Microbiology & Immunology at University of Pittsburgh

Leads a grant in this department

43 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. Vignali, Dario Aa

   Leads 5 awards · $3,417,457

   • 5P01AI108545-03Department: NIH department code

     Synergies among inhibitory receptors in tolerance, cancer and antiviral immunity
     $2,170,094

     award amount
   • 5T32CA082084-17Department: NIH department code

     Cancer Immunology Training Program
     $480,137

     award amount
   • 2R01DK089125-05A1Department: NIH department code

     Parameters that Underlie Treg Insufficiency in Autoimmune Diabetes
     $383,180

     award amount
   • 5R01CA203689-08Department: NIH department code

     Interleukin-35 and the tumor microenvironment
     $380,292

     award amount
   • 3T32CA082084-16A1S1Department: NIH department code

     Cancer Immunology Training Program
     $3,754

     award amount

2. Delgoffe, Greg M.

   Leads 1 award · $2,301,101

   • 1DP2AI136598-01Department: NIH department code

     Exploring and exploiting metabolic plasticity in regulatory T cells
     $2,301,101

     award amount

3. Flynn, Joanne L.

   Leads 4 awards · $2,222,590

   • 5R01AI105422-05Department: NIH department code

     An adjuvant that promotes TH1/TH17 and CD8 T cells in a tuberculosis vaccine
     $1,133,663

     award amount
   • 5R01AI114674-03Department: NIH department code

     The Consequences of Reinfection with M. tuberculosis
     $736,682

     award amount
   • 5T32AI060525-12Department: NIH department code

     Immunology of Infectious Disease
     $274,277

     award amount
   • 5R03AI122067-02Department: NIH department code

     The Effects of M. tuberculosisInfection on Lung Microbiome in Macaques
     $77,968

     award amount

4. Shlomchik, Mark J

   Leads 4 awards · $1,773,025

   • 2R01AI043603-17A1Department: NIH department code

     Murine Memory B Cell Development and Function
     $542,392

     award amount
   • 5T32AI089443-08Department: NIH department code

     Autoimmunity and Immunopathology Training Program
     $464,320

     award amount
   • 5R37AI118841-02Department: NIH department code

     Investigating How TLR7 Activates and TLR9 Regulates Systemic Autoimmunity
     $385,363

     award amount
   • 5R01AI105018-04Department: NIH department code

     Signaling and Selection in Germinal Center B Cells
     $380,950

     award amount

5. McDyer, John F

   Leads 1 award · $967,370

   • 5U01AI125050-02Department: NIH department code

     Cadaveric Donor Lung and Bone Marrow Transplantation in Immunodeficiency Diseases
     $967,370

     award amount

6. Moore, Patrick S.

   Leads 1 award · $922,575

   • 5R35CA197463-02Department: NIH department code

     Discovery and Characterization of New Human Cancer Viruses
     $922,575

     award amount

7. Finn, Olivera J

   Leads 1 award · $922,006

   • 5R35CA210039-02Department: NIH department code

     Immunoprevention and immunosurveillance of human non-viral cancers
     $922,006

     award amount

8. Deluca, Neal A.

   Leads 2 awards · $799,801

   • 5R01AI030612-22Department: NIH department code

     Virus-cell interactions affecting HSV gene expression
     $506,425

     award amount
   • 5T32AI049820-14Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Microbial Persistence and Pathogenesis
     $293,376

     award amount

9. Scanga, Charles A.

   Leads 1 award · $757,751

   • 5R01AI111815-03Department: NIH department code

     The Impact of Pre-exisiting SIV on Host Immunity to M tuberculosis in Macaques
     $757,751

     award amount

10. Apetrei, Cristian

    Leads 1 award · $725,089

    • 5R01AI119346-03Department: NIH department code

      Animal Model for Testing SIV Latency Reversal Strategies
      $725,089

      award amount

11. Smithgall, Thomas E.

    Leads 2 awards · $681,450

    • 5R01AI057083-12Department: NIH department code

      Small Molecule Inhibitors of HIV Nef Signaling
      $385,000

      award amount
    • 5R01GM111086-03Department: NIH department code

      High-throughput Discovery of Chemical Probes for HIV-1 Nef Function
      $296,450

      award amount

12. Bomberger, Jennifer Melinda

    Leads 2 awards · $638,918

    • 5R01HL123771-03Department: NIH department code

      Viral-bacterial co-infections in the lung
      $374,993

      award amount
    • 1R61HL137077-01Department: NIH department code

      Impact of virome on microbial communities in the respiratory tract
      $263,925

      award amount

13. Bunnell, Stephen C

    Leads 1 award · $554,318

    • 5R01AI103022-05Department: NIH department code

      Biochemical and Spatial Regulation of IKKg/NEMO During T Cell Activation
      $554,318

      award amount

14. Sarkar, Saumendra N

    Leads 1 award · $450,513

    • 5R01AI118896-03Department: NIH department code

      Differential modulation of RIG-I and cGAS signaling by OASL and its role in antiviral response.
      $450,513

      award amount

15. Bernstein, Kara A

    Leads 1 award · $447,224

    • 5R01ES024872-03Department: NIH department code

      Replication fork dynamics and repair by Rad51 paralogues after DNA alkylation
      $447,224

      award amount

16. Thomas, Gary

    Leads 1 award · $402,735

    • 1R01DK112844-01Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of PPAR alpha by PACS-2 in response to nutrient stress
      $402,735

      award amount

17. Lu, Binfeng

    Leads 2 awards · $401,199

    • 5R21AI124676-02Department: NIH department code

      Dissecting the role of the ATF4 stress response in T cell-mediated inflammation
      $232,500

      award amount
    • 5R21CA205727-02Department: NIH department code

      Exploring IL-36gamma as a new tumor immune therapy
      $168,699

      award amount

18. Mc Clane, Bruce A

    Leads 1 award · $385,859

    • 5R01AI019844-34Department: NIH department code

      Mechanism of action of C. perfringens enterotoxin
      $385,859

      award amount

19. Alvarado, John Jeff

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R01AI102724-05Department: NIH department code

