Microbiology & Immunology at University of Pennsylvania

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.

1. Jun Zhu

   Leads 5 awards · $1,904,469

   • 5R01AI157106-05Department: NIH department code

     Vibrio cholerae antinitrosative stress defenses and gut microbiome interaction

     Principal investigators: Jun Zhu (contact PI), Ansel Hsiao

     $782,791

     award amount
   • 5R01AI178908-02Department: NIH department code

     The role of a bifunctional mucinase in modulating personalized gut microbiota-Vibrio cholerae interactions during infection

     Principal investigators: Jun Zhu (contact PI), Ansel Hsiao

     $768,343

     award amount
   • 5R21AI175874-02Department: NIH department code

     sRNA-regulated S-glutathionylation controls Vibrio cholerae virulence
     $200,925

     award amount
   • 3R01AI178908-02S1Department: NIH department code

     The role of a bifunctional mucinase in modulating personalized gut microbiota-Vibrio cholerae interactions during infection

     Principal investigators: Jun Zhu (contact PI), Ansel Hsiao

     $122,416

     award amount
   • 3R01AI178908-01S1Department: NIH department code

     The role of a bifunctional mucinase in modulating personalized gut microbiota-Vibrio cholerae interactions during infection

     Principal investigators: Jun Zhu (contact PI), Ansel Hsiao

     $29,994

     award amount

2. Michael R Betts

   Leads 2 awards · $1,538,309

   • 5R01AI176597-02Department: NIH department code

     Multiomic strategies to assess HIV reservoir persistence
     $844,008

     award amount
   • 1R01AI184285-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Early interventions at ART initiation to reduce the HIV-1 reservoir and enhance adaptive immune responses

     Principal investigators: Michael R Betts (contact PI), Brad R Jones, Ole Schmeltz Søgaard

     $694,301

     award amount

3. James L. Riley

   Leads 2 awards · $1,492,542

   • 5R01DK132725-03Department: NIH department code

     Engineering T cells to Promote Islet Transplant

     Principal investigators: James L. Riley (contact PI), Ali Naji, Raimon Duran-Struuck

     $774,236

     award amount
   • 5R01AI167061-02Department: NIH department code

     Eliminating the latent reservoir by targeted in vivo delivery of HIV-specific CARs

     Principal investigators: James L. Riley (contact PI), Hamideh Parhiz

     $718,306

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5T32AI007632-25, led by Frederic D Bushman.

4. Georgios Hajishengallis

   Leads 4 awards · $1,416,688

   • 5R01DE029436-05Department: NIH department code

     IL-22, Immune Plasticity, and Autotherapy in the Periodontium
     $378,219

     award amount
   • 5R01DE031206-03Department: NIH department code

     Trained innate immunity and periodontitis-associated comorbidities
     $366,275

     award amount
   • 5R37DE026152-09Department: NIH department code

     Local endogenous regulators of functional immune plasticity in the periodontium
     $344,715

     award amount
   • 5R01DE028561-05Department: NIH department code

     Aging and dysfunction of progenitor niches: Role of Del-1
     $327,479

     award amount

5. Christoph Alexander Thaiss

   Leads 2 awards · $1,308,346

   • 1DP1DK140021-01Department: NIH department code

     Memory in the enteric nervous system
     $747,500

     award amount
   • 1R01NS134976-01Department: NIH department code

     Intestinal regulation of exercise performance

     Principal investigators: Christoph Alexander Thaiss (contact PI), John Nicholas Betley

     $560,846

     award amount

6. Susan R Weiss

   Leads 2 awards · $1,282,166

   • 5R01AI169537-03Department: NIH department code

     Human coronavirus infection of the nasal epithelium

     Principal investigators: Susan R Weiss (contact PI), Noam A Cohen

     $730,697

     award amount
   • 5R01AI140442-07Department: NIH department code

     Betacoronaviruses: activation and antagonism of host innate immune responses
     $551,469

     award amount

7. Modupe Coker

   Leads 1 award · $956,631

   • 7R01DE032216-03Department: NIH department code

     HPV, HIV and Oral Microbiota Interplay in Nigerian Youth (HOMINY)

     Principal investigators: Modupe Coker (contact PI), Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters

