Microbiology & Immunology at University of Pittsburgh

Leads a grant in this department

44 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. Glorioso, Joseph C.

   Leads 3 awards · $2,034,378

   • 5P01DK044935-15Department: NIH department code

     Model Systems for Development of Pain Gene Therapy
     $1,568,715

     award amount
   • 5R01CA119298-05Department: NIH department code

     Glioma Therapy Using Targeted Oncolytic HSV Vectors
     $365,663

     award amount
   • 3P01DK044935-14S1Department: NIH department code

     Model Systems for Development of Pain Gene Therapy
     $100,000

     award amount

2. Flynn, Joanne L.

   Leads 4 awards · $1,715,091

   • 1R01HL106804-01Department: NIH department code

     Defining how the spectrum of latency affects reactivation of TB
     $675,044

     award amount
   • 5R01AI050732-07Department: NIH department code

     CD4 T Cells in Tuberculosis
     $490,643

     award amount
   • 5R01AI037859-13Department: NIH department code

     Function of CD8 T Cells in Tuberculosis
     $325,432

     award amount
   • 5R33HL092883-03Department: NIH department code

     A Multi-scale and Multi-system Approach to Understand Granuloma Formation in TB
     $223,972

     award amount

3. Parniak, Michael A

   Leads 2 awards · $1,376,611

   • 5U19AI073975-04Department: NIH department code

     HIV RNase H natural product inhibitors
     $906,793

     award amount
   • 4R33AI079801-03Department: NIH department code

     Microbicide properties of RT inhibitor combinations
     $469,818

     award amount

4. Smithgall, Thomas E.

   Leads 5 awards · $1,342,352

   • 2R01AI057083-05A2Department: NIH department code

     Small Molecule Inhibitors of HIV Nef Signaling
     $378,750

     award amount
   • 5R01CA123756-03Department: NIH department code

     A Tumor Suppressor Function for the c-Fes Tyrosine Kinase in Colon Cancer
     $259,959

     award amount
   • 5R01GM077629-04Department: NIH department code

     Cytoplasmic Tyrosine Kinase Pathways and ES Cell Fate
     $253,279

     award amount
   • 5R21AI077444-02Department: NIH department code

     Structural Biology of HIV Nef-Src Family Kinase Complexes
     $227,250

     award amount
   • 5R01CA081398-10Department: NIH department code

     Src Family Kinases as Molecular Targets for HIV/Nef
     $223,114

     award amount

5. Montelaro, Ronald C

   Leads 2 awards · $1,266,693

   • 5R01AI025850-22Department: NIH department code

     EIAV Envelope Variation and Vaccine Efficacy
     $697,023

     award amount
   • 1R01AI087533-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Topology, Antigenicity, and Immunogenicity of the C-terminal Tail (CTT) of HIV-1
     $569,670

     award amount

6. Ross, Ted M

   Leads 1 award · $1,154,441

   • 5U01AI077771-03Department: NIH department code

     Virus-Like Particle Vaccines for Pandemic Influenza
     $1,154,441

     award amount

7. Moore, Patrick S.

   Leads 3 awards · $1,047,003

   • 5R01CA136806-02Department: NIH department code

     Role of a new polyomavirus in Merkel cell carcinoma
     $450,686

     award amount
   • 5R01CA136363-03Department: NIH department code

     Protein Biomarkers for a New Human Polyomavirus in AIDS-related Malignancies
     $340,875

     award amount
   • 5R01CA121930-05Department: NIH department code

     Enhanced Cell-mediated Immunogenicity of KSHV LANA1 Protein
     $255,442

     award amount

8. Finn, Olivera J

   Leads 3 awards · $773,657

   • 5T32CA082084-12Department: NIH department code

     Training in Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms of Tumor Rejection
     $413,502

     award amount
   • 5R01CA056103-16Department: NIH department code

     T Cell Immunity to Epithelial Tumor Mucins
     $322,280

     award amount
   • 3R01CA056103-16S1Department: NIH department code

     T Cell Immunity to Epithelial Tumor Mucins
     $37,875

     award amount

9. Murphey-Corb, Michael A

   Leads 1 award · $767,952

   • 1R01AI090825-01Department: NIH department code

     Innate/ SIV DNA vaccine induced immunity in the protected macaque mucosa
     $767,952

