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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Microbiology & Immunology at University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Funding
$18.3M
$18,333,949
Awards
35
FY2026 NIH awards in Microbiology & Immunology
Principal investigators
25
24 lead a grant here, 1 co-investigator
Department rank
#19
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 of Iowa page.

Leads a grant in this department

24 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. Li Wu

    Leads 4 awards · $4,230,426

    • 1R01AI203406-01Department: NIH department code
      How m6A RNA Modifications Regulate HIV-1 Replication in Primary CD4+ T Cells
      $2,505,340
      award amount
    • 5R01AI189220-02Department: NIH department code
      How SAMHD1 regulates HIV-1 innate immunity and viral gene expression
      $755,539
      award amount
    • 5R33AI169659-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting HIV-1 RNA modifications in latently infected CD4+ T cells for therapeutic development
      $736,297
      award amount
    • 5R21AI181742-02Department: NIH department code
      SAMHD1-mediated regulation of innate immunity during SARS-CoV-2 infection
      $233,250
      award amount

  2. Mary Weber

    Leads 3 awards · $3,640,355

    • 1R01AI191472-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Centrosome Subversion by Chlamydial Effectors: Implications for Cellular Transformation and Oncogenesis
      $2,882,765
      award amount
    • 5R01AI150812-07Department: NIH department code
      Functional characterization of Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion membrane proteins and their role in subversion of the host vesicular trafficking
      $536,968
      award amount
    • 5R61AI179999-03Department: NIH department code
      Development of genetic tools for overexpression and targeted mutagenesis of Orientia tsutsugamushi TPR proteins
      $220,622
      award amount

  3. Balaji Manicassamy

    Leads 3 awards · $2,116,193

    • 1R01AI200301-01Department: NIH department code
      Mitigation of Respiratory Viral Infection-Induced Cytokine Storm through Broad Transcriptional Reprogramming
      $783,191
      award amount
    • 5R01AI174584-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of host glycan requirements for the transmission of influenza viruses at the human-animal interface
      $746,875
      award amount
    • 5R01AI165932-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of innate antiviral responses by the DNA-binding transcriptional repressor complex CIC-ATXN1/L
      $586,127
      award amount

  4. Noah Sullivan Butler

    Leads 2 awards · $933,000

    • 5R01AI125446-10Department: NIH department code
      Development and function of CD4+ memory T cells during malaria
      $466,500
      award amount
    • 5R01AI127481-10Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Plasmodium-specific CD4+ T cells
      $466,500
      award amount

  5. Hillel Haim

    Leads 2 awards · $800,951

    • 5R01AI170205-04Department: NIH department code
      Predicting HIV-1 escape from therapeutics in vitro and in vivo - toward personalizing medicine for people living with HIV
      $567,701
      award amount
    • 1R21AI203552-01Department: NIH department code
      A Deep Mutational Scanning Platform to Map the Landscape of HIV-1 Capsid Fitness and Resistance to Lenacapavir

      Principal investigators: Hillel Haim (contact PI), Alex Kleinpeter

      $233,250
      award amount

  6. Stanley Perlman

    Leads 2 awards · $764,908

    • 5R01AI129269-08Department: NIH department code
      Olfactory and neurological manifestations of acute and post-acute murine COVID-19
      $656,039
      award amount
    • 2T32AI007533-26Department: NIH department code
      Training in Molecular Virology and Viral Pathogenesis
      $108,869
      award amount

  7. Craig D Ellermeier

    Leads 1 award · $684,797

    • 1R01AI195554-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Genetic requirements for lipoteichoic acid synthesis in Clostridioides difficile
      $684,797
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI188467-02, led by David S Weiss.

  8. David S Weiss

    Leads 1 award · $661,693

    • 5R01AI188467-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Structure and Function of a New Family of Peptidoglycan Crosslinking Enzymes

      Principal investigators: David S Weiss (contact PI), Craig D Ellermeier

      $661,693
      award amount

  9. Adam William Mailloux

    Leads 1 award · $564,078

    • 1R01CA299938-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Hypoxia Induces a State of Immunogenic Dormancy in Cancer Cells
      $564,078
      award amount

  10. Richard J Roller

    Leads 1 award · $509,699

    • 5R01AI150718-05Department: NIH department code
      HSV/VZV chimeric viruses for identifying critical virus herpesvirus assembly interactions
      $509,699
      award amount

  11. Wendy Jean Maury

    Leads 2 awards · $466,500

    • 1R21AI200314-01Department: NIH department code
      Differential filovirus glycoprotein inhibition by interferon signaling
      $233,250
      award amount
    • 1UH2AI202028-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining Marburg Virus interactions with skin
      $233,250
      award amount

  12. Peng Shao

    Leads 1 award · $427,625

    • 1R21AI196839-01Department: NIH department code
      TRAF3 shapes CD4 T cell fate and function during chronic infection
      $427,625
      award amount

  13. Ryan Zander

    Leads 1 award · $427,625

    • 1R21AI196779-01Department: NIH department code
      Identifying novel regulators of Tfh cell differentiation that can be targeted to improve humoral immunity during chronic viral infection
      $427,625
      award amount

  14. Jeremiah Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 5R01AI166535-06Department: NIH department code
      Integration of nutrient availability, TCA cycle activity, and colonization factor expression in Campylobacter jejuni
      $388,750
      award amount

  15. Michael John Gebhardt

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 5R35GM156848-02Department: NIH department code
      Exploring post-transcriptional regulators in Acinetobacter baumannii
      $388,750
      award amount

  16. Jon C.d. Houtman

    Leads 1 award · $373,385

    • 5R25CA273964-04Department: NIH department code
      R25 YES: Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa

      Principal investigators: Jon C.d. Houtman (contact PI), Jessica C Sieren

      $373,385
      award amount

  17. Alex Kleinpeter

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00AI174891-03Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of IP6 in HIV-1 assembly, maturation, and infection.
      $249,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21AI203552-01, led by Hillel Haim.

  18. Amanda M Dudek

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00HL172253-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms that Enhance and Suppress HIV-1 Resistance in Gene Edited Primary Human Cells
      $249,000
      award amount

  19. Filiz Korkmaz

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00HL159258-05Department: NIH department code
      Establishing Mechanisms of LOX-1-Dependent Immune Regulation During Pneumonia
      $249,000
      award amount

  20. Jonah Elliff

    Leads 1 award · $43,038

    • 5F30AI181340-03Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating the impact of malaria on immunogenicity of the Ebola virus vaccine
      $43,038
      award amount

  21. Jonathon Bernardi

    Leads 1 award · $42,421

    • 5F31AI194515-02Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic regulation of anti-malarial humoral immunity
      $42,421
      award amount

  22. Anna C Vermilya

    Leads 1 award · $42,179

    • 1F31AI197476-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating novel mechanisms of phosphate liberation in Staphylococcus aureus and how phosphate-limitation impacts the host-pathogen interface.
      $42,179
      award amount

  23. Kayla M Reisch

    Leads 1 award · $40,923

    • 1F31CA314172-01Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the role of CD7 in modulating T cell responses within the tumor microenvironment
      $40,923
      award amount

  24. Regina M Antonetti

    Leads 1 award · $39,653

    • 1F31AI197662-01Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic regulation of Plasmodium-specific CD4 T cells
      $39,653
      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.