Microbiology & Immunology at University of Pittsburgh

Leads a grant in this department

49 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 2 awards · $3,218,048

   • 5P01AI108545-08Department: NIH department code

     Synergies among inhibitory receptors in tolerance, cancer & antiviral immunity
     $2,311,666

     award amount
   • 5R35CA263850-02Department: NIH department code

     Regulatory T cells and the tumor microenvironment
     $906,382

     award amount

2. Shlomchik, Mark J

   Leads 5 awards · $2,054,206

   • 5T32AI089443-13Department: NIH department code

     Autoimmunity and Immunopathology Training Program
     $528,006

     award amount
   • 5R01AI105018-08Department: NIH department code

     Signaling and Selection in Germinal Center B Cells
     $463,447

     award amount
   • 5R37AI118841-07Department: NIH department code

     Investigating How TLR7 Activates and TLR9 Regulates Systemic Autoimmunity
     $454,483

     award amount
   • 5R01AI137132-05Department: NIH department code

     Investigating the Repertoires and Functions of T Cells that Help Autoreactive B Cells in Lupus
     $382,775

     award amount
   • 5R21AI154267-02Department: NIH department code

     Exploring the Role of Long Noncoding RNAs in Germinal Center B cells
     $225,495

     award amount

3. Joglekar, Alok

   Leads 1 award · $1,383,783

   • 1DP2AI176138-01Department: NIH department code

     Signaling via MHC: engineering immune cells with new capabilities
     $1,383,783

     award amount

4. Das, Jishnu

   Leads 1 award · $1,378,080

   • 5U01HG012041-02Department: NIH department code

     Linking genome variation to transcriptional network dynamics in human B cells
     $1,378,080

     award amount

5. Delgoffe, Greg M.

   Leads 2 awards · $1,236,076

   • 1R01AI166598-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Uncovering the metabolic underpinnings of T cell exhaustion
     $633,550

     award amount
   • 1R01AI171483-01Department: NIH department code

     Metabolic control of regulatory T cell functional identity
     $602,526

     award amount

6. Ndhlovu, Lishomwa C

   Leads 1 award · $1,216,647

   • 5R01AI142662-04Department: NIH department code

     Effects of HIV SIV on unconventional T cells in immunity to M. tuberculosis in pre adolescents
     $1,216,647

     award amount

7. Smithgall, Thomas E.

   Leads 3 awards · $1,134,948

   • 5R01AI152677-03Department: NIH department code

     Chemical Biology of HIV-1 Nef
     $627,513

     award amount
   • 5R01CA233576-04Department: NIH department code

     Precision Targeting of Myeloid Src-family Kinases in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
     $426,919

     award amount
   • 3R01CA233576-04S1Department: NIH department code

     Precision Targeting of Myeloid Src-family Kinases in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
     $80,516

     award amount

8. Kane, Lawrence P.

   Leads 2 awards · $1,080,723

   • 1S10OD032265-01Department: NIH department code

     Bigfoot Spectral Cell Sorter
     $754,920

     award amount
   • 5R01GM136148-03Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of PI3K by PIK3IP1/TrIP
     $325,803

     award amount

9. Gottschalk, Rachel A

   Leads 2 awards · $978,323

   • 1R01HL162658-01Department: NIH department code

     Linking steady-state cytokine signaling to alveolar macrophage function in homeostasis and lung infection
     $580,823

     award amount
   • 1R35GM146896-01Department: NIH department code

     Quantitative control of phosphorylation and mechanistic links to immune cell decisions
     $397,500

     award amount

10. Moore, Patrick S.

    Leads 1 award · $931,369

    • 5R35CA197463-07Department: NIH department code

      Discovery and Characterization of New Human Cancer Viruses
      $931,369

      award amount

11. Scanga, Charles A.

    Leads 1 award · $792,599

    • 5R01AI155345-02Department: NIH department code

      Preventing TB with intravenous BCG in SIV-infected macaques
      $792,599

      award amount

12. Ehrt, Sabine

    Leads 1 award · $787,367

    • 5R01AI143788-04Department: NIH department code

      Development of a Self Inactivating, Highly Effective TB Vaccine
      $787,367

      award amount

13. Finn, Olivera J

    Leads 1 award · $786,933

    • 5R35CA210039-07Department: NIH department code

      Immunoprevention and immunosurveillance of human non-viral cancers
      $786,933