     award amount

10. Mc Clane, Bruce A

    Leads 2 awards · $764,370

    • 5R01AI056177-07Department: NIH department code

      Clostridium perfringens Type B-D Virulence Plasmids
      $415,430

      award amount
    • 4R37AI019844-27Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Action of C. Perfringens Enterotoxin
      $348,940

      award amount

11. Deluca, Neal A.

    Leads 2 awards · $632,250

    • 2R01AI030612-16A2Department: NIH department code

      Virus-Cell Interaction Affecting HSV Gene Expression
      $412,558

      award amount
    • 5T32AI049820-08Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Microbial Persistance and Pathogenesis
      $219,692

      award amount

12. Hukriede, Neil A

    Leads 2 awards · $584,414

    • 5R01HD053287-04Department: NIH department code

      Utilizing Small Molecule Screens to Delineate Embryonic Signaling Mechanisms
      $310,552

      award amount
    • 5R01DK069403-05Department: NIH department code

      Origin and Regulation of Kidney Progenitor Cells
      $273,862

      award amount

13. Kane, Lawrence P.

    Leads 2 awards · $518,665

    • 5R01AI067544-04Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of T Cell Activation and Differentiation by TIM-1
      $283,380

      award amount
    • 5R01GM080398-04Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of NF-kB by the Akt kinase
      $235,285

      award amount

14. Binder, Robert J

    Leads 2 awards · $487,727

    • 5R01AI079057-02Department: NIH department code

      Role of CD91 and its ligands in immune response
      $331,811

      award amount
    • 5K22CA137133-02Department: NIH department code

      Role for alpha2-Macroglobulin in Immune Responses and Cancer Immunotherapy
      $155,916

      award amount

15. Ishima, Rieko

    Leads 1 award · $374,273

    • 5R01AI077424-02Department: NIH department code

      Acylhydrazone inhibitors of HIV-1 ribonuclease H
      $374,273

      award amount

16. Tsang, Michael Waikok

    Leads 1 award · $373,123

    • 5R01HL088016-03Department: NIH department code

      Delineating the Role of FGF Signaling and Vertebrate Heart Development
      $373,123

      award amount

17. Gjoerup, Ole

    Leads 1 award · $369,445

    • 5R01AI078926-03Department: NIH department code

      Role of Bub1 in SV40 large T antigen mediated transformation and replication
      $369,445

      award amount

18. Morris, Sidney MacHen

    Leads 1 award · $359,956

    • 5R01GM057384-10Department: NIH department code

      Role of Arginase in Inflammation and Trauma
      $359,956

      award amount

19. Morel, Penelope Anne

    Leads 1 award · $355,835

    • 1T32AI089443-01Department: NIH department code

      Autoimmunity and Immunopathology Training Program
      $355,835

      award amount

20. Salter, Russell D.

    Leads 1 award · $355,138

    • 5R01AI072083-04Department: NIH department code

      Interaction of microvesicles and bacterial toxins with immune cells
      $355,138

      award amount

21. Schmidt, Martin C

    Leads 1 award · $353,546

    • 5R01GM046443-19Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Glucose Signal Transduction in Yeast
      $353,546

      award amount

22. Klimstra, William B

    Leads 1 award · $340,875

    • 1R01AI083383-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Efficacy of the antiviral state versus Sindbis and Venezuelan equine encephalitis
      $340,875

