Microbiology & Immunology at Northwestern University

Leads a grant in this department

22 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. Alan R Hauser

   Leads 4 awards · $2,525,495

   • 5T32GM144295-03Department: NIH department code

     Medical Scientist Training Program
     $1,798,078

     award amount
   • 5R01AI118257-09Department: NIH department code

     Population Analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence
     $531,455

     award amount
   • 5K24AI104831-10Department: NIH department code

     Patient-Oriented Research on Pseudomonas aeruginosa
     $136,026

     award amount
   • 3T32GM144295-03S1Department: NIH department code

     Medical Scientist Training Program
     $59,936

     award amount

2. Derek Walsh

   Leads 3 awards · $1,654,674

   • 1R01AI179744-01Department: NIH department code

     The role of mTOR dysregulation in poxvirus infection

     Principal investigators: Derek Walsh (contact PI), Peter Shen

     $678,119

     award amount
   • 2R01AI141470-06Department: NIH department code

     Nuclear rotation and cellular reorganization during Cytomegalovirus infection
     $508,768

     award amount
   • 5R01AI127456-08Department: NIH department code

     Poxvirus manipulation of the host cell protein synthesis machinery

     Principal investigators: Derek Walsh (contact PI), Peter Shen

     $467,787

     award amount

3. Mojgan Hosseini Naghavi

   Leads 2 awards · $1,361,389

   • 5R01AI172818-02Department: NIH department code

     +TIPs as novel host capsid-binding co-factors in early HIV-1 infection

     Principal investigators: Mojgan Hosseini Naghavi (contact PI), Owen Pornillos

     $734,072

     award amount
   • 5R01NS131094-02Department: NIH department code

     The interplay between HIV-1 and amyloid precursor protein in infection and neurotoxicity
     $627,317

     award amount

4. Brandon Lyon Jutras

   Leads 3 awards · $1,352,038

   • 7R01AI178711-02Department: NIH department code

     The natural release of unusual peptidoglycan fragments drives persistent Lyme disease symptoms in susceptible hosts
     $558,562

     award amount
   • 7R01AI173256-02Department: NIH department code

     Defining the host and pathogen determinants of peptidoglycan induced pathophysiology in Lyme disease
     $541,558

     award amount
   • 7R21AI185998-02Department: NIH department code

     Released peptidoglycan fragments are a biomarker for early stages of syphilis
     $251,918

     award amount

5. Eva Henriette Gottwein

   Leads 3 awards · $1,312,918

   • 5R01CA285193-02Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of KSHV-induced endothelial cell loss of contact inhibition of proliferation
     $537,089

     award amount
   • 1R21CA291288-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Developing KSHV-Infected Lymphatic Endothelial Cell-Based Models of Kaposi’s Sarcoma
     $411,400

     award amount
   • 5R01CA247619-05Department: NIH department code

     Transcriptional Control of Cellular Survival and Proliferation in KSHV-transformed B Cells
     $364,429

     award amount

6. Richard M Longnecker

   Leads 3 awards · $976,537

   • 5R01AI148478-05Department: NIH department code

     Mechanism of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Induced Membrane Fusion

     Principal investigators: Richard M Longnecker (contact PI), Sarah A. Connolly

     $546,894

     award amount
   • 1R21AI175798-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Epstein-Barr Virus Entry into Epithelial Cells
     $234,895

     award amount
   • 5R21AI173600-02Department: NIH department code

     Receptor Usage and Regulation of the Immune Response in HSV Infection
     $194,748

     award amount

7. Hank S. Seifert

   Leads 3 awards · $957,396

   • 5R37AI033493-31Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of Gonococcal Pilin Antigenic and Phase Variation
     $527,985

     award amount
   • 1R21AI188783-01Department: NIH department code

     Investigating Neisseria gonorrhoeae double-stranded bacteriophage
     $229,411

     award amount
   • 5R21AI176389-02Department: NIH department code

     A CRISPRi screen of essential genes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
     $200,000

     award amount

8. Chyung-Ru Wang

   Leads 2 awards · $885,629

   • 5R01AI180031-02Department: NIH department code

     The regulation and functions of Group 1 CD1-restricted T cells
     $685,629

     award amount
   • 5R21AI178629-02Department: NIH department code

     A new mouse model to study the function of CD1b-restricted germline encoded, mycolyl lipid-reactive (GEM) T cells
     $200,000

     award amount

9. Gregory Allan Smith

   Leads 2 awards · $880,704

   • 5R01AI148780-05Department: NIH department code

     Virus-host interactions governing alpha-herpesvirus genome delivery and neuroinvasion

     Principal investigators: Gregory Allan Smith (contact PI), Gary Edward Pickard, Jeffrey Nicholas Savas, Patricia Sollars

