Microbiology & Immunology at Medical College of Wisconsin

Leads a grant in this department

13 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. Christopher J Kristich

   Leads 3 awards · $1,889,092

   • 1R01AI189834-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Conformation and functional dynamics of Class B PBPs in enterococcal antimicrobial resistance
     $649,014

     award amount
   • 5R01AI175261-03Department: NIH department code

     Role and regulation of intracellular signaling in enterococcal antimicrobial resistance
     $630,730

     award amount
   • 1R01AI195560-01A1Department: NIH department code

     PASTA kinase signaling and enterococcal cell wall stress
     $609,348

     award amount

2. Xue-Zhong Yu

   Leads 2 awards · $1,113,066

   • 5R01HL173777-02Department: NIH department code

     Pathogenic role of IL-39/IL-39R signaling in graft-versus-host disease
     $574,479

     award amount
   • 5R01CA258440-05Department: NIH department code

     Targeting PIM-2 Kinase for Improving Cancer Immunotherapy
     $538,587

     award amount

3. Vera L. Tarakanova

   Leads 1 award · $519,342

   • 5R01AI165578-05Department: NIH department code

     Gammaherpesvirus protein kinase: a master manipulator of the host during chronic infection.
     $519,342

     award amount

4. Eillen Tecle

   Leads 1 award · $390,000

   • 1R35GM161455-01Department: NIH department code

     Metabolic Regulation of Immunity in C. elegans
     $390,000

     award amount

5. Kathryn Smith Taquet

   Leads 1 award · $55,204

   • 5F30AI188600-02Department: NIH department code

     Effects of a chromosomal inversion on gene regulation in a major malaria vector
     $55,204

     award amount

6. Donovan G Drouillard

   Leads 1 award · $55,114

   • 5F30CA291095-03Department: NIH department code

     The role of CCR6 in Pancreatic Cancer and Tregs
     $55,114

     award amount

7. Matthew A Brown

   Leads 1 award · $52,227

   • 1F30AI197750-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Defining the Proviral Role of Estrogen in Gammaherpesvirus Infection
     $52,227

     award amount

8. Maya Elise Blau

   Leads 1 award · $52,204

   • 5F30AI191687-02Department: NIH department code

     Dynamic and functional analysis of Enterococcus faecalis penicillin binding protein 4 pedestal domain
     $52,204

     award amount

9. Kelli C Sommers

   Leads 1 award · $51,628

   • 5F30EY036256-02Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of immune-mediated neuronal damage in a mouse model of optic neuritis
     $51,628

     award amount

10. Cade Rahlf

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AI194704-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Defining the proviral role of DnaJA1 in immune regulation and gammaherpesvirus infection
      $50,114

      award amount

11. Erika R Johansen

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AI191670-02Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering the proviral role of B cell-intrinsic STAT1 expression during chronic gammaherpesvirus infection
      $50,114

      award amount

12. Ryan Joseph Brown

    Leads 1 award · $45,669

    • 1F30CA298427-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Reprograming CAR T cells by targeting IKZF-HDAC mediated chromatin remodeling to treat breast cancer
      $45,669

      award amount

13. Michael B Dwinell

    Leads 1 award · $15,000

    • 1R13CA310752-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The 11th Annual Midwest Tumor Microenvironment Conference 05/18/2026-05/20/2026
      $15,000

      award amount