      award amount

23. Borghesi, Lisa

    Leads 1 award · $332,113

    • 5R01AI079047-02Department: NIH department code

      The role of E47 in uncommitted hematopoietic progenitors
      $332,113

      award amount

24. Robbins, Paul D.

    Leads 1 award · $324,814

    • 5R01AR051456-03Department: NIH department code

      LMP and Bone Healing
      $324,814

      award amount

25. Bahary, Nathan

    Leads 1 award · $316,964

    • 5R01HD050872-04Department: NIH department code

      Multiplex Inducible Trangenesis in the Zebrafish
      $316,964

      award amount

26. Homa, Frederick L

    Leads 1 award · $315,089

    • 5R01AI060836-05Department: NIH department code

      Herpes Simplex Virus Capsid Assembly and DNA Packaging
      $315,089

      award amount

27. Chaillet, J. Richard

    Leads 1 award · $308,868

    • 2R01HD044133-05A2Department: NIH department code

      Epigenetic Variation in Mice with Defective Imprinting
      $308,868

      award amount

28. Lu, Binfeng

    Leads 1 award · $298,624

    • 5R01AI063496-05Department: NIH department code

      Immune Regulation by Gadd45b and Gadd45g
      $298,624

      award amount

29. Sarkar, Saumendra N

    Leads 1 award · $288,015

    • 5U24AI082673-02Department: NIH department code

      Novel Modifiers of Toll-like and RIG-like Receptor Signaling
      $288,015

      award amount

30. Nakai, Hiroyuki

    Leads 1 award · $274,941

    • 5R01DK078388-03Department: NIH department code

      Vector and Host Cellular Biology in AAV Vector Transduction in Vivo
      $274,941

      award amount

31. Liu, Hongjun

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00AG032356-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Wnt Signaling in Regulating Metabolism and Mammalian Aging
      $249,000

      award amount

32. Xiao, Gutian

    Leads 1 award · $227,450

    • 5R01CA116616-06Department: NIH department code

      HTLV deregulation of NF-kappaB2 p100 processing in tumor
      $227,450

      award amount

33. Khan, Saleem A.

    Leads 1 award · $227,250

    • 5R21AI082386-02Department: NIH department code

      Role of RepX Protein in Replication/Partitioning of Anthrax Toxin Plasmid pXO1
      $227,250

      award amount

34. Ryman, Katherine D

    Leads 1 award · $201,775

    • 1R21AI081084-01A2Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating molecular mechanisms of yellow fever virus virulence
      $201,775

      award amount

35. Basse, Per H.

    Leads 1 award · $199,982

    • 5R21CA140762-02Department: NIH department code

      Augmentation of NK cell-mediated anti-cancer activity by dietary BITC
      $199,982

      award amount

36. Meyn, Malcolm A

    Leads 1 award · $139,422

    • 5K01CA111633-05Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of Tumor Cell Differentiation by Src Kinases
      $139,422

      award amount

37. Robinson, Cory Michael

    Leads 1 award · $90,000

    • 5K99HL093300-02Department: NIH department code

      The involvement of IL-12 and IL-27 in immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
      $90,000

      award amount

38. Emert-Sedlak, Lori A

    Leads 1 award · $53,810

    • 5F32AI077372-03Department: NIH department code

      Complexes of HIV-1 Nef with Src-family Kinases as Therapeutic Targets
      $53,810

      award amount

39. Mattila, Joshua T.

    Leads 1 award · $52,154

    • 5F32AI077183-02Department: NIH department code

      Reactivated tuberculosis in SIV-infected cynomolgus macaques
      $52,154

      award amount

40. Wang, Xinhui

    Leads 1 award · $45,930

    • 5R03CA141086-02Department: NIH department code

      B7-H3 in prognosis and immunotherapy of pancreatic cancer
      $45,930

      award amount

41. Wald, Abigail

    Leads 1 award · $42,180

    • 1F31DE019749-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Dysregulation of microRNAs in HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Cancers
      $42,180

      award amount

42. Ruffner, Melanie A

    Leads 1 award · $41,085

    • 5F30DK082217-03Department: NIH department code

      IL-4 Overexpressing Dendritic Cells and Exosomes for Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes
      $41,085

      award amount

43. Tilstra, Jeremy Scott

    Leads 1 award · $39,320

    • 5F30AG032816-02Department: NIH department code

      The role of NF-kB signaling in Aging
      $39,320

      award amount

44. Thickman, Karen R.

    Leads 1 award · $22,385

    • 3F32GM082132-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Intramolecular domain movements of PcrA during its helicase function
      $22,385

      award amount