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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Microbiology & Immunology at University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Funding
$12.7M
$12,695,783
Awards
33
FY2025 NIH awards in Microbiology & Immunology
Principal investigators
24
23 lead a grant here, 1 co-investigator
Department rank
#27
of 111 · 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

23 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 3 awards · $1,708,130

    • 1R01AI189220-01A1Department: NIH department code
      How SAMHD1 regulates HIV-1 innate immunity and viral gene expression
      $769,414
      award amount
    • 4R33AI169659-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting HIV-1 RNA modifications in latently infected CD4+ T cells for therapeutic development
      $750,172
      award amount
    • 1R21AI181742-01A1Department: NIH department code
      SAMHD1-mediated regulation of innate immunity during SARS-CoV-2 infection
      $188,544
      award amount
  2. Noah Sullivan Butler

    Leads 3 awards · $1,552,129

    • 5R01AI167058-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and consequences of extrafollicular B cell activation during malaria
      $647,119
      award amount
    • 5R01AI125446-09Department: NIH department code
      Development and function of CD4+ memory T cells during malaria
      $452,505
      award amount
    • 5R01AI127481-09Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Plasmodium-specific CD4+ T cells
      $452,505
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32AI007511-30, led by Mary E Wilson.

  3. Balaji Manicassamy

    Leads 2 awards · $1,335,286

    • 5R01AI174584-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of host glycan requirements for the transmission of influenza viruses at the human-animal interface
      $749,159
      award amount
    • 5R01AI165932-04Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of innate antiviral responses by the DNA-binding transcriptional repressor complex CIC-ATXN1/L
      $586,127
      award amount
  4. Craig D Ellermeier

    Leads 2 awards · $977,227

    • 5R01AI155492-05Department: NIH department code
      Cell Envelope Biogenesis in Clostridioides difficile

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

      $514,249
      award amount
    • 5R01AI087834-14Department: NIH department code
      Identification of daptomycin resistance mechanisms in Clostridioides difficile
      $462,978
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01AI188467-01A1, led by David S Weiss.

  5. Stanley Perlman

    Leads 2 awards · $781,365

    • 5R01AI129269-07Department: NIH department code
      Olfactory and neurological manifestations of acute and post-acute murine COVID-19
      $636,357
      award amount
    • 5T32AI007533-25Department: NIH department code
      Training in Molecular Virology, Viral Pathogenesis and Viral Vectors
      $145,008
      award amount
  6. Mary Weber

    Leads 2 awards · $758,157

    • 2R01AI150812-06Department: NIH department code
      Functional characterization of Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion membrane proteins and their role in subversion of the host vesicular trafficking
      $540,576
      award amount
    • 5R61AI179999-02Department: NIH department code
      Development of genetic tools for overexpression and targeted mutagenesis of Orientia tsutsugamushi TPR proteins
      $217,581
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32AI007511-30, led by Mary E Wilson.

  7. Thomas Everett Kehl-Fie

    Leads 1 award · $727,202

    • 5R01AI155611-06Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging host-imposed metal starvation to elucidate the molecular and environmental factors that dictate metal utilization by the iron/manganese superoxide dismutase superfamily
      $727,202
      award amount
  8. David S Weiss

    Leads 1 award · $661,693

    • 1R01AI188467-01A1Department: 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

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI155492-05, led by Craig D Ellermeier.

  9. Hillel Haim

    Leads 1 award · $567,701

    • 5R01AI170205-03Department: 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
  10. Richard J Roller

    Leads 1 award · $494,408

    • 5R01AI150718-04Department: NIH department code
      HSV/VZV chimeric viruses for identifying critical virus herpesvirus assembly interactions
      $494,408
      award amount
  11. Mary E Wilson

    Leads 1 award · $450,367

  12. Wendy Jean Maury

    Leads 3 awards · $391,588

    • 5UH2AI186375-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying placental tissue tropism and cellular mechanisms of Ebola Virus transmission from mother to fetus in pregnancy
      $194,375
      award amount
    • 3UH2AI186375-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying placental tissue tropism and cellular mechanisms of Ebola Virus transmission from mother to fetus in pregnancy
      $130,735
      award amount
    • 3UH2AI186375-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying placental tissue tropism and cellular mechanisms of Ebola Virus transmission from mother to fetus in pregnancy
      $66,478
      award amount
  13. Jeremiah Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 5R01AI166535-05Department: NIH department code
      Integration of nutrient availability, TCA cycle activity, and colonization factor expression in Campylobacter jejuni
      $388,750
      award amount
  14. Michael John Gebhardt

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 1R35GM156848-01Department: NIH department code
      Exploring post-transcriptional regulators in Acinetobacter baumannii
      $388,750
      award amount
  15. Jon C.d. Houtman

    Leads 1 award · $373,402

    • 5R25CA273964-03Department: NIH department code
      R25 YES: Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa

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

      $373,402
      award amount
  16. Alex Kleinpeter

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00AI174891-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of IP6 in HIV-1 assembly, maturation, and infection.
      $249,000
      award amount
  17. Amanda M Dudek

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00HL172253-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms that Enhance and Suppress HIV-1 Resistance in Gene Edited Primary Human Cells
      $249,000
      award amount
  18. Filiz Korkmaz

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00HL159258-04Department: NIH department code
      Establishing Mechanisms of LOX-1-Dependent Immune Regulation During Pneumonia
      $249,000
      award amount
  19. Jessica Mitchell Tucker

    Leads 1 award · $194,375

    • 5R21AI173703-02Department: NIH department code
      Gammaherpesviruses induce transfer RNA cleavage
      $194,375
      award amount
  20. Bradley D Jones

    Leads 1 award · $77,750

    • 5R03AI180684-02Department: NIH department code
      Influence of an E. coli hyperadherent probiotic on Salmonella intestinal colonization
      $77,750
      award amount
  21. Jonah Elliff

    Leads 1 award · $42,202

    • 5F30AI181340-02Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating the impact of malaria on immunogenicity of the Ebola virus vaccine
      $42,202
      award amount
  22. Jonathon Bernardi

    Leads 1 award · $41,603

    • 1F31AI194515-01Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic regulation of anti-malarial humoral immunity
      $41,603
      award amount
  23. Hanora Anne Marie Van Ert

    Leads 1 award · $36,698

    • 5F30AI174686-03Department: NIH department code
      Determining Tropism and Mechanisms of Ebola Virus Entry in Placental Tissues
      $36,698
      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.