Microbiology & Immunology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Leads a grant in this department

41 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. Damania, Blossom A

   Leads 4 awards · $2,561,567

   • 5P01CA019014-40Department: NIH department code

     Herpesviral Oncogenesis, Latency and Reactivation
     $1,757,717

     award amount
   • 5R01DE028211-02Department: NIH department code

     Modulation of Innate Immunity by KSHV
     $434,473

     award amount
   • 5R01CA096500-17Department: NIH department code

     Role of KSHV Viral Proteins in Signaling and Pathogenesis
     $305,441

     award amount
   • 3P01CA019014-40S1Department: NIH department code

     Herpesviral Oncogenesis, Latency and Reactivation
     $63,936

     award amount

2. Desilva, Aravinda M.

   Leads 2 awards · $1,653,277

   • 5R01AI125198-04Department: NIH department code

     PRECLINICAL ASSAYS TO PREDICT TETRAVALENT DENGUE VACCINE EFFICACY
     $1,080,094

     award amount
   • 5R01AI107731-06Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Basis of Flavivirus Cross-Neutralization by Human Antibodies
     $573,183

     award amount

3. Miao, Edward A

   Leads 4 awards · $1,650,679

   • 1R01AI136920-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Complement and efferocytosis in clearing pyroptotic cells
     $455,471

     award amount
   • 5R01AI139304-02Department: NIH department code

     Intestinal epithelial cell exfoliation by caspases
     $427,625

     award amount
   • 5R01AI133236-02Department: NIH department code

     Natural killer cell cytotoxicity against intracellular bacteria
     $425,744

     award amount
   • 5R01AI119073-05Department: NIH department code

     Role of caspase-11 in innate immunity
     $341,839

     award amount

4. Damania, Blossom A

   Leads 3 awards · $1,245,644

   • 1R01CA239583-01Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of KSHV Transmission
     $527,310

     award amount
   • 5R01CA228172-02Department: NIH department code

     Impact of HIV on the Tumor Microenvironment
     $375,575

     award amount
   • 5R01CA163217-09Department: NIH department code

     Targeted Therapies for HIV-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma and Lymphoma
     $342,759

     award amount

5. Goonetilleke, Nilu

   Leads 1 award · $1,205,048

   • 5U01AI131310-03Department: NIH department code

     Phase I therapeutic testing of viral-vectored vaccines that shift CD8+ T cell immunodominance to conserved regions of HIV-1
     $1,205,048

     award amount

6. Tamayo, Rita

   Leads 3 awards · $1,155,293

   • 1R01AI143638-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Global regulation in Clostridium difficile via phase variation of cyclic diguanylate signaling
     $508,480

     award amount
   • 5R01AI107029-07Department: NIH department code

     Phase variation of virulence factors in Clostridium difficile
     $415,492

     award amount
   • 1R21AI141373-01Department: NIH department code

     C-di-AMP signaling in Clostridium difficile
     $231,321

     award amount

7. Tisch, Roland M

   Leads 3 awards · $971,875

   • 1R01AI139475-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Thymic and peripheral regulation of autoreactive T cells by coreceptor therapy
     $388,750

     award amount
   • 1R01AI141631-01Department: NIH department code

     The role of AIM2 in T cell-mediated autoimmunity
     $388,750

     award amount
   • 5R21AI135556-02Department: NIH department code

     AIM2 Function in Beta Cells and Type 1 Diabetes
     $194,375

     award amount

8. Su, Lishan

   Leads 2 awards · $920,750

   • 5R01AI127346-04Department: NIH department code

     HIV-1 Vpr disrupts the IFN-TET-ISG pathway to promote HIV-1 infection and persistence
     $532,000

     award amount
   • 5R01DK119937-02Department: NIH department code

     Immune Mechanisms of Elevated Liver Diseases During HIV Infection
     $388,750

     award amount

9. De Paris, Kristina

   Leads 1 award · $899,083

   • 5R01DE028146-02Department: NIH department code

     Subingual-parenteral Vaccination to Prevent Oral HIV Transmission in Infants
     $899,083

