Microbiology & Immunology at University of Kentucky

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. Yasuhiro Suzuki

   Leads 2 awards · $2,854,864

   • 1R01AI181567-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Microglial IFN-y production is a key defense system to coordinate both innate and T cell-mediated protective immunity in the brain for preventing reactivation of cerebral Toxoplasma infection
     $2,431,364

     award amount
   • 1R21AI187757-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Protective roles of CD180 and NOD1 in the protective immunity against cerebral Toxoplasma infection
     $423,500

     award amount

2. Ilhem Messaoudi

   Leads 1 award · $2,051,313

   • 2R01AA028735-07Department: NIH department code

     Impact of chronic alcohol consumption on the functional and epigenetic landscapes of monocytes and their progenitors

     Principal investigators: Ilhem Messaoudi (contact PI), Oleg Varlamov

     $2,051,313

     award amount

3. Brett Spear

   Leads 1 award · $1,195,900

   • 5U24GM146576-04Department: NIH department code

     University of Kentucky SuRE Resource Center

     Principal investigators: Brett Spear (contact PI), Michael Paul Murphy

     $1,195,900

     award amount

4. Kenneth A Fields

   Leads 3 awards · $920,018

   • 5R01AI175220-03Department: NIH department code

     Chlamydia type III effectors affecting the host actin-based cytoskeleton
     $543,958

     award amount
   • 5R21AI185681-02Department: NIH department code

     Saturating transposon mutagenesis for Chlamydia
     $189,966

     award amount
   • 5R21AI178108-02Department: NIH department code

     Role of putative cytotoxins in Chlamydia infection
     $186,094

     award amount

5. Saurabh Chattopadhyay

   Leads 2 awards · $824,276

   • 5R01AI165521-04Department: NIH department code

     Novel antiviral mechanisms of the interferon system
     $416,425

     award amount
   • 5R01AI155545-04Department: NIH department code

     Anti-inflammatory functions for non-transcriptional IRF3
     $407,851

     award amount

6. Jennifer Simkin

   Leads 1 award · $687,427

   • 1R01HD116735-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Harnessing the inflammatory response to promote regeneration in mammals
     $687,427

     award amount

7. Christopher David Radka

   Leads 2 awards · $645,942

   • 1R35GM159612-01Department: NIH department code

     Targeting Membrane Environments: The Role of Oleate Hydratase (OhyA) in Lipid-Protein Interactions Across Microbial Communities
     $406,652

     award amount
   • 5R00AI166116-05Department: NIH department code

     Bacterial anti-inflammatory lipid mediators
     $239,290

     award amount

8. Sarah E. F. D'orazio

   Leads 2 awards · $600,606

   • 5R01AI167953-03Department: NIH department code

     Invasion of the enteric nervous system by neurotropic Listeria monocytogenes
     $591,606

     award amount
   • 2R13AI129382-07Department: NIH department code

     Autumn Immunology Conference
     $9,000

     award amount

9. Siva Kumar Gandhapudi

   Leads 1 award · $454,278

   • 1R21AI185450-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Adjuvanted Intranasal influenza vaccine to generate lung resident-memory T cells
     $454,278

     award amount

10. Katerina Wolf

    Leads 1 award · $423,500

    • 1R21AI187755-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Investigation of the role(s) chlamydial polymorphic membrane proteins (Pmps) play during infection with C. trachomatis
      $423,500

      award amount

11. Eric S Ubil

    Leads 1 award · $333,073

    • 7R01CA262241-04Department: NIH department code

      PTP1b Inhibition Restores the Innate Anti-tumor Response During Chemotherapy
      $333,073

      award amount

12. Brian Stevenson

    Leads 1 award · $183,637

    • 5R21AI182568-02Department: NIH department code

      Impacts of Borrelia burgdorferi Gac protein on infectivity and regulation of virulence protein expression
      $183,637

      award amount

13. Madison Brooke Blanton

    Leads 1 award · $35,420

    • 5F31AA031600-02Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering the functional and mechanistic dysregulation of monocytes after abstinence and post-abstinence drinking
      $35,420

      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.

• Oleg Varlamov

  Co-investigator on 2R01AA028735-07, led by Ilhem Messaoudi

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Oregon Health & Science University (no department on record, 1 award)

• Michael Paul Murphy

  Co-investigator on 5U24GM146576-04, led by Brett Spear

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Kentucky · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)