Microbiology & Immunology at University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Leads a grant in this department

16 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. Wendy W.k. Mok

   Leads 2 awards · $1,461,259

   • 4DP2AI183154-02Department: NIH department code

     Mapping polymicrobial interactions that modulate antibiotic persistence
     $984,000

     award amount
   • 1R01AI167886-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Bacterial Reprogramming that Contributes to Antibiotic Persistence toward Topoisomerase Inhibitors
     $477,259

     award amount

2. Beiyan Zhou

   Leads 2 awards · $960,323

   • 1R01HL172239-01Department: NIH department code

     ASCVD risk assessment in T2DM facilitated by novel computational immunology programs

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

     $566,723

     award amount
   • 5R01DK121805-05Department: NIH department code

     MiR-150 regulated adiose tissue B cells in obesity

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

     $393,600

     award amount

3. Vijay Rathinam

   Leads 2 awards · $820,000

   • 5R01AI119015-09Department: NIH department code

     Cytosolic Immune Surveillance During Bacterial Infections
     $410,000

     award amount
   • 5R01AI148491-05Department: NIH department code

     Host-derived extracellular vesicles in inflammatory caspase activation
     $410,000

     award amount

4. Sandra K Weller

   Leads 1 award · $789,284

   • 5R01AI021747-38Department: NIH department code

     Genetics of HSV DNA Replication

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

     $789,284

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 1R21AI178136-01A1, led by Irina Bezsonova.

5. Stephen M King

   Leads 1 award · $749,898

   • 5R35GM140631-04Department: NIH department code

     The Biology of Motile Cilia
     $749,898

     award amount

6. Jeffrey C Hoch

   Leads 1 award · $747,399

   • 5R24GM150793-02Department: NIH department code

     Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank
     $747,399

     award amount

7. Irina Bezsonova

   Leads 2 awards · $711,216

   • 1R21NS135343-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Understanding the effect of Hao-Fountain syndrome-causing mutations on neuronal development

     Principal investigators: Irina Bezsonova (contact PI), Alison Linsley O'Neil

     $461,528

     award amount
   • 1R21AI178136-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Molecular mechanisms of sensing nuclear stress and launching antiviral defense by PML

     Principal investigators: Irina Bezsonova (contact PI), Sandra K Weller

     $249,688

     award amount

8. Anthony T Vella

   Leads 2 awards · $557,189

   • 1R01CA282775-01A1Department: NIH department code

     How RNA binding proteins control effector T cell responses
     $474,189

     award amount
   • 5R03AI172847-02Department: NIH department code

     Generating a novel conditional knockout mouse for a super-enhancer that controls cytokine responsiveness

     Principal investigators: Anthony T Vella (contact PI), Adam J Adler

     $83,000

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 1R01HL172239-01, led by Beiyan Zhou; 5R01DK121805-05, led by Beiyan Zhou.

9. Penghua Wang

   Leads 2 awards · $499,188

   • 5R21AI177623-02Department: NIH department code

     The mechanism of flaviviral suppression of vitamin A metabolism
     $249,750

     award amount
   • 5R21AI170981-02Department: NIH department code

     UBXN1 Regulates Inflammasome Signaling
     $249,438

     award amount

10. Joel S Pachter

    Leads 1 award · $462,960

    • 1R01NS133112-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Meningeal ectopic lymphoid tissues (mELTs): Composition, organization and expression revealed by imaging and in situ transcriptomics
      $462,960

      award amount

11. Jianbin Ruan

    Leads 1 award · $410,000

    • 5R01AI158435-04Department: NIH department code

      Structural and mechanistic elucidation of non-canonical inflammasome signaling
      $410,000

      award amount

12. Kepeng Wang

    Leads 1 award · $356,393

    • 5R01CA262430-04Department: NIH department code

      Control of regulatory T cells by IL-17 in colorectal cancer
      $356,393

      award amount

13. Suzy V Torti

    Leads 1 award · $338,681

    • 5R01CA188025-10Department: NIH department code

      Iron, Ferroptosis and Ovarian Cancer
      $338,681

      award amount

14. Ryan Englander

    Leads 1 award · $53,974

    • 5F30CA278494-02Department: NIH department code

      Alternate splicing as a source of shared neoantigens in a non-small cell lung cancer
      $53,974

      award amount

15. Keaton Karlinsey

    Leads 1 award · $47,283

    • 5F30HL168980-02Department: NIH department code

      Predicting Cardiovascular Outcomes Using Diabetes-Induced Transcriptomic Networks
      $47,283

      award amount

16. Travis Lagree

    Leads 1 award · $44,715

    • 5F31DK136259-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating metabolism and DNA damage repair in uropathogenic Escherichia coli fluoroquinolone persisters
      $44,715

      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.

• Dennis L. Wright

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI021747-38, led by Sandra K Weller

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Quercus Molecular Design, LLC (no department on record, 1 award)

• Alison Linsley O'Neil

  Co-investigator on 1R21NS135343-01A1, led by Irina Bezsonova

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Wesleyan University · Chemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Adam J Adler

  Co-investigator on 5R03AI172847-02, led by Anthony T Vella

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