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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Microbiology & Immunology at University at Buffalo

Amherst, NY

Funding
$6.3M
$6,342,260
Awards
19
FY2026 NIH awards in Microbiology & Immunology
Principal investigators
15
13 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#63
of 119 · 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 Microbiology & Immunology row of the University at Buffalo page.

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. Chelsie Elizabeth Armbruster

    Leads 2 awards · $1,383,427

    • 5R01DK140371-02Department: NIH department code
      Impact of polymicrobial interactions and within-host adaptation on CAUTI pathogenesis
      $782,322
      award amount
    • 5R01DK136875-03Department: NIH department code
      The urothelial glycosaminoglycan layer: composition and contribution to pathogen fitness during catheter-associated urinary tract infection
      $601,105
      award amount
  2. Spyridon Stavrou

    Leads 4 awards · $1,351,057

    • 1R01AI198068-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Nef-independent SERINC5 regulation
      $688,030
      award amount
    • 5R01AI165161-05Department: NIH department code
      MARCH Proteins, Members of a Host Protein Family that Targets HIV
      $396,275
      award amount
    • 5R21AI186625-02Department: NIH department code
      EHD4 and its role on HIV-1 infection
      $198,924
      award amount
    • 3R01AI165161-05S1Department: NIH department code
      MARCH Proteins, Members of a Host Protein Family that Targets HIV
      $67,828
      award amount
  3. Yijun Sun

    Leads 1 award · $618,592

    • 5R01CA269075-04Department: NIH department code
      Prognostic analysis and progression modeling of basal-like breast cancer using multi-region sequencing

      Principal investigators: Yijun Sun (contact PI), Steve Goodison

      $618,592
      award amount
  4. Saikat Boliar

    Leads 2 awards · $602,928

    • 5R01AI176934-03Department: NIH department code
      Virologic and immunologic impacts of active viral persistence in lung AMs of HIV-1-infected, cART-suppressed individuals
      $450,460
      award amount
    • 3R01AI176934-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Virologic and immunologic impacts of active viral persistence in lung AMs of HIV-1-infected, cART-suppressed individuals
      $152,468
      award amount
  5. Ryan Coulson Hunter

    Leads 1 award · $600,717

    • 5R01AI177613-05Department: NIH department code
      The role of anaerobic microbiota in cystic fibrosis airway disease trajectory
      $600,717
      award amount
  6. John C Panepinto

    Leads 2 awards · $530,575

    • 5R01AI131977-08Department: NIH department code
      Stress Responsive Reprogramming of Translating mRNA Pools in C. neoformans
      $463,817
      award amount
    • 3R01AI131977-08S1Department: NIH department code
      Stress Responsive Reprogramming of Translating mRNA Pools in C. neoformans
      $66,758
      award amount
  7. Yolanda Yue Huang

    Leads 1 award · $434,169

    • 1R35GM162515-01Department: NIH department code
      Polysaccharide utilization and antimicrobial resistance in abundant gut bacteria
      $434,169
      award amount
  8. Elizabeth Wohlfert

    Leads 1 award · $431,585

    • 5R01AI162756-05Department: NIH department code
      T Regulatory cell responses in Toxoplasma-infected muscle
      $431,585
      award amount
  9. Thomas Melendy

    Leads 1 award · $200,125

    • 5R21AI188176-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of the ETS1 proto-oncogene protein in polyomavirus transcription

      Principal investigators: Thomas Melendy (contact PI), Rama Dey-Rao

      $200,125
      award amount
  10. Benjamin Carter Hunt

    Leads 1 award · $81,580

    • 5F32AI183755-03Department: NIH department code
      Proteus mirabilis RTX proteins: Role in polymicrobial biofilm formation and pathogenesis of catheter associated urinary tract infection
      $81,580
      award amount
  11. Mary Rose D'angelo

    Leads 1 award · $37,527

    • 5F31AI186661-03Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Antiviral Mechanism of MARCH9
      $37,527
      award amount
  12. Steven Marcel Taddei

    Leads 1 award · $34,998

    • 5F31AI183838-03Department: NIH department code
      Building a community: examining polymicrobial Interactions within urinary catheter biofilms and their contribution to infection severity
      $34,998
      award amount
  13. Kyle Salka

    Leads 1 award · $34,980

    • 1F31AI191955-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Anti-HIV Function of EHD4
      $34,980
      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.

  • Steve Goodison

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA269075-04, led by Yijun Sun

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Rama Dey-Rao

    Co-investigator on 5R21AI188176-02, led by Thomas Melendy

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