      award amount

14. Flynn, Joanne L.

    Leads 1 award · $772,170

    • 1R01AI169707-01Department: NIH department code

      Enhancing cytotoxic lymphocytes in a TB vaccine strategy
      $772,170

      award amount

15. Mariuzza, Roy A

    Leads 1 award · $711,977

    • 5R01AI144422-04Department: NIH department code

      Structure, Function and Mechanistic Analysis of LAG3
      $711,977

      award amount

16. Bina, James Edward

    Leads 2 awards · $665,767

    • 2R56AI132460-05Department: NIH department code

      Environmental adaptation by Vibrio cholerae
      $467,277

      award amount
    • 1R21AI166889-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Function of the Klebsiella pneumoniae RND efflux systems
      $198,490

      award amount

17. Gronenborn, Angela M.

    Leads 1 award · $651,903

    • 1R01NS123649-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Molecular, Cellular and Behavioral Impact of the R203W PACS1 Syndrome Mutation
      $651,903

      award amount

18. Lakdawala, Seema S.

    Leads 1 award · $644,203

    • 1R01AI158484-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Role of preexisting immunity on airborne transmission of influenza viruses
      $644,203

      award amount

19. Meisel, Marlies

    Leads 2 awards · $627,689

    • 5R01DK130897-02Department: NIH department code

      Systemic immunoregulatory consequences of bacterial translocation during health and disease
      $453,822

      award amount
    • 1R21CA259636-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Role of probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri in orchestrating systemic anti-tumor immunity
      $173,867

      award amount

20. Hinterleitner, Reinhard

    Leads 2 awards · $615,600

    • 1R56AI168478-01Department: NIH department code

      Role of gut protists in celiac disease
      $378,000

      award amount
    • 5R21AI163721-02Department: NIH department code

      Gut mucosal type-2 immunity to parasitic infections
      $237,600

      award amount

21. Diamond, Michael S

    Leads 1 award · $603,822

    • 5R01AI150214-03Department: NIH department code

      A new mechanism of antiviral activity of 2'-5' Oligoadenylate Synthetase 1
      $603,822

      award amount

22. Deluca, Neal A.

    Leads 3 awards · $600,800

    • 5T32AI049820-18Department: NIH department code

      Viral Persistence and Pathogenesis
      $280,070

      award amount
    • 5R21AI156065-02Department: NIH department code

      Modulation and Utilization of RNA Polymerase III by Herpes Simplex Virus
      $236,000

      award amount
    • 2R01AI030612-26A1Department: NIH department code

      Virus-cell interactions affecting HSV gene expression
      $84,730

      award amount

23. Shair, Kathy

    Leads 1 award · $544,137

    • 1R01AI168022-01Department: NIH department code

      Epstein-Barr virus molecular pathogenesis in the nasopharynx and the role of LMP1 in lytic infection
      $544,137

      award amount

24. Das, Jishnu

    Leads 1 award · $477,000

    • 5DP2AI164325-02Department: NIH department code

      Using three-dimensional protein networks to uncover immuno-modulatory molecular phenotypes in infectious disease
      $477,000

      award amount

25. Mc Clane, Bruce A

    Leads 1 award · $474,299

    • 5R01AI019844-39Department: NIH department code

      Mechanism of action of C. perfringens enterotoxin
      $474,299

      award amount

26. Lee, Nara

    Leads 2 awards · $474,263

    • 5R21AI163246-02Department: NIH department code

      Examining the Dynamic Architecture of the Influenza Virus Genome
      $238,188

      award amount
    • 5R21AI156162-02Department: NIH department code

      To employ gamma-peptide nucleic acid oligomers to interfere with viral replication
      $236,075

      award amount

27. Gao, Shou-Jiang

    Leads 2 awards · $437,517

    • 5R01CA124332-14Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of KSHV replication by N6-methyladenosine (m6A)
      $339,863

      award amount
    • 3R01CA124332-13A1S1Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of KSHV replication by N6-methyladenosine (m6A) - Diversity Supplement
      $97,654

      award amount

28. Glorioso, Joseph C.

    Leads 1 award · $389,162

    • 5R01CA222804-05Department: NIH department code

      Arming Oncolytic HSV Vectors to Induce Anti-GBM Immune Responses in Syngeneic Mice
      $389,162