     award amount

10. Amara, Rama Rao

    Leads 1 award · $842,342

    • 5R01AI136990-02Department: NIH department code

      Blocking type I interferon signaling to reverse T cell exhaustion and control HIV-1 reservoirs
      $842,342

      award amount

11. Lazear, Helen

    Leads 3 awards · $813,192

    • 1R01AI139512-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The role of Interferon lambda signaling in flavivirus transmission and pathogenesis at the maternal-fetal interface
      $388,750

      award amount
    • 1R21AI145377-01Department: NIH department code

      Identifying Novel Immune Factors Controlling Flavivirus Pathogenesis
      $232,909

      award amount
    • 1R21AI144631-01Department: NIH department code

      Protective Immune Mechanisms against Zika Virus Infection in the Female Reproductive Tract
      $191,533

      award amount

12. Cotter, Peggy A

    Leads 2 awards · $794,282

    • 5R01AI129541-03Department: NIH department code

      PlrSR-dependent Signal Transduction in Bordetella Virulence
      $498,560

      award amount
    • 5R01GM121110-04Department: NIH department code

      Contact-Dependent Signaling in Burkholderia
      $295,722

      award amount

13. Ploss, Alexander

    Leads 1 award · $783,487

    • 5R01AI138797-02Department: NIH department code

      Modeling immune impairments and pathogenesis in novel humanized mice for HBV-HIV co-infection
      $783,487

      award amount

14. Dittmer, Dirk P

    Leads 2 awards · $736,988

    • 2R01DE018304-11Department: NIH department code

      ART Modulation of Viral Pathogenesis
      $369,313

      award amount
    • 5R01DA040394-05Department: NIH department code

      HIV and substances of abuse influence exosomes and endothelial cell function
      $367,675

      award amount

15. Wahl, Angela Raquel

    Leads 1 award · $727,806

    • 5R01AI123010-04Department: NIH department code

      The Role of Human Gut Microbiota in HIV-1 Rectal Acquisition, Replication, and Pathogenesis
      $727,806

      award amount

16. Dotti, Gianpietro

    Leads 2 awards · $604,335

    • 1R01CA243543-01Department: NIH department code

      Cellular Immunotherapy of Ovarian Cancer
      $401,407

      award amount
    • 1R21CA229938-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Targeting and Delivering CAR-Ts in Glioblastoma
      $202,928

      award amount

17. Moody, Cary A

    Leads 2 awards · $548,902

    • 1R01CA226523-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Epigenetic Regulation During the HPV Life Cycle
      $354,527

      award amount
    • 5R21AI135542-02Department: NIH department code

      The Role of ATR Signaling in the Life Cycle of HPV
      $194,375

      award amount

18. Serody, Jonathan S.

    Leads 1 award · $543,763

    • 5R01HL139730-03Department: NIH department code

      Mechanistic Evaluations of ILC2 Cells for the Treatment/Prevention of GVHD
      $543,763

      award amount

19. Vilen, Barbara J

    Leads 1 award · $493,396

    • 1R01AI132421-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Lysosome Defects and the Accumulation of Immune Complexes in Human Lupus
      $493,396

      award amount

20. Bourret, Robert B.

    Leads 1 award · $480,662

    • 5R01GM050860-24Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Mechanisms of Signal Transduction by Two-Component Regulatory Systems
      $480,662

      award amount

21. Chao, Nelson J.

    Leads 1 award · $475,705

    • 5T32CA211056-03Department: NIH department code

      Duke-UNC Chapel Hill Immunotherapy Training Grant
      $475,705

      award amount

22. Conlon, Brian Patrick

    Leads 2 awards · $431,166

    • 5R01AI137273-02Department: NIH department code

      Antibiotic activities against S. aureus during P. aeruginosa co-infection
      $384,736

      award amount
    • 3R01AI137273-02S1Department: NIH department code

      Antibiotic activities against S. aureus during P. aeruginosa co-infection
      $46,430

