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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at Duke University

Durham, NC

Funding
$21.1M
$21,071,173
Awards
49
FY2025 NIH awards in Genetics
Principal investigators
39
29 lead a grant here, 10 co-investigators
Department rank
#11
of 54 · 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 4 awards · $2,562,142

    • 5R01AI170543-04Department: NIH department code
      RNAi-dependent epimutation roles in antimicrobial drug resistance and pathogenesis
      $728,332
      award amount
    • 5R01AI172451-03Department: NIH department code
      Calcineurin signaling cascades governing Cryptococcus virulence
      $652,751
      award amount
    • 5R01AI039115-28Department: NIH department code
      Impact of RNAi and unisexual reproduction on Cryptococcus evolution, drug resistance, and pathogenesis
      $642,695
      award amount
    • 5T32AI052080-22Department: NIH department code
      Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program

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

      $538,364
      award amount

  2. David M. Tobin

    Leads 4 awards · $2,121,105

    • 5R01AI166304-04Department: NIH department code
      Linking Human TB Genetic Susceptibility Loci to Granuloma Biology
      $671,827
      award amount
    • 5R01AI127715-06Department: 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

      $520,238
      award amount
    • 5R01AI125517-09Department: NIH department code
      Genetic dissection of angiogenesis during mycobacterial infection
      $464,756
      award amount
    • 5R01AI130236-09Department: NIH department code
      Macrophage Reprogramming During Granuloma Formation in the Zebrafish
      $464,284
      award amount

  3. Debra L. Silver

    Leads 3 awards · $2,045,571

    • 5R37NS110388-07Department: NIH department code
      Distal mRNA localization and translation in neural stem cells of the developing brain
      $740,538
      award amount
    • 5R01NS120667-05Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying DDX3X syndrome
      $656,394
      award amount
    • 5R01MH132089-03Department: NIH department code
      Roles for uniquely human enhancers in brain development and WNT signaling
      $648,639
      award amount

  4. John F Rawls

    Leads 3 awards · $1,894,304

    • 5R01DK141168-02Department: NIH department code
      Microbial regulation of intestinal epithelial gene expression
      $661,225
      award amount
    • 5R01DK136231-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetic determinants of Bacteroides vulgatus colonization fitness and host inflammatory responses
      $648,179
      award amount
    • 5R01DK131742-04Department: NIH department code
      Microbial regulation of intestinal lipid metabolism and its physiological consequences

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

      $584,900
      award amount

  5. Micah Alan Luftig

    Leads 4 awards · $1,753,837

    • 5U01CA275306-04Department: NIH department code
      Defining and exploiting EBV-infected cell heterogeneity in non-Hodgkin lymphomas
      $562,627
      award amount
    • 5R01CA140337-15Department: NIH department code
      Host pathways regulating Epstein-Barr virus-mediated B cell growth transformation
      $486,657
      award amount
    • 5R01DE025994-10Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Mechanisms of Epstein-Barr Virus Persistence and Recurrence
      $467,077
      award amount
    • 1R21NS138981-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Defining Epstein-Barr virus reservoirs and EBV-regulated gene expression in multiple sclerosis

      Principal investigators: Micah Alan Luftig (contact PI), Simon G Gregory

      $237,476
      award amount

  6. Nicholas S Heaton

    Leads 2 awards · $1,437,017

    • 5R01AI168107-03Department: NIH department code
      Control of influenza virus induced type I interferon signaling during pregnancy
      $745,177
      award amount
    • 5R01AI137031-06Department: NIH department code
      ETS-family Transcription Factor Mediated Control of Pulmonary Inflammation Induced by Influenza Viruses
      $691,840
      award amount

  7. Hiroaki Matsunami

    Leads 2 awards · $1,308,106

    • 5R01DC020353-04Department: 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
    • 1R01DC022770-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Odor Detection and Discrimination

      Principal investigators: Hiroaki Matsunami (contact PI), Dale M Wachowiak

      $650,049
      award amount

  8. Lawrence Anthony David

    Leads 3 awards · $1,250,370

    • 5R01DK116187-08Department: NIH department code
      Dietary plant diversity and the human gut microbiome
      $532,736
      award amount
    • 5R01DK128611-04Department: NIH department code
      Using DNA sequencing to assess dietary species richness
      $519,004
      award amount
    • 5R21HL168655-02Department: NIH department code
      Transforming Urine Output Tracking in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients
      $198,630
      award amount