      Structural Biology of HIV-1 Nef with Host Effectors and Small Molecule Inhibitors
      $385,000

      award amount

20. Coyne, Carolyn B

    Leads 1 award · $377,067

    • 5R01AI081759-08Department: NIH department code

      Enterovirus infection of polarized intestinal cells
      $377,067

      award amount

21. Rothstein, David M

    Leads 1 award · $371,457

    • 1R56AI130034-01Department: NIH department code

      Inflammatory B Cells Defined by TIM-4 in the Alloimmune Response
      $371,457

      award amount

22. Cooper, Vaughn

    Leads 2 awards · $328,066

    • 5R01GM110444-04Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanisms of adaptive diversity in Burkholderia biofilms
      $268,592

      award amount
    • 3R01GM110444-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanisms of adaptive diversity in Burkholderia biofilms
      $59,474

      award amount

23. Xiao, Gutian

    Leads 1 award · $319,550

    • 5R01CA172090-05Department: NIH department code

      PDLIM2 as a cancer and chemosensitizing target
      $319,550

      award amount

24. Lan, Li

    Leads 1 award · $308,000

    • 5R01GM118833-02Department: NIH department code

      Transcription-Coupled Homologous Recombination upon DNA Damage
      $308,000

      award amount

25. Kane, Lawrence P.

    Leads 2 awards · $268,755

    • 1R21AI126845-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Negative Regulation of Mast Cell Activation by PIK3IP1
      $191,642

      award amount
    • 1R03AI131049-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Novel mouse models for studying Tim-3 signaling
      $77,113

      award amount

26. Milcarek, Christine Ann

    Leads 1 award · $232,500

    • 5R21AI124241-02Department: NIH department code

      Transcription elongation in B cell differentiation
      $232,500

      award amount

27. Trobaugh, Derek W.

    Leads 1 award · $231,955

    • 1R21AI132909-01Department: NIH department code

      T cell responses during eastern equine encephalitis virus infection
      $231,955

      award amount

28. D'cruz, Louise M.

    Leads 1 award · $231,401

    • 5R21AI121744-02Department: NIH department code

      MicroRNA regulation of Natural Killer T Cell differentiation and activation
      $231,401

      award amount

29. Bina, James Edward

    Leads 1 award · $223,508

    • 5R21AI125799-02Department: NIH department code

      Function of ToxR at high cell density
      $223,508

      award amount

30. Li, Jihong

    Leads 1 award · $212,107

    • 5R21AI125796-02Department: NIH department code

      Pathogenic Contributions of Clostridium perfringens NanI Sialidase
      $212,107

      award amount

31. Boyiadzis, Michael

    Leads 1 award · $202,439

    • 5R21CA205644-02Department: NIH department code

      (PQ11) Reversing exosome-mediated immune suppression - a novel strategy for cancer therapy
      $202,439

      award amount

32. Conway, James F.

    Leads 1 award · $194,219

    • 1R21AI132967-01Department: NIH department code

      Uncoating of the Herpes Simplex Virus Genome
      $194,219

      award amount

33. Borghesi, Lisa

    Leads 1 award · $192,496

    • 1R21AI126440-01A1Department: NIH department code

      TLR4 shapes BM HSCs and lymphopoiesis
      $192,496

      award amount

34. Binder, Robert J

    Leads 1 award · $168,141

    • 5R21CA208833-02Department: NIH department code

      Heat shock proteins and modulation of immune responses
      $168,141

      award amount

35. Gao, Shou-Jiang

    Leads 1 award · $134,256

    • 7R01CA124332-12Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of KSHV infection and replication by MAPK pathways
      $134,256

      award amount

36. Schmidt, Martin C

    Leads 1 award · $123,170

    • 3R01GM046443-24S1Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of glucose signal transduction in yeast
      $123,170

      award amount

37. Shu, Sherry Teh-Yen

    Leads 1 award · $122,121

    • 5K01OD018431-04Department: NIH department code

      Functional Significance of HIV-1 Nef Dimerization in Cells and in Humanized Mice
      $122,121

      award amount

38. Lakdawala, Seema S.

    Leads 1 award · $107,787

    • 5K22AI108600-02Department: NIH department code

      Visualizing Influenza Viral RNA Packaging
      $107,787

      award amount

39. Scharping, Nicole E

    Leads 1 award · $45,544

    • 1F99CA222711-01Department: NIH department code

      Tumor-infiltrating T cell metabolic dysfunction and genetic reprogramming for effective immunotherapy
      $45,544

      award amount

40. Fox, Hannah

    Leads 1 award · $44,044

    • 5F31AI126632-02Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating the Role of the FACT Complex in the HSV-1 Life Cycle
      $44,044

      award amount

41. Sullivan, Meghan

    Leads 1 award · $44,044

    • 1F31ES027321-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The interplay between RAD51C sub-complexes during replication fork repair
      $44,044

      award amount

42. Howard, Mondraya

    Leads 1 award · $40,164

    • 1F31AI129381-01Department: NIH department code

      The role of ToxR signal transduction in Vibrio cholerae pathogenesis
      $40,164

      award amount

43. Overacre-Delgoffe, Abigail E

    Leads 1 award · $23,392

    • 5F31CA189441-03Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating the Role of Neuropilin-1 in Intratumoral Regualtory T Cell Stability
      $23,392

      award amount