     $956,631

     award amount

8. Jianxin You

   Leads 3 awards · $896,051

   • 5R01CA187718-08Department: NIH department code

     Merkel cell polyomavirus infection, host response, and viral oncogenic mechanism
     $362,492

     award amount
   • 5R01CA284690-02Department: NIH department code

     Targeting MCPyV oncogene transcription to suppress tumorigenesis
     $353,134

     award amount
   • 5R21CA267803-02Department: NIH department code

     A novel gene therapy approach targeting STING-silenced cold tumors
     $180,425

     award amount

9. Sunny Shin

   Leads 3 awards · $763,445

   • 5R01AI118861-09Department: NIH department code

     Innate immune-mediated control of pulmonary Legionella pneumophila infection
     $481,945

     award amount
   • 5R21AI172178-02Department: NIH department code

     Effector-triggered immunity against Legionella pneumophila in dendritic cells
     $200,000

     award amount
   • 3R01AI118861-09S1Department: NIH department code

     Innate immune-mediated control of pulmonary Legionella pneumophila infection
     $81,500

     award amount

10. Michela Locci

    Leads 1 award · $668,622

    • 5R01AI168312-03Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of germinal center responses by SARS-CoV-2 messenger RNA vaccines
      $668,622

      award amount

11. Flavia Rocha Teles

    Leads 1 award · $640,090

    • 1R01DE033033-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Defining Dysbiosis and Mechanisms of Periodontitis Progression and Stability

      Principal investigators: Flavia Rocha Teles (contact PI), Kyle Bittinger

      $640,090

      award amount

12. Paul Bates

    Leads 1 award · $577,453

    • 5R01AI152236-05Department: NIH department code

      Development of vaccines targeting a tick-borne phlebovirus
      $577,453

      award amount

13. Kellie Ann Jurado

    Leads 1 award · $556,002

    • 1R01AI180138-01Department: NIH department code

      IL-27 is a protective cytokine during congenital infection
      $556,002

      award amount

14. Frederic D Bushman

    Leads 1 award · $492,527

    • 5T32AI007632-25Department: NIH department code

      HIV Pathogenesis, Vaccination and Cure

      Principal investigators: Frederic D Bushman (contact PI), James L. Riley

      $492,527

      award amount

15. Michael C. Abt

    Leads 1 award · $468,900

    • 5R01AI158830-04Department: NIH department code

      Investigating Immune-Microbiome interactions during treatment of Clostridioides difficile with fecal microbiome transplantation
      $468,900

      award amount

16. Brittany Marie Miller

    Leads 1 award · $74,284

    • 5F32AI176810-02Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of the intestinal colonization niche by epithelial cell death
      $74,284

      award amount

17. Megan Liou

    Leads 1 award · $73,828

    • 1F32DK139723-01Department: NIH department code

      A new regulator of mucus production integrating temporal and microbial cues
      $73,828

      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.

• Ansel Hsiao

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI157106-05, led by Jun Zhu; 5R01AI178908-02, led by Jun Zhu; 3R01AI178908-02S1, led by Jun Zhu; 3R01AI178908-01S1, led by Jun Zhu

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of California Riverside · Other Basic Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters

  Co-investigator on 7R01DE032216-03, led by Modupe Coker

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Duke University · Otolaryngology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Ali Naji

  Co-investigator on 5R01DK132725-03, led by James L. Riley

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Pennsylvania · Surgery (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Raimon Duran-Struuck

  Co-investigator on 5R01DK132725-03, led by James L. Riley

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Noam A Cohen

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI169537-03, led by Susan R Weiss

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Hamideh Parhiz

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI167061-02, led by James L. Riley

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Pennsylvania · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Brad R Jones

  Co-investigator on 1R01AI184285-01A1, led by Michael R Betts

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Ole Schmeltz Søgaard

  Co-investigator on 1R01AI184285-01A1, led by Michael R Betts

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Kyle Bittinger

  Co-investigator on 1R01DE033033-01A1, led by Flavia Rocha Teles

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• John Nicholas Betley

  Co-investigator on 1R01NS134976-01, led by Christoph Alexander Thaiss

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Pennsylvania · Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)