Microbiology & Immunology at University of Pittsburgh

Leads a grant in this department

42 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 4 awards · $3,254,213

   • 5P01AI108545-04Department: NIH department code

     Synergies among inhibitory receptors in tolerance, cancer and antiviral immunity
     $2,178,406

     award amount
   • 5R01CA203689-09Department: NIH department code

     Interleukin-35 and the tumor microenvironment
     $386,962

     award amount
   • 5R01DK089125-06Department: NIH department code

     Parameters that Underlie Treg Insufficiency in Autoimmune Diabetes
     $386,220

     award amount
   • 5T32CA082084-18Department: NIH department code

     Cancer Immunology Training Program
     $302,625

     award amount

2. Shlomchik, Mark J

   Leads 5 awards · $2,162,482

   • 5R01AI043603-18Department: NIH department code

     Murine Memory B Cell Development and Function
     $578,119

     award amount
   • 5T32AI089443-09Department: NIH department code

     Autoimmunity and Immunopathology Training Program
     $433,993

     award amount
   • 5R37AI118841-03Department: NIH department code

     Investigating How TLR7 Activates and TLR9 Regulates Systemic Autoimmunity
     $388,016

     award amount
   • 1R01AI137132-01Department: NIH department code

     Investigating the Repertoires and Functions of T Cells that Help Autoreactive B Cells in Lupus
     $381,404

     award amount
   • 5R01AI105018-05Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount

3. Apetrei, Cristian

   Leads 2 awards · $1,551,582

   • 5R01AI119346-04Department: NIH department code

     Animal Model for Testing SIV Latency Reversal Strategies
     $847,031

     award amount
   • 1R01DK119936-01Department: NIH department code

     New Strategy to Improve Gastrointestinal Health in SIV/HIV
     $704,551

     award amount

4. Gao, Shou-Jiang

   Leads 5 awards · $1,330,192

   • 7R01CA096512-12Department: NIH department code

     Cell model for KSHV Infection and Genetic Manipulation
     $391,250

     award amount
   • 7R01DE025465-05Department: NIH department code

     HISTONE MODIFIERS IN ORAL KSHV INFECTION AND MALIGNANCIES
     $391,250

     award amount
   • 7R01CA197153-05Department: NIH department code

     Targeting KSHV malignancies and persistent infection
     $357,994

     award amount
   • 7R01CA213275-03Department: NIH department code

     KSHV microRNAs in tumor invasion and angiogenesis
     $189,697

     award amount
   • 7R01CA132637-11Department: NIH department code

     Mechanism of KSHV-induced angiogenesis
     $1

     award amount

5. Flynn, Joanne L.

   Leads 2 awards · $1,032,052

   • 5R01AI114674-04Department: NIH department code

     The Consequences of Reinfection with M. tuberculosis
     $744,863

     award amount
   • 5T32AI060525-13Department: NIH department code

     Immunology of Infectious Disease
     $287,189

     award amount

6. McDyer, John F

   Leads 1 award · $934,439

   • 5U01AI125050-03Department: NIH department code

     Cadaveric Donor Lung and Bone Marrow Transplantation in Immunodeficiency Diseases
     $934,439

     award amount

7. Moore, Patrick S.

   Leads 1 award · $929,418

   • 5R35CA197463-03Department: NIH department code

     Discovery and Characterization of New Human Cancer Viruses
     $929,418

     award amount

8. Finn, Olivera J

   Leads 1 award · $819,666

   • 5R35CA210039-03Department: NIH department code

     Immunoprevention and immunosurveillance of human non-viral cancers
     $819,666

     award amount

9. Deluca, Neal A.

   Leads 2 awards · $784,390

   • 5R01AI030612-23Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount
   • 5T32AI049820-15Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Microbial Persistence and Pathogenesis
     $277,965

     award amount

10. Benos, Panagiotis V

    Leads 1 award · $775,316

    • 1R01HL140963-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Systems Biology of Diffusion Impairment in HIV
      $775,316

      award amount

11. Scanga, Charles A.

    Leads 1 award · $751,157

    • 5R01AI111815-04Department: NIH department code

      The Impact of Pre-exisiting SIV on Host Immunity to M tuberculosis in Macaques
      $751,157

      award amount

12. Kane, Lawrence P.

    Leads 3 awards · $697,380

    • 1R01AI138504-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of T cell activation and exhaustion by Tim-3
      $388,425

      award amount
    • 5R21AI126845-02Department: NIH department code

      Negative Regulation of Mast Cell Activation by PIK3IP1
      $232,197

      award amount
    • 5R03AI131049-02Department: NIH department code

      Novel mouse models for studying Tim-3 signaling
      $76,758

      award amount

13. Bomberger, Jennifer Melinda

    Leads 3 awards · $645,087

    • 5R01HL123771-04Department: NIH department code

      Viral-bacterial co-infections in the lung
      $375,027

      award amount
    • 5R61HL137077-02Department: NIH department code

      Impact of virome on microbial communities in the respiratory tract
      $260,060

      award amount
    • 1R13DK117640-01Department: NIH department code

      Epithelial Transport Group Sessions at Experimental Biology 2018
      $10,000

      award amount

14. Mc Clane, Bruce A

    Leads 2 awards · $595,829

    • 5R01AI019844-35Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount
    • 1R21AI140010-01Department: NIH department code

