[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 9, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E145]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING CARLY CRUMP FOR HER RESEARCH ON THE DENGUE VIRUS AND FOR 
                       ATTENDING NOBEL PRIZE WEEK

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                          HON. ANDER CRENSHAW

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 9, 2016

  Mr. CRENSHAW. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Ms. Carly Crump on 
her outstanding research work on the transmission of the dengue virus 
and on her invitation to attend Nobel Prize Week in Stockholm, Sweden. 
As the U.S. Congressman of Jacksonville, Florida and the co-chair of 
the Caucus on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases it is an honor to 
recognize Carly for her exceptional accomplishments.
   Carly, a graduate of Episcopal School of Jacksonville, Florida, 
first began her work in her parents' garage breeding mosquitos. 
Eventually, Carly's work evolved from offering blood meals to these 
mosquitos to studying the proteins involved in the transmission of the 
dengue virus, related to the viruses that cause West Nile infection and 
yellow fever, that can lead to the dengue fever. In her most recent 
research at Johns Hopkins University, Carly helped identify 11 proteins 
that may be involved in the transmission of dengue virus 2 and could 
set the basis for vaccine development.
   As a result of her prestigious work, Carly was invited to attend 
Nobel Prize Week in Stockholm, one of only 26 young people from 19 
countries invited to attend. There, Carly gave a presentation to 1,000 
students on her work and interacted with another 2,000 students who 
stopped at her booth to discuss her project.
   Carly has also been recognized as one of the nation's top 16 young 
STEM researchers by US News and World Report and has won first place at 
the International Science and Engineering Fair, the Florida Science 
Fair, and the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.
   Currently, Carly is studying microbiology at the University of 
Florida and hopes to be a surgeon like her father and her grandfather 
and to continue her research.
   Mr. Speaker, I ask you and Members of Congress to join me in 
congratulating Carly Crump on the success of her research and on 
attending Nobel Prize Week in Stockholm. Her research and the research 
of many other rising talents will lead the world to develop cures for 
this and other devastating diseases that cripple both Americans and our 
foreign partners alike.

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