     $483,885

     award amount
   • 5R01AI056346-20Department: NIH department code

     ALPHA-HERPESVIRUS TRANSPORT IN AXONS
     $396,819

     award amount

10. M.-N. Frances Yap

    Leads 3 awards · $826,603

    • 5R01AI150986-05Department: NIH department code

      Evolution and consequences of multidrug resistant ribosome
      $463,374

      award amount
    • 5R01GM121359-08Department: NIH department code

      Regulation and function of bacterial hibernating 100S ribosome
      $321,891

      award amount
    • 3R01GM121359-08S1Department: NIH department code

      Regulation and function of bacterial 100S ribosome - Admin Equip Supplement on R01GM121359-07
      $41,338

      award amount

11. Nicholas P Cianciotto

    Leads 4 awards · $809,719

    • 1R21AI185007-01Department: NIH department code

      Deciphering how the Cas2 ribonuclease non-canonically controls Legionella pneumophila thermal tolerance and virulence
      $240,000

      award amount
    • 5R21AI173514-02Department: NIH department code

      Rethinking Legionella pneumophila type IV pili and their roles in intracellular infection
      $190,099

      award amount
    • 5R21AI171325-02Department: NIH department code

      Stenotrophomonas maltophilia TfcA and TfcB: Antibacterial T4SS effectors from an emerging human pathogen
      $189,810

      award amount
    • 5R21AI175460-02Department: NIH department code

      Mucinases as Emerging Players in Legionella pneumophila Pathogenesis
      $189,810

      award amount

12. Booki Min

    Leads 2 awards · $709,818

    • 2R01AI125247-07A1Department: NIH department code

      The role of IL-27/Lag3 axis in regulating Foxp3+ regulatory T cell function
      $469,818

      award amount
    • 5R21AI172135-02Department: NIH department code

      miR-342, a novel glucocorticoid-responsive miRNA necessary for Foxp3+ regulatory T cell function
      $240,000

      award amount

13. Laimonis A. Laimins

    Leads 2 awards · $601,000

    • 5R01CA142861-13Department: NIH department code

      Renewal: HPV and the DNA Damage Response
      $361,000

      award amount
    • 1R21AI180285-01Department: NIH department code

      HPV replication and its dependence on repair pathways
      $240,000

      award amount

14. Karla J F Satchell

    Leads 1 award · $509,944

    • 5R37AI092825-13Department: NIH department code

      Vibrio MARTX toxin effectors in signaling and pathogenesis
      $509,944

      award amount

15. Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster

    Leads 1 award · $498,659

    • 1R56AI187084-01Department: NIH department code

      Enhancing HIV-1 vaccines by altering vaccine dose
      $498,659

      award amount

16. Conor Templeton

    Leads 1 award · $73,828

    • 1F32AI183634-01Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering the Roles of DNA-pkcs in Regulating R-loops during HPV Replication
      $73,828

      award amount

17. Eva Morgun

    Leads 1 award · $53,974

    • 5F30AI157314-04Department: NIH department code

      Role of molecular drivers in memory group 1 CD1-restricted T cell differentiation and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
      $53,974

      award amount

18. Carlton Adams

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31AI172194-02Department: NIH department code

      Importance and function of highly conserved substrates of the Legionella pneumophila Type II Secretion System for Infection
      $48,974

      award amount

19. Kathryn Adair Hayes

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 7F31AI181555-02Department: NIH department code

      The natural release of Treponema pallidum peptidoglycan as a pathogenic determinant of syphilis
      $48,974

      award amount

20. Jiexi Chen

    Leads 1 award · $45,336

    • 5F31AI172382-03Department: NIH department code

      Determine host surface interactions of MARTX toxin of foodborne Vibrio vulnificus
      $45,336

      award amount

21. Jesus Angel Ortega

    Leads 1 award · $44,187

    • 1F31AI183996-01Department: NIH department code

      Viral miRNA Essentiality in Primary Effusion Lymphoma
      $44,187

      award amount

22. Jori Mills

    Leads 1 award · $44,187

    • 1F31AI183652-01Department: NIH department code

      Host detection of Vibrio cholerae-induced actin damage
      $44,187

      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.

• Peter Shen

  Co-investigator on 1R01AI179744-01, led by Derek Walsh; 5R01AI127456-08, led by Derek Walsh

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Utah · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Owen Pornillos

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI172818-02, led by Mojgan Hosseini Naghavi

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Utah · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • University of Utah (no department on record, 2 awards)

• Sarah A. Connolly

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI148478-05, led by Richard M Longnecker

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Gary Edward Pickard

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI148780-05, led by Gregory Allan Smith

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Jeffrey Nicholas Savas

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI148780-05, led by Gregory Allan Smith

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Northwestern University · Neurology (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Patricia Sollars

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI148780-05, led by Gregory Allan Smith

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.