FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Anatomy & Cell Biology at University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
- 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 Anatomy & Cell Biology row of the University of Maryland, College Park page.
Leads a grant in this department
17 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Thomas R Fuerst
Leads 1 award · $1,575,599
- 1R01AI198503-01Department: NIH department codeStructural and biochemical characterization of phenotypically distinct classes of HCV E1E2 glycoproteins critical for vaccine development
Principal investigators: Thomas R Fuerst (contact PI), Brian G. Pierce, Gilad A Ofek, Mansun Law
$1,575,599award amount
Volker Briken
Leads 3 awards · $1,248,602
- 5R01AI147630-05Department: NIH department codeManipulation of the host cell inflammasome by Mycobacterium tuberculosis$592,882award amount
- 1R21AI196587-01Department: NIH department codeCharacterizing NLRP11 Activation by Mycobacteria to Enhance Innate Immune Responses$421,720award amount
- 1R21AI193440-01A1Department: NIH department codeDeciphering Phagosomal Membrane Repair Pathways during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Using High-Throughput Single Cell and Single Phagosome Analysis$234,000award amount
A. Brantley Hall
Leads 2 awards · $941,482
- 5R33DK132310-05Department: NIH department codeEmploying smart underwear to measure gut microbial hydrogen sulfide production
Principal investigators: A. Brantley Hall (contact PI), Noel T Mueller, Reza Ghodssi
$551,482award amount - 5R35GM155208-03Department: NIH department codeEnzymatic Determinants of Gut Microbial Metabolic Biotransformations$390,000award amount
Norberto Gonzalez-Juarbe
Leads 1 award · $862,271
- 5R01AI168313-04Department: NIH department codeEndolysins as tools to eradicate pneumococcal biofilms and development ofprotective immunity$862,271award amount
Najib M El-Sayed
Leads 4 awards · $748,030
- 3R01AI172887-04S1Department: NIH department codeHost and parasite determinants of Leishmania Viannia persistence in naturally infected human populations
Principal investigators: Najib M El-Sayed (contact PI), Maria Adelaida Gomez
$303,969award amount - 5R01AI172887-04Department: NIH department codeHost and parasite determinants of Leishmania Viannia persistence in naturally infected human populations
Principal investigators: Najib M El-Sayed (contact PI), Maria Adelaida Gomez
$295,370award amount - 3R21AI188147-02S1Department: NIH department codeRole of tryptophan catabolism and AHR pathways in natural resistance of Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis to antimonial drug
Principal investigators: Najib M El-Sayed (contact PI), Olga Lucia Fernandez
$104,197award amount - 5R21AI188147-02Department: NIH department codeRole of tryptophan catabolism and AHR pathways in natural resistance of Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis to antimonial drug
Principal investigators: Najib M El-Sayed (contact PI), Olga Lucia Fernandez
$44,494award amount
Margaret Adele Scull
Leads 1 award · $696,922
- 5R01HL182101-02Department: NIH department codeGlycan-Mediated Impacts on the Mucus Barrier Towards Respiratory Viruses
Principal investigators: Margaret Adele Scull (contact PI), Gregg Duncan
$696,922award amount
Wenxia Song
Leads 1 award · $689,377
- 5R01AI141894-06Department: NIH department codeCellular mechanisms by which Neisseria gonorrhoeae infects the female reproductive tract
Principal investigators: Wenxia Song (contact PI), Daniel C Stein, Herve S Tettelin, Vonetta L. Edwards
$689,377award amount
Vincent T Lee
Leads 1 award · $571,412
- 1R01AI198892-01Department: NIH department codeLinear diribonucleotides regulation of bacterial physiology and infections$571,412award amount
Sougata Roy
Leads 1 award · $509,885
- 5R35GM156377-02Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of Cell Communication in Animal Development$509,885award amount
William J Snell
Leads 1 award · $468,000
- 3R01GM146162-04S1Department: NIH department codeConserved mechanisms of ciliary signaling and cell-cell fusion$468,000award amount
Kan Cao
Leads 1 award · $424,743
- 1R21HD116032-01A1Department: NIH department codeThe Molecular Basis of R249W LMNA-related Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
Principal investigators: Kan Cao (contact PI), Brian G. Pierce
$424,743award amount
Charles Anthony Seller
Leads 1 award · $419,296
- 1R35GM165596-01Department: NIH department codeGenome regulatory mechanisms mediating abscisic acid stress hormone response and stomatal aperture control in plants$419,296award amount
Kevin S. McIver
Leads 1 award · $417,295
- 1R21AI196768-01Department: NIH department codeRegulation of Heme Adaptation in the Group A Streptococcus$417,295award amount
Brian G. Pierce
Leads 2 awards · $389,762
- 2R35GM144083-06Department: NIH department codeAlgorithms and resources for high resolution modeling and design of immune receptor recognition$217,704award amount
- 5R35GM144083-05Department: NIH department codeHigh resolution modeling and design of immune recognition$172,058award amount
Also a principal investigator on 1R01AI198503-01, led by Thomas R Fuerst; 1R21HD116032-01A1, led by Kan Cao.
Jose A Feijo
Leads 1 award · $387,313
- 5R35GM152091-03Department: NIH department codeMerging Signaling with Structure: Functions and Mechanisms of Plant Glutamate Receptor Ion Channels, and their implications for the evolution of aminoacid based ion-signaling systems$387,313award amount
Wade Winkler
Leads 1 award · $381,240
- 1R35GM161408-01Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of Processive Antitermination in Gram-Positive Bacteria$381,240award amount
Victoria Lowers
Leads 1 award · $43,687
- 5F31HL176186-02Department: NIH department codeImport of double-stranded RNA and cholesterol into cells in C. elegans$43,687award 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.
Gilad A Ofek
Co-investigator on 1R01AI198503-01, led by Thomas R Fuerst
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Maryland, College Park · Anatomy & Cell Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Mansun Law
Co-investigator on 1R01AI198503-01, led by Thomas R Fuerst
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Scripps Research Institute (no department on record, 3 awards)
Gregg Duncan
Co-investigator on 5R01HL182101-02, led by Margaret Adele Scull
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Maryland, College Park · Biomedical Engineering (NIH department code, 1 award)
Daniel C Stein
Co-investigator on 5R01AI141894-06, led by Wenxia Song
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Herve S Tettelin
Co-investigator on 5R01AI141894-06, led by Wenxia Song
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Vonetta L. Edwards
Co-investigator on 5R01AI141894-06, led by Wenxia Song
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Maria Adelaida Gomez
Co-investigator on 3R01AI172887-04S1, led by Najib M El-Sayed; 5R01AI172887-04, led by Najib M El-Sayed
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Noel T Mueller
Co-investigator on 5R33DK132310-05, led by A. Brantley Hall
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Colorado · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Reza Ghodssi
Co-investigator on 5R33DK132310-05, led by A. Brantley Hall
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Maryland, College Park · Engineering (NIH department code, 1 award)
Olga Lucia Fernandez
Co-investigator on 3R21AI188147-02S1, led by Najib M El-Sayed; 5R21AI188147-02, led by Najib M El-Sayed
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.