Microbiology & Immunology at University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Leads a grant in this department

19 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. Jeffrey C Hoch

   Leads 3 awards · $1,254,013

   • 5R24GM150793-04Department: NIH department code

     Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank
     $744,924

     award amount
   • 5R35GM158031-02Department: NIH department code

     Computational and Data Science Approaches to Enhance Biomolecular NMR
     $457,875

     award amount
   • 3R35GM158031-02S1Department: NIH department code

     Computational and Data Science Approaches to Enhance Biomolecular NMR
     $51,214

     award amount

2. Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja

   Leads 2 awards · $1,241,157

   • 1R01AI192641-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of antibacterial interferon defense by MiT family transcription factors
     $624,375

     award amount
   • 1R56AI201506-01Department: NIH department code

     Molecular mechanisms of Shiga toxin-mediated cell death
     $616,782

     award amount

3. Kepeng Wang

   Leads 2 awards · $984,486

   • 1R01CA303989-01A1Department: NIH department code

     A novel "cap-linker" strategy to target oncolytic viruses to the tumor
     $499,568

     award amount
   • 1R01CA304166-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Controlling tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cell function by the IL-17-Ybx1 signaling pathway
     $484,918

     award amount

4. Vijay Rathinam

   Leads 1 award · $825,050

   • 1R01AI198381-01Department: NIH department code

     GlycoRNA control of immune homeostasis

     Principal investigators: Vijay Rathinam (contact PI), Ryan Alexander Flynn

     $825,050

     award amount

5. Stephen M King

   Leads 1 award · $776,556

   • 2R35GM140631-06Department: NIH department code

     The Biology of Motile Cilia
     $776,556

     award amount

6. Margaret Kathleen Callahan

   Leads 1 award · $552,755

   • 5R01CA276286-04Department: NIH department code

     Understanding Immunotype, a Novel Biomarker for Checkpoint Blockade Resistance
     $552,755

     award amount

7. Beiyan Zhou

   Leads 1 award · $523,177

   • 5R01HL172239-03Department: NIH department code

     ASCVD risk assessment in T2DM facilitated by novel computational immunology programs

     Principal investigators: Beiyan Zhou (contact PI), Anthony T Vella

     $523,177

     award amount

8. Penghua Wang

   Leads 1 award · $523,037

   • 1R01AI187147-01A1Department: NIH department code

     The role of unanchored ubiquitin chains in non-canonical inflammasome signaling
     $523,037

     award amount

9. Joel S Pachter

   Leads 1 award · $517,092

   • 5R01NS133112-03Department: NIH department code

     Meningeal ectopic lymphoid tissues (mELTs): Composition, organization and expression revealed by imaging and in situ transcriptomics
     $517,092

     award amount

10. Anthony T Vella

    Leads 1 award · $488,604

    • 5R01CA282775-03Department: NIH department code

      How RNA binding proteins control effector T cell responses
      $488,604

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HL172239-03, led by Beiyan Zhou.

11. Wendy W.k. Mok

    Leads 1 award · $479,558

    • 5R01AI167886-03Department: NIH department code

      Bacterial Reprogramming that Contributes to Antibiotic Persistence toward Topoisomerase Inhibitors
      $479,558

      award amount

12. Irina Bezsonova

    Leads 1 award · $471,611

    • 5R35GM156397-02Department: NIH department code

      UBIQUITIN-PROTEASOME PATHWAY in HUMAN DISEASE
      $471,611

      award amount

13. Oscar Vargas-Rodriguez

    Leads 1 award · $457,875

    • 1R35GM162154-01Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of translation response to stress
      $457,875

      award amount

14. Jianbin Ruan

    Leads 1 award · $429,072

    • 1R01GM160432-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanism of necroptosis mediated by mixed lineage kinase-like (MLKL) protein
      $429,072

      award amount

15. Kai Li

    Leads 1 award · $423,352

    • 1R35GM162319-01Department: NIH department code

      Investigating Dead Cell-Phagocyte Interaction at the Phagosomal Interface to Decode Death-Associated Responses
      $423,352

      award amount

16. Sandra K Weller

    Leads 1 award · $263,375

    • 1R21AI195412-01Department: NIH department code

      HSV alkaline nuclease as a target for antiviral therapy

      Principal investigators: Sandra K Weller (contact PI), Dennis L. Wright

      $263,375

      award amount

17. Bing Hao

    Leads 1 award · $208,125

    • 5R21NS142751-02Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanism of the synapse organizer C1QL3
      $208,125

      award amount

18. Keaton Karlinsey

    Leads 1 award · $58,114

    • 5F30HL168980-04Department: NIH department code

      Predicting Cardiovascular Outcomes Using Diabetes-Induced Transcriptomic Networks
      $58,114

      award amount

19. Ryan Englander

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30CA278494-04Department: NIH department code

      Alternate splicing as a source of shared neoantigens in a non-small cell lung cancer
      $55,114

      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.

• Ryan Alexander Flynn

  Co-investigator on 1R01AI198381-01, led by Vijay Rathinam

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Boston Children's Hospital · Pediatrics (investigator's affiliation, 3 awards)

• Dennis L. Wright

  Co-investigator on 1R21AI195412-01, led by Sandra K Weller

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Connecticut Storrs · Chemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)