      award amount

29. Morel, Penelope Anne

    Leads 1 award · $388,425

    • 5R01AI125513-05Department: NIH department code

      Akt controls alternative splicing in T helper call fate decisions
      $388,425

      award amount

30. Guo, Haitao

    Leads 1 award · $388,124

    • 5R01AI110762-07Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Mechanisms of HBV cccDNA Formation
      $388,124

      award amount

31. Singh, Harinder

    Leads 1 award · $386,730

    • 5R01AI145064-04Department: NIH department code

      B cell population structure in mouse and man
      $386,730

      award amount

32. Binder, Robert J

    Leads 1 award · $347,794

    • 5R01CA233803-03Department: NIH department code

      CD91 and cancer immunosurveillance
      $347,794

      award amount

33. Binder, Robert J

    Leads 1 award · $347,342

    • 2T32CA082084-21A1Department: NIH department code

      Cancer Immunology Training Program
      $347,342

      award amount

34. Ambrose, Zandrea

    Leads 1 award · $236,313

    • 5R21OD030204-02Department: NIH department code

      Pathogenesis of HIV and HBV Co-Infection in a Humanized Mouse Model
      $236,313

      award amount

35. Gong, Yi-Nan

    Leads 1 award · $197,189

    • 5R21CA259457-02Department: NIH department code

      CRL3KEAP1 complex licenses genotoxic stress-induced tumor cell death
      $197,189

      award amount

36. Larson, Erica Christine

    Leads 1 award · $191,267

    • 1K01OD033539-01Department: NIH department code

      Re-educating T cell-mediated immunity in SIV by modulating metabolic pathways
      $191,267

      award amount

37. Lu, Binfeng

    Leads 1 award · $132,998

    • 5R01CA254274-02Department: NIH department code

      Study of the IL-33-driven immune cell organization underpinning responses to immune checkpoint blockade cancer therapy
      $132,998

      award amount

38. Li, Renfeng

    Leads 1 award · $132,037

    • 7R01AI141410-05Department: NIH department code

      The Role of PIAS1 in EBV Biology
      $132,037

      award amount

39. Li Song

    Leads 1 award · $81,376

    • 5R01CA239716-04Department: NIH department code

      Study of Interleukin 33 as a new immunotherapy of lung cancer
      $81,376

      award amount

40. Gingras, Sebastien

    Leads 1 award · $76,470

    • 5R03AI151545-02Department: NIH department code

      Generation of an Atf3 reporter mouse line to interrogate immune cell-adipocyte crosstalk
      $76,470

      award amount

41. Gocher-Demske, Angela Marie

    Leads 1 award · $71,734

    • 5F32CA247004-03Department: NIH department code

      Production of Interferon Gamma by Regulatory T Cells Mediates Response to Immunotherapy
      $71,734

      award amount

42. Vignali, Paolo Dario Angelo

    Leads 1 award · $51,752

    • 5F30CA247034-03Department: NIH department code

      Tumor-infiltrating terminally exhausted CD8+ T cells augment the suppressive microenvironment within solid tumor
      $51,752

      award amount

43. Cosgrove, Haylee

    Leads 1 award · $46,752

    • 5F31AR077989-03Department: NIH department code

      The Roles and Regulation of TLR7 in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
      $46,752

      award amount

44. Frisch, Andrew

    Leads 1 award · $46,752

    • 5F31CA257760-02Department: NIH department code

      Metabolically improving the generation, function, and persistence of therapeutic T cells for the treatment of cancer
      $46,752

      award amount

45. Murter, Benjamin

    Leads 1 award · $46,752

    • 1F31CA261039-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating The Roles of PIK3IP1/TrIP Regulation on Distinct T Cell Subsets in the Context of Cancer
      $46,752

      award amount

46. Selzer, Ari

    Leads 1 award · $30,752

    • 5F31CA265294-02Department: NIH department code

      Allosteric Modulators of Src-family Kinases for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
      $30,752

      award amount

47. Jones, Jennifer Elizabeth

    Leads 1 award · $27,941

    • 1F32AI152298-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Identifying Intermolecular Constraints on Influenza Virus Evolution
      $27,941

      award amount

48. White, Tristan Augustus Lenora

    Leads 1 award · $20,396

    • 5F31AI152320-03Department: NIH department code

      AKT phosphorylation of hnRNPA1 modulates T cell fate and function
      $20,396

      award amount

49. Bomberger, Jennifer Melinda

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5R01HL142587-04Department: NIH department code

      Polymicrobial interactions in the respiratory tract
      $1

      award amount