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FY2024 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at Duke University

Durham, NC

Funding
$22.4M
$22,400,244
Awards
51
FY2024 NIH awards in Genetics
Principal investigators
38
29 lead a grant here, 9 co-investigators
Department rank
#11
of 66 · Ranking
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Genetics row of the Duke University page.

Leads a grant in this department

29 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

  1. Joseph Heitman

    Leads 6 awards · $3,192,385

    • 5R01AI170543-03Department: NIH department code
      RNAi-dependent epimutation roles in antimicrobial drug resistance and pathogenesis
      $726,611
      award amount
    • 5R01AI172451-02Department: NIH department code
      Calcineurin signaling cascades governing Cryptococcus virulence
      $692,413
      award amount
    • 5R01AI039115-27Department: NIH department code
      Impact of RNAi and unisexual reproduction on Cryptococcus evolution, drug resistance, and pathogenesis
      $642,695
      award amount
    • 5R01AI050113-20Department: NIH department code
      Structure, function, and evolution of the Cryptococcus MAT locus
      $479,352
      award amount
    • 2T32AI052080-21A1Department: NIH department code
      Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program

      Principal investigators: Joseph Heitman (contact PI), Andrew Alspaugh, Paul Mitaari Magwene

      $476,564
      award amount
    • 5R21AI168672-02Department: NIH department code
      Malassezia and Candida auris: skin microbiome dysbiosis and de-regulation of cutaneous homeostasis

      Principal investigators: Joseph Heitman (contact PI), Salome Leibundgut-Landmann

      $174,750
      award amount

  2. Debra L. Silver

    Leads 4 awards · $2,478,042

    • 2R37NS110388-06Department: NIH department code
      Distal mRNA localization and translation in neural stem cells of the developing brain
      $746,785
      award amount
    • 5R01MH132089-02Department: NIH department code
      Roles for uniquely human enhancers in brain development and WNT signaling
      $694,047
      award amount
    • 5R01NS120667-04Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying DDX3X syndrome

      Principal investigators: Debra L. Silver (contact PI), Elliott Sherr

      $636,703
      award amount
    • 5T32HD040372-23Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
      $400,507
      award amount

  3. David M. Tobin

    Leads 4 awards · $2,186,708

    • 5R01AI166304-03Department: NIH department code
      Linking Human TB Genetic Susceptibility Loci to Granuloma Biology
      $692,606
      award amount
    • 2R01AI127715-05Department: NIH department code
      The Bacterial Genetic Basis of Bone Disease and Dissemination in Mycobacterial Infection: Roles of ESX-5 Secreted WXG Effectors

      Principal investigators: David M. Tobin (contact PI), Clare Margaret Smith

      $536,328
      award amount
    • 5R01AI125517-08Department: NIH department code
      Genetic dissection of angiogenesis during mycobacterial infection
      $479,130
      award amount
    • 5R01AI130236-08Department: NIH department code
      Macrophage Reprogramming During Granuloma Formation in the Zebrafish
      $478,644
      award amount

  4. John F Rawls

    Leads 3 awards · $1,954,867

    • 1R01DK141168-01Department: NIH department code
      Microbial regulation of intestinal epithelial gene expression
      $683,483
      award amount
    • 5R01DK131742-03Department: NIH department code
      Microbial regulation of intestinal lipid metabolism and its physiological consequences

      Principal investigators: John F Rawls (contact PI), Chi- Liang Eric Yen

      $648,968
      award amount
    • 5R01DK136231-02Department: NIH department code
      Genetic determinants of Bacteroides vulgatus colonization fitness and host inflammatory responses
      $622,416
      award amount

  5. Micah Alan Luftig

    Leads 3 awards · $1,666,838

    • 5U01CA275306-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining and exploiting EBV-infected cell heterogeneity in non-Hodgkin lymphomas
      $746,527
      award amount
    • 5R01CA140337-14Department: NIH department code
      Host pathways regulating Epstein-Barr virus-mediated B cell growth transformation
      $462,575
      award amount
    • 5R01DE025994-09Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Mechanisms of Epstein-Barr Virus Persistence and Recurrence
      $457,736
      award amount

  6. Nicholas S Heaton

    Leads 2 awards · $1,435,609

    • 5R01AI168107-02Department: NIH department code
      Control of influenza virus induced type I interferon signaling during pregnancy
      $721,696
      award amount
    • 2R01AI137031-05A1Department: NIH department code
      ETS-family Transcription Factor Mediated Control of Pulmonary Inflammation Induced by Influenza Viruses
      $713,913
      award amount

  7. Joern Coers

    Leads 3 awards · $1,313,248

    • 2R37AI103197-11Department: NIH department code
      Interferon-inducible cell-intrinsic host defense against Chlamydia trachomatis
      $541,485
      award amount
    • 2R01AI139425-05A1Department: NIH department code
      Interferon-inducible cell-autonomous immunity to cytosolic bacterial pathogens
      $540,532
      award amount
    • 5R21AI169122-02Department: NIH department code
      Novel roles for lipopolysaccharide modifications in immune evasion
      $231,231
      award amount