      award amount

23. Moorman, Nathaniel J

    Leads 1 award · $384,607

    • 5R01AI103311-07Department: NIH department code

      The role of host and viral translation factors during HCMV infection
      $384,607

      award amount

24. Kafri, Tal

    Leads 1 award · $380,000

    • 5R01DK058702-17Department: NIH department code

      Nonintegrating Lentiviral Vectors Towards Clinical Trials
      $380,000

      award amount

25. Wan, Yisong

    Leads 1 award · $377,975

    • 5R01AI123193-03Department: NIH department code

      Functional protein networks underlying T cell growth, proliferation and differentiation
      $377,975

      award amount

26. Miller, Virginia L

    Leads 1 award · $376,547

    • 5R01AI119032-05Department: NIH department code

      Dissecting Bubonic Plague
      $376,547

      award amount

27. Cameron, Craig E.

    Leads 1 award · $311,837

    • 7R01AI045818-21Department: NIH department code

      RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase
      $311,837

      award amount

28. Bowers, Albert A

    Leads 1 award · $225,800

    • 5R21AI138058-02Department: NIH department code

      Dual mechanism thiopeptide analogs for TB drug development
      $225,800

      award amount

29. Braunstein, Miriam S.

    Leads 1 award · $192,494

    • 5R21AI135899-02Department: NIH department code

      Systematic analysis of components of mycobacterial Mce transporters
      $192,494

      award amount

30. Moorman, Nathaniel J

    Leads 1 award · $185,684

    • 1R21AI144548-01Department: NIH department code

      Pseudomonas avoids immune clearance by dysregulating host AMPK/mTOR signaling
      $185,684

      award amount

31. Pickles, Raymond J

    Leads 1 award · $151,475

    • 5R21AI138247-02Department: NIH department code

      Genetically Engineered Hamsters as Small Animal Models for Testing RSV Therapeutics
      $151,475

      award amount

32. Griffith, Jack D

    Leads 1 award · $150,000

    • 2R56ES013773-11A1Department: NIH department code

      The structure of the telomere as a sentinel of DNA damage.
      $150,000

      award amount

33. Ma, Zhe

    Leads 1 award · $113,624

    • 5K99CA230178-02Department: NIH department code

      Role of DNA sensing pathways in KSHV associated cancers
      $113,624

      award amount

34. Ting, Jenny P

    Leads 1 award · $46,650

    • 5R01CA156330-08Department: NIH department code

      Colitis, Colon Cancer and the NLR Family
      $46,650

      award amount

35. Smith, Collin-Jamal

    Leads 1 award · $43,279

    • 5F30NS095428-04Department: NIH department code

      Investigating Immunoregulation in Autoimmune Peripheral Neuropathy
      $43,279

      award amount

36. Falcinelli, Shane David

    Leads 1 award · $37,073

    • 1F30AI145588-01Department: NIH department code

      Reducing the HIV Reservoir: Next-Generation Latency Reversal Agents and T Cell Population Targets
      $37,073

      award amount

37. Kovacs, Stephen

    Leads 1 award · $37,073

    • 1F30AI142990-01Department: NIH department code

      Inflammasomes and Gasdermins in the Pathogenesis of Bullous Pemphigoid
      $37,073

      award amount

38. Smith, Christof Chiu

    Leads 1 award · $36,185

    • 5F30CA225136-02Department: NIH department code

      Design and Delivery of Neoantigen-based Tumor Vaccines
      $36,185

      award amount

39. Lopez, Cesar Augusto

    Leads 1 award · $32,951

    • 1F31AI143237-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The Role of Dengue Virus Antibodies in Vector-independent transmission of Zika Virus
      $32,951

      award amount

40. Radlinski, Lauren Christine

    Leads 1 award · $24,916

    • 5F31AI140520-02Department: NIH department code

      INTERSPECIES INTERACTION AND ANTIBIOTIC EFFICACY AGAINST STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
      $24,916

      award amount

41. Eichelberger, Kara

    Leads 1 award · $12,309

    • 5F31AI126667-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of neutrophil dysfunction during primary pneumonic plague
      $12,309

      award amount