      Evaluating the Clostridium perfringens Agr-like Quorum Sensing System as a Therapeutic Target
      $209,970

      award amount

15. Bernstein, Kara A

    Leads 2 awards · $517,213

    • 5R01ES024872-04Department: NIH department code

      Replication fork dynamics and repair by Rad51 paralogues after DNA alkylation
      $406,785

      award amount
    • 3R01ES024872-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Replication fork dynamics and repair by Rad51 paralogues after DNA alkylation
      $110,428

      award amount

16. Klimstra, William B

    Leads 1 award · $485,193

    • 2R01AI095436-06A1Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanisms of eastern equine encephalitis virus pathogenesis
      $485,193

      award amount

17. Sarkar, Saumendra N

    Leads 1 award · $449,301

    • 5R01AI118896-04Department: NIH department code

      Differential modulation of RIG-I and cGAS signaling by OASL and its role in antiviral response.
      $449,301

      award amount

18. Glorioso, Joseph C.

    Leads 1 award · $414,488

    • 1R01CA222804-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Arming Oncolytic HSV Vectors to Induce Anti-GBM Immune Responses in Syngeneic Mice
      $414,488

      award amount

19. Thomas, Gary

    Leads 1 award · $409,899

    • 5R01DK112844-02Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of PPAR alpha by PACS-2 in response to nutrient stress
      $409,899

      award amount

20. Schmidt, Martin C

    Leads 1 award · $394,698

    • 2R01GM046443-25A1Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of glucose signal transduction in yeast
      $394,698

      award amount

21. Morel, Penelope Anne

    Leads 1 award · $386,996

    • 1R01AI125513-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Akt controls alternative splicing in T helper call fate decisions
      $386,996

      award amount

22. D'cruz, Louise M.

    Leads 2 awards · $385,420

    • 1R21AI135238-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The function of MFSD2A on CD8+ T cells in the immune response
      $193,320

      award amount
    • 1R21AI135406-01Department: NIH department code

      Determining the proteomic differences that define CD8+ memory T cell recall response
      $192,100

      award amount

23. Smithgall, Thomas E.

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R01AI057083-13Department: NIH department code

      Small Molecule Inhibitors of HIV Nef Signaling
      $385,000

      award amount

24. Lakdawala, Seema S.

    Leads 1 award · $382,666

    • 1R01AI139063-01Department: NIH department code

      Visualization of Influenza Viral RNA Assembly
      $382,666

      award amount

25. Coyne, Carolyn B

    Leads 1 award · $376,830

    • 5R01AI081759-09Department: NIH department code

      Enterovirus infection of polarized intestinal cells
      $376,830

      award amount

26. Bina, James Edward

    Leads 1 award · $375,995

    • 1R01AI132460-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Environmental adaptation by Vibrio cholerae
      $375,995

      award amount

27. Cooper, Vaughn

    Leads 1 award · $273,947

    • 5R01GM110444-05Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanisms of adaptive diversity in Burkholderia biofilms
      $273,947

      award amount

28. Conway, James F.

    Leads 1 award · $234,626

    • 5R21AI132967-02Department: NIH department code

      Uncoating of the Herpes Simplex Virus Genome
      $234,626

      award amount

29. Borghesi, Lisa

    Leads 1 award · $233,003

    • 5R21AI126440-02Department: NIH department code

      TLR4 shapes BM HSCs and lymphopoiesis
      $233,003

      award amount

30. Delgoffe, Greg M.

    Leads 1 award · $230,816

    • 1R21AI135367-01Department: NIH department code

      Illuminating metabolic pathways enabled by early T cell activation
      $230,816

      award amount

31. Lu, Binfeng

    Leads 1 award · $203,580

    • 1R21CA216574-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Targeting IL-33 to boost immunotherapy of cancer
      $203,580

      award amount

32. Dembowski, Jill Ann

    Leads 1 award · $195,001

    • 1R21AI137652-01Department: NIH department code

      Functions of histones and chromatin remodeling complexes in productive HSV-1 infection
      $195,001

      award amount

33. Trobaugh, Derek W.

    Leads 1 award · $194,393

    • 5R21AI132909-02Department: NIH department code

      T cell responses during eastern equine encephalitis virus infection
      $194,393

      award amount

34. Binder, Robert J

    Leads 1 award · $194,291

    • 1R21AI132875-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Heat shock protein gp96 and Treg responses
      $194,291

      award amount

35. Gottschalk, Rachel A

    Leads 1 award · $162,000

    • 1K22AI127367-01Department: NIH department code

      Quantitative control of macrophage signaling and inflammation thresholds
      $162,000

      award amount

36. Shu, Sherry Teh-Yen

    Leads 1 award · $122,121

    • 5K01OD018431-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

37. Dremel, Sarah

    Leads 1 award · $44,524

    • 1F31AI136251-01Department: NIH department code

      Cis- and Trans-Acting Requirements for HSV-1 Late Gene Transcription
      $44,524

      award amount

38. Scharping, Nicole E

    Leads 1 award · $44,524

    • 5F99CA222711-02Department: NIH department code

      Tumor-infiltrating T cell metabolic dysfunction and genetic reprogramming for effective immunotherapy
      $44,524

      award amount

39. Howard, Mondraya

    Leads 1 award · $40,644

    • 5F31AI129381-02Department: NIH department code

      The role of ToxR signal transduction in Vibrio cholerae pathogenesis
      $40,644

      award amount

40. Sullivan, Meghan

    Leads 1 award · $26,522

    • 5F31ES027321-02Department: NIH department code

      The interplay between RAD51C sub-complexes during replication fork repair
      $26,522

      award amount

41. Fox, Hannah

    Leads 1 award · $25,176

    • 5F31AI126632-03Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating the Role of the FACT Complex in the HSV-1 Life Cycle
      $25,176

      award amount

42. Lan, Li

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5R01GM118833-03Department: NIH department code

      Transcription-Coupled Homologous Recombination upon DNA Damage
      $1

      award amount