  9. Joern Coers

    Leads 2 awards · $1,051,219

    • 5R37AI103197-12Department: NIH department code
      Interferon-inducible cell-intrinsic host defense against Chlamydia trachomatis
      $541,485
      award amount
    • 5R01AI139425-06Department: NIH department code
      Interferon-inducible cell-autonomous immunity to cytosolic bacterial pathogens
      $509,734
      award amount

  10. Kenneth Matthew Scaglione

    Leads 2 awards · $795,363

    • 5R35GM119544-10Department: NIH department code
      Investigation into protein quality control pathways in Dictyostelium discoideum
      $402,500
      award amount
    • 1R61NS138384-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Development of therapeutics for SCA48
      $392,863
      award amount

  11. Jennifer K. Lodge

    Leads 1 award · $769,284

  12. Thomas Petes

    Leads 1 award · $706,866

    • 5R35GM118020-10Department: NIH department code
      Genetic regulation of genome stability in yeast
      $706,866
      award amount

  13. Dennis Chun-Yone Ko

    Leads 2 awards · $649,907

    • 5R01AI170089-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Contributors to the Impact of Sex on Heterogeneity in Flu Infection
      $449,638
      award amount
    • 5R21AI185498-02Department: NIH department code
      Human Genetic Variation Regulating Cellular Susceptibility to Zika Virus
      $200,269
      award amount

  14. Dong Yan

    Leads 1 award · $483,402

    • 5R01AG073994-04Department: NIH department code
      Use of C. elegans as a model to study aging-associated neurodegeneration
      $483,402
      award amount

  15. Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi

    Leads 1 award · $411,152

    • 1R21CA297690-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Noncovalent interaction of mutant KRAS inhibitors
      $411,152
      award amount

  16. Li Lan

    Leads 1 award · $368,288

    • 5R01CA282939-03Department: NIH department code
      Understanding and Targeting the R-Loop-Mediated DNA Damage Response at Telomeres
      $368,288
      award amount

  17. Beth A Sullivan

    Leads 1 award · $347,891

    • 5R01GM124041-08Department: NIH department code
      Genomic Analysis of Centromere Assembly and Function
      $347,891
      award amount

  18. Devjanee Swain

    Leads 1 award · $273,390

    • 1S15OD039776-01Department: NIH department code
      Firefly Automated Liquid Handling Robot for High-throughput Next-Generation Sequencing Library Preparation at Duke University
      $273,390
      award amount

  19. Asiya Gusa

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00AI166094-04Department: NIH department code
      Stress-induced transposon mobilization in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus
      $249,000
      award amount

  20. Douglas A. Marchuk

    Leads 1 award · $201,875

    • 1R21HD112673-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Developmental Origins of the Sturge Weber Syndrome Somatic Mutation
      $201,875
      award amount

  21. Nicole D Moss

    Leads 1 award · $48,233

    • 1F32NS138224-01Department: NIH department code
      Human-specific splicing regulation in neurogenesis and disease
      $48,233
      award amount

  22. Lauren Haynes

    Leads 1 award · $43,649

    • 5F31DE033216-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining host mechanisms that restrict EBV lytic reactivation
      $43,649
      award amount

  23. Margaret Ryan Gaggioli

    Leads 1 award · $42,891

    • 5F31AI176719-02Department: NIH department code
      The Molecular Mechanism and Pathophysiology of Robust STAT3 Signaling During Oral Salmonella Typhimurium Infection
      $42,891
      award amount

  24. Jacob Lowy

    Leads 1 award · $42,885

    • 1F31AI191426-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining the role of the RGS12 locus in macrophage function
      $42,885
      award amount

  25. Vishwas Rao

    Leads 1 award · $42,815

    • 1F30AI183629-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of an RNA binding protein required for influenza virus replication
      $42,815
      award amount

  26. Jeffrey R Reitano

    Leads 1 award · $42,760

    • 1F31AI183546-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Chlamydia trachomatis evades a novel IL32-mediated immune resistance program
      $42,760
      award amount

  27. Margaret Morash

    Leads 1 award · $42,690

    • 5F30DK135357-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Enteroendocrine Cell Adaptation to High Fat Diet in Zebrafish
      $42,690
      award amount

  28. Yelizaveta Rassadkina

    Leads 1 award · $42,611

    • 5F31AI181537-02Department: NIH department code
      Genetic analysis of competition dependent fitness determinants in the human gut bacterium Phocaeicola vulgatus
      $42,611
      award amount

  29. Aruna Rajendran Menon

    Leads 1 award · $42,550

    • 5F31AI179076-02Department: NIH department code
      The Sigma factor SigE's role in mycobacterial granulomas
      $42,550
      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.