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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Microbiology & Immunology at University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Funding
$13.5M
$13,456,415
Awards
28
FY2026 NIH awards in Microbiology & Immunology
Principal investigators
31
25 lead a grant here, 6 co-investigators
Department rank
#35
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 Minnesota page.

Leads a grant in this department

25 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. Michael Gale

    Leads 3 awards · $4,384,328

    • 1P01AI198498-01Department: NIH department code
      Exploiting virus and host diversity to define mechanisms of cross-species infections

      Principal investigators: Michael Gale (contact PI), Ryan Langlois (contact PI), Sara Cherry (contact PI)

      $2,000,000
      award amount
    • 5P01AI177688-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms programming Protective Immunity from RhCMV-SIV Vaccine and IL-15 actions

      Principal investigators: Louis J. Picker (contact PI), Michael Gale (contact PI), Michael K Axthelm (contact PI)

      $1,594,328
      award amount
    • 5R01AI183793-03Department: NIH department code
      Innate Immune Mechanisms Controlling Flavivirus Neurovirulence

      Principal investigators: Michael Gale (contact PI), Andrew Atwell Oberst

      $790,000
      award amount

  2. David Masopust

    Leads 3 awards · $3,242,089

    • 4R01AG086353-03Department: NIH department code
      Using an in vivo multi-lifetime model to test mechanisms of aging
      $1,949,037
      award amount
    • 5R01AI146032-06Department: NIH department code
      Resident Memory T Cells
      $721,567
      award amount
    • 5R37AI084913-17Department: NIH department code
      Mucosal T cell memory to pathogens
      $571,485
      award amount

  3. Ryan Langlois

    Leads 2 awards · $2,702,509

    • 1P01AI198498-01Department: NIH department code
      Exploiting virus and host diversity to define mechanisms of cross-species infections

      Principal investigators: Michael Gale (contact PI), Ryan Langlois (contact PI), Sara Cherry (contact PI)

      $2,000,000
      award amount
    • 5R01AI173043-04Department: NIH department code
      Natural model for evaluating within- and cross-species virus transmission

      Principal investigators: Ryan Langlois (contact PI), Zhongde Wang

      $702,509
      award amount

  4. Sara Cherry

    Leads 1 award · $2,000,000

    • 1P01AI198498-01Department: NIH department code
      Exploiting virus and host diversity to define mechanisms of cross-species infections

      Principal investigators: Michael Gale (contact PI), Ryan Langlois (contact PI), Sara Cherry (contact PI)

      $2,000,000
      award amount

  5. Louis J. Picker

    Leads 1 award · $1,594,328

    • 5P01AI177688-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms programming Protective Immunity from RhCMV-SIV Vaccine and IL-15 actions

      Principal investigators: Louis J. Picker (contact PI), Michael Gale (contact PI), Michael K Axthelm (contact PI)

      $1,594,328
      award amount

  6. Michael K Axthelm

    Leads 1 award · $1,594,328

    • 5P01AI177688-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms programming Protective Immunity from RhCMV-SIV Vaccine and IL-15 actions

      Principal investigators: Louis J. Picker (contact PI), Michael Gale (contact PI), Michael K Axthelm (contact PI)

      $1,594,328
      award amount

  7. Anna M. Selmecki

    Leads 2 awards · $1,185,557

    • 1R01AI196684-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and dynamics of genome plasticity in Candida species
      $713,383
      award amount
    • 5R01AI143689-07Department: NIH department code
      Aneuploidy and Acquired Antifungal Drug Resistance in Candida species
      $472,174
      award amount

  8. Pamela J Skinner

    Leads 1 award · $702,446

    • 5R01DK133907-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting HIV-specific CAR T cells to the gut for the durable remission of HIV

      Principal investigators: Pamela J Skinner (contact PI), Vaiva D Vezys

      $702,446
      award amount

  9. Jonathan P Schroeder

    Leads 1 award · $665,503

  10. Ingunn Margarete Stromnes

    Leads 1 award · $650,590

    • 1R01CA318724-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating properties of T cell receptors that govern pancreatic cancer immunotherapy response
      $650,590
      award amount

  11. Marc Kevin Jenkins

    Leads 1 award · $570,456

    • 5R01AI187164-02Department: NIH department code
      CD4+ T cell response to food
      $570,456
      award amount

  12. Caitlyn Leigh Holmes

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00AI175481-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining macrophage defense during Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia
      $249,000
      award amount

  13. Elise Lamont

    Leads 1 award · $231,000

    • 5R21AI173991-02Department: NIH department code
      Effects of microbial exposure on TB pathogenesis

      Principal investigators: Elise Lamont (contact PI), Anthony D Baughn

      $231,000
      award amount

  14. Anna Degraff Tischler

    Leads 2 awards · $199,600

    • 5R21AI187844-02Department: NIH department code
      Riboflavin Synthesis and Transport in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
      $192,500
      award amount
    • 3R21AI193559-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Myobacterium tuberculosis Phenylalanine Synthesis as a Novel Drug Target
      $7,100
      award amount

  15. Petra Vande Zande

    Leads 1 award · $125,000

    • 5K99GM160701-02Department: NIH department code
      Impacts of copy number variation on gene regulatory networks and fitness in Candida
      $125,000
      award amount

  16. Adam L Burrack

    Leads 1 award · $119,858

    • 5R50CA293827-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating and overcoming T cell dysfunction in pancreatic cancer
      $119,858
      award amount

  17. Olivia C. Smith

    Leads 1 award · $51,966

    • 5F30AI181450-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the local and systemic coordination of antiviral immunity by tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells in the skin
      $51,966
      award amount

  18. Matthew Watowich

    Leads 1 award · $51,834

    • 1F30CA317805-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of persistent T cell receptor signaling in shaping CD8+ T cell residency, fate, and function against solid tumors
      $51,834
      award amount

  19. Cara-Lin Lonetree

    Leads 1 award · $50,848

    • 1F31CA314096-01Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing TCR-engineered T cell therapy with cytokine fusion proteins for pancreatic cancer treatment
      $50,848
      award amount

  20. Eduardo Cruz

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31CA294586-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Routes of tumor-specific CD4 T cell elimination of pancreatic cancer
      $50,114
      award amount

  21. Jovany Jordan Betancourt

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AI181528-03Department: NIH department code
      Assessing the role of SP140 in enhanced resistance to Cryptococcus neoformans
      $50,114
      award amount

  22. Amanda S Stocker

    Leads 1 award · $49,808

    • 5F31CA288025-03Department: NIH department code
      Living Beyond Cancer: How Distance Impacts Childhood Cancer Survivorship Care
      $49,808
      award amount

  23. Grant Harrison Hickok

    Leads 1 award · $48,255

    • 1F31CA310226-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Role of CD8+ TCR Attributes in Cancer Immunotherapy
      $48,255
      award amount

  24. Joseph Guter

    Leads 1 award · $37,891

    • 1F31AI202855-01Department: NIH department code
      Functional and phenotypic tissue imprinting in ex-resident memory T cells
      $37,891
      award amount

  25. Hannah Hillman

    Leads 1 award · $37,649

    • 5F31HL182131-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Trem2 in Atherosclerosis Progression
      $37,649
      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.