christina, Joyce, Amanda, Alyssa, Catherine (October 2021).

Kourtidis Lab at Alyssa's birthday gathering — Alyssa presenting Lab meeting AND having her birthday celebrated with the appropriate cupcakes! From left to right: Catherine, Amanda, Joyce, Alyssa (August 2021).

Kourtidis Lab get together — Long overdue Lab get-together at Antonis’s place to celebrate grants, fellowships, papers and the chance to have fun together, during a summer of almost zero COVID cases! (July 2021).

Kourtidis Lab at breakfast in the urban farm — First lab outing in a while and after a year of pandemic scare! Lab breakfast at MUSC’s Urban Farm. From left to right: Antonis, Catherine, Joyce, Christina, Alyssa (May 2021)..

Kourtidis Lab at Joyce's birthday gathering — With COVID cases falling and all of us being vaccinated, we celebrate Joyce’s birthday with a full cake and unmasked! From left to right: Alyssa, Amanda, Catherine, Joyce (May 2021).

Lab members of the Kourtidis lab superimposed on an Avangers background. — Since we couldn’t take a real group photo during the pandemic from up close, we decided to do something fun…Go LAB AVENGERS! (Fall 2020).

Alyssa and Amanda enjoying socially distanced birthday celebrations — Since we couldn’t take a real group photo during the pandemic from up close, we decided to do something fun…Go LAB AVENGERS! (Fall 2020).

Kourtidis lab celebtrating remotely by Zoom — Happy Hour in the Year of the COVID-19 to celebrate our recently awarded grants and a new publication! From top left to bottom: Amanda, Antonis, Katie, Catherine, Joyce (April 2020...).

Jensen, Joyce, Antonis, Catherine, and Amanda njoying a lunch together before COVID — Lab eating (last before COVID hit…) to celebrate Jensen’s rotation - from left to right: Jensen, Joyce, Antonis, Catherine, Amanda (February 2020).

Summer 2019 gathering in the Kourtidis Lab — Summer of 2019 was busy and exciting! From left to right: Catherine, Maddie, Trevor, Antonis, Joyce, Valentina, Amanda, celebrating some great science and camaraderie.

Amanda and Catherine at the AACR Meeting in 2019 — Amanda and Catherine presenting at the AACR in Atlanta, 2019. Great meeting!

Kourtidis Lab at Shem Creek relaxing — Celebrating grant Awards and Joyce's birthday! Antonis, Catherine, Joyce, Amanda - May 2018.

Kourtidis Lab relaxing at lunch — Lab outing to celebrate Catherine's T32 Award: Antonis, Paul, Joyce, and Catherine - Summer 2017.

Catherine standing by her poster — Catherine presenting at the 2017 ASCB-EMBO meeting in Philadelphia.

Joyce doing science — Joyce doing science.

Amanda and her cultures — Amanda and her cultures.

Catherine thinking science — Catherine, thinking science.

Solar eclipse Charleston August 2017 — Solar eclipse, Charleston, August 2017.

Rainbow over campus (or what you see when the data are good) — Rainbow over campus (or what you see, when the data are good).