  8. Lawrence Anthony David

    Leads 3 awards · $1,202,124

    • 5R01DK128611-03Department: NIH department code
      Using DNA sequencing to assess dietary species richness
      $491,234
      award amount
    • 5R01DK116187-07Department: NIH department code
      Dietary plant diversity and the human gut microbiome
      $471,947
      award amount
    • 1R21HL168655-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Transforming Urine Output Tracking in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients
      $238,943
      award amount

  9. Dennis Chun-Yone Ko

    Leads 3 awards · $1,122,683

    • 5R01AI118903-10Department: NIH department code
      HUMAN GENETIC VARIATION REGULATING SALMONELLA HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS AND DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY
      $453,579
      award amount
    • 5R01AI170089-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Contributors to the Impact of Sex on Heterogeneity in Flu Infection
      $448,616
      award amount
    • 1R21AI185498-01Department: NIH department code
      Human Genetic Variation Regulating Cellular Susceptibility to Zika Virus
      $220,488
      award amount

  10. Clare Margaret Smith

    Leads 1 award · $966,000

    • 4DP2AI183152-02Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the genetic basis of protective immunity to tuberculosis in diverse hosts
      $966,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2R01AI127715-05, led by David M. Tobin.

  11. Jennifer K. Lodge

    Leads 1 award · $793,078

  12. Thomas Petes

    Leads 1 award · $706,866

    • 5R35GM118020-09Department: NIH department code
      Genetic regulation of genome stability in yeast
      $706,866
      award amount

  13. Hiroaki Matsunami

    Leads 1 award · $658,057

    • 5R01DC020353-03Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing olfactory receptor expression for biochemical studies of odorant-receptor interactions

      Principal investigators: Hiroaki Matsunami (contact PI), Aashish Manglik, Nagarajan Vaidehi

      $658,057
      award amount

  14. Dong Yan

    Leads 1 award · $493,267

    • 5R01AG073994-03Department: NIH department code
      Use of C. elegans as a model to study aging-associated neurodegeneration
      $493,267
      award amount

  15. Craig Barrett Lowe

    Leads 1 award · $453,077

    • 5R35HG011332-05Department: NIH department code
      From a Long List to Causal Variants: High-Throughput Gene Regulatory Assays in Developing Tissues
      $453,077
      award amount

  16. Kenneth Matthew Scaglione

    Leads 1 award · $402,500

    • 5R35GM119544-09Department: NIH department code
      Investigation into protein quality control pathways in Dictyostelium discoideum
      $402,500
      award amount

  17. Li Lan

    Leads 1 award · $349,874

    • 5R01CA282939-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding and Targeting the R-Loop-Mediated DNA Damage Response at Telomeres
      $349,874
      award amount

  18. Beth A Sullivan

    Leads 1 award · $347,891

    • 5R01GM124041-07Department: NIH department code
      Genomic Analysis of Centromere Assembly and Function
      $347,891
      award amount

  19. Asiya Gusa

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00AI166094-03Department: NIH department code
      Stress-induced transposon mobilization in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus
      $249,000
      award amount

  20. Lucas Serdar

    Leads 1 award · $78,892

    • 5F32HD107972-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of the mRNA decay factor CNOT3 in cortical development
      $78,892
      award amount

  21. Georgia Doing

    Leads 1 award · $65,954

    • 7F32GM151856-03Department: NIH department code
      Transcriptomics compendia for the study of strain-level genetic diversity of the human skin microbiome
      $65,954
      award amount

  22. Lauren Haynes

    Leads 1 award · $42,814

    • 5F31DE033216-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining host mechanisms that restrict EBV lytic reactivation
      $42,814
      award amount

  23. Aruna Rajendran Menon

    Leads 1 award · $41,986

    • 1F31AI179076-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Sigma factor SigE's role in mycobacterial granulomas
      $41,986
      award amount

  24. Yelizaveta Rassadkina

    Leads 1 award · $41,782

    • 1F31AI181537-01Department: NIH department code
      Genetic analysis of competition dependent fitness determinants in the human gut bacterium Phocaeicola vulgatus
      $41,782
      award amount

  25. Margaret Morash

    Leads 1 award · $41,774

    • 5F30DK135357-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Enteroendocrine Cell Adaptation to High Fat Diet in Zebrafish
      $41,774
      award amount

  26. Margaret Ryan Gaggioli

    Leads 1 award · $41,621

    • 1F31AI176719-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Molecular Mechanism and Pathophysiology of Robust STAT3 Signaling During Oral Salmonella Typhimurium Infection
      $41,621
      award amount

  27. Jana Cable

    Leads 1 award · $37,690

    • 5F31DE031509-03Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic regulation of Epstein-Barr Virus-infected tonsillar B cells by EBNA-LP
      $37,690
      award amount

  28. Felicia Nicole Williams

    Leads 1 award · $28,337

    • 1F31GM147941-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Novel Insights into the Role of Prions in Polyglutamine Protein Homeostasis
      $28,337
      award amount

  29. Mollie Sweeney

    Leads 1 award · $7,280

    • 5F31HL163994-03Department: NIH department code
      Roles for the WASH complex in macrophage migration and function
      $7,280
      award amount

Co-investigators

Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.