Microbiology & Immunology at Harvard Medical School

Leads a grant in this department

20 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. Christophe O. Benoist

   Leads 4 awards · $4,820,547

   • 1R24AI201122-01Department: NIH department code

     ImmGen Consortium
     $1,999,706

     award amount
   • 5R24AI072073-20Department: NIH department code

     ImmGen: Gene Expression and Regulation in Immune Cells
     $1,676,072

     award amount
   • 5R01AI182126-02Department: NIH department code

     Gut Treg cells at the microbiome interface
     $588,753

     award amount
   • 5R01AI165697-05Department: NIH department code

     Specification of Treg cells: learning from FoxP3 deficiencies
     $556,016

     award amount

2. Ulrich H Von Andrian

   Leads 3 awards · $2,359,860

   • 1R01AI195726-01Department: NIH department code

     Deciphering Cytokine Regulation of Lymphocyte Trafficking
     $835,269

     award amount
   • 1R37AI195726-01Department: NIH department code

     Deciphering Cytokine Regulation of Lymphocyte Trafficking
     $835,269

     award amount
   • 5R01AI175379-04Department: NIH department code

     Neutrophil Dynamics in Nasal Mucosa
     $689,322

     award amount

3. David Z Rudner

   Leads 3 awards · $1,807,168

   • 5R01AI164647-05Department: NIH department code

     Molecular basis of spore germination

     Principal investigators: David Z Rudner (contact PI), Andrew Kruse

     $847,227

     award amount
   • 5R35GM145299-05Department: NIH department code

     Growth and differentiation in Bacillus subtilis
     $630,402

     award amount
   • 5T32AI179604-02Department: NIH department code

     Bacteriology PhD Training Program
     $329,539

     award amount

4. Suzanne Walker

   Leads 2 awards · $1,079,679

   • 5R01AI148752-07Department: NIH department code

     Discovery and characterization of new bacterial cell wall targets and inhibitors to treat resistant infections

     Principal investigators: Suzanne Walker (contact PI), Daniel Kahne

     $826,179

     award amount
   • 1R21AI199431-01Department: NIH department code

     A eukaryotic-like uridyltransferase links cell envelope biogenesis and second messenger signaling in Staphylococcus aureus
     $253,500

     award amount

5. Marco Jost

   Leads 1 award · $1,014,000

   • 4DP2GM154152-02Department: NIH department code

     Capturing, quantifying, and understanding combinatorial effects in small molecule signaling
     $1,014,000

     award amount

6. John Joseph Mekalanos

   Leads 1 award · $999,436

   • 5R37AI018045-46Department: NIH department code

     Coordinate Regulation of Virulence in Vibrio Cholerae
     $999,436

     award amount

7. Dennis L. Kasper

   Leads 1 award · $774,238

   • 5R01AI181938-02Department: NIH department code

     Gut complement system: Induction and protection against enteric infection
     $774,238

     award amount

8. Isaac Ming-Cheng Chiu

   Leads 1 award · $743,847

   • 5R01AI168005-05Department: NIH department code

     Staphylococcus aureus induced itch and neuro-immune signaling in skin infections

     Principal investigators: Isaac Ming-Cheng Chiu (contact PI), Alexander R Horswill

     $743,847

     award amount

9. Jonathan Abraham

   Leads 1 award · $723,562

   • 5R01AI182377-03Department: NIH department code

     Structural and functional studies of alphavirus receptors
     $723,562

     award amount

10. Jun R. Huh

    Leads 1 award · $722,358

    • 2R01MH119459-06A1Department: NIH department code

      Pregnancy influences fetal brain development in a sex-dependent manner
      $722,358

      award amount

11. Thomas G Bernhardt

    Leads 2 awards · $637,819

    • 5R01AI083365-17Department: NIH department code

      Envelope biogenesis in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
      $632,819

      award amount
    • 5R13AI183711-03Department: NIH department code

      2024 Boston Bacterial Meeting (BBM)
      $5,000

      award amount

12. Arlene H. Sharpe

    Leads 1 award · $562,761

    • 5R01CA276866-04Department: NIH department code

      Defining mechanisms to promote antitumor immunity by modulating one-carbon metabolism

      Principal investigators: Arlene H. Sharpe (contact PI), Marcia Haigis

      $562,761

      award amount

13. Ruth A Franklin

    Leads 2 awards · $479,228

    • 5R35GM150816-04Department: NIH department code

      Macrophage-mediated regulation of inflammation and tissue repair
      $423,750

      award amount
    • 3R35GM150816-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Macrophage-mediated regulation of inflammation and tissue repair
      $55,478

      award amount

14. Ann Hochschild

    Leads 1 award · $464,750

    • 5R35GM136247-07Department: NIH department code

      Prions in the bacterial domain of life
      $464,750

      award amount

15. Diane J Mathis

    Leads 1 award · $423,750

    • 5R01DK060027-25Department: NIH department code

      Aire, a zinc-finger protein that controls autoimmunity
      $423,750

      award amount

16. Aaron Gregory Schmidt

    Leads 1 award · $254,240

    • 5T32AI007245-43Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Basis of Viral Infectivity
      $254,240

      award amount

17. David M. Knipe

    Leads 1 award · $211,250

    • 5R21AI188827-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Infection and Transduction by A New HSV Gene Therapy Vector
      $211,250

      award amount

18. Kristen Legault

    Leads 1 award · $77,782

    • 1F32AI202957-01Department: NIH department code

      How prophages impact pathogen survival during mammalian infection
      $77,782

      award amount

19. Veronica Hsu

    Leads 1 award · $43,325

    • 1F31AI202521-01Department: NIH department code

      Itaconate as an antimicrobial metabolite against Listeria monocytogenes infection
      $43,325

      award amount

20. Lindsey Adams

    Leads 1 award · $38,280

    • 1F31AI188593-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Sex hormones that control antibody class switching to IgG
      $38,280

      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.

• Andrew Kruse

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI164647-05, led by David Z Rudner

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Harvard Medical School · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Daniel Kahne

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI148752-07, led by Suzanne Walker

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Harvard University · Chemistry (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Alexander R Horswill

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI168005-05, led by Isaac Ming-Cheng Chiu

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Colorado · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 2 awards)
  • Scripps Research Institute (no department on record, 1 award)

• Marcia Haigis

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA276866-04, led by Arlene H. Sharpe

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Harvard Medical School · Anatomy & Cell Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)