Microbiology & Immunology at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Leads a grant in this department

15 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. Liuqing Yang

   Leads 3 awards · $1,623,969

   • 1R01CA285454-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Elucidating T Cell Ferroptosis in Renal Medullary Carcinoma: 3D Genome Architecture Rewiring and Therapeutic Alleviation

     Principal investigators: Liuqing Yang (contact PI), Pavlos Msaouel, Wenbo Li

     $686,919

     award amount
   • 5R01CA269489-02Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Mechanisms of Bladder Cancer Immunometabolism

     Principal investigators: Liuqing Yang (contact PI), Jianjun Gao

     $468,881

     award amount
   • 5R01HD110520-02Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Mechanism of long Noncoding RNAs in Phenylketonuria

     Principal investigators: Liuqing Yang (contact PI), Vernon R Sutton

     $468,169

     award amount

2. Dihua Yu

   Leads 2 awards · $949,996

   • 5R01CA266099-03Department: NIH department code

     Exploring the Function of MHC-II/Lag3 Axis in Brain Metastasis to Develop Novel Therapeutic Strategies
     $499,828

     award amount
   • 5R01CA270010-02Department: NIH department code

     Exploring novel strategies for immunoprevention of estrogen receptor negative breast cancer
     $450,168

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 1R21CA286318-01, led by Yi Xiao.

3. John A. Tainer

   Leads 1 award · $828,132

   • 5R35CA220430-07Department: NIH department code

     Mesocale And Nanoscale Technologies Integrated by Structures for DNA Repair Complexes (MANTIS-DRC)
     $828,132

     award amount

4. Min Sup Song

   Leads 2 awards · $736,797

   • 5R01CA196740-07Department: NIH department code

     The role of PTEN feedback mechanism in cancer
     $384,750

     award amount
   • 5R01CA258100-04Department: NIH department code

     Targeting m6A RNA epigenetics in treatment-emergent neuroendocrine prostate cancer
     $352,047

     award amount

5. Laura Beretta

   Leads 1 award · $630,129

   • 5R01CA195524-08Department: NIH department code

     Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

     Principal investigators: Laura Beretta (contact PI), David Fuentes, Eugene J Koay

     $630,129

     award amount

6. Susan Bullman

   Leads 1 award · $626,893

   • 1R01CA289812-01Department: NIH department code

     Defining the landscape of bacterial-colonized microniches in tumors and their role in intratumoral heterogeneity.
     $626,893

     award amount

7. Matthew M. Gubin

   Leads 1 award · $606,635

   • 1R01CA282027-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Bhlhe40 Regulation of T Cell Function During Cancer Immunotherapy
     $606,635

     award amount

8. Xiaodong Cheng

   Leads 1 award · $584,820

   • 5R35GM134744-05Department: NIH department code

     Epigenetic regulations of DNA and histone methylation and deMethylation: Structures and Mechanisms
     $584,820

     award amount

9. Roza Insafetdinovna Nurieva

   Leads 2 awards · $515,547

   • 5R01CA284684-02Department: NIH department code

     Mechanism-rooted therapeutic strategies for immune-related toxicities induced by checkpoint inhibitors
     $352,047

     award amount
   • 1R03CA286624-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Role of Grail in colon inflammation and tumorigenesis
     $163,500

     award amount

10. Michael A. Curran

    Leads 1 award · $457,607

    • 5R01CA251816-05Department: NIH department code

      Breaking down tumor immune privilege through targeted hypoxia reduction
      $457,607

      award amount

11. Chunru Lin

    Leads 1 award · $429,937

    • 5R01CA255080-03Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Small Nucleolar RNA Augments Immunotherapeutic Efficacy
      $429,937

      award amount

12. Min Gyu Lee

    Leads 1 award · $418,372

    • 5R01CA262324-03Department: NIH department code

      Heterozygous KMT2D Loss and Medulloblastoma
      $418,372

      award amount

13. Yuan-Hung Lo

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00CA263014-04Department: NIH department code

      Functional characterization of novel oncogenic loci driving progression and immune response in gastrointestinal cancer
      $249,000

      award amount

14. Yi Xiao

    Leads 1 award · $227,205

    • 1R21CA286318-01Department: NIH department code

      Exploring new strategy for breast cancer immunoprevention by targeting histamine receptor H1

      Principal investigators: Yi Xiao (contact PI), Dihua Yu

      $227,205

      award amount

15. Honami Naora

    Leads 1 award · $215,846

    • 5R21CA273656-02Department: NIH department code

      Boosting anti-tumor immunity in the omentum for metastasis prevention
      $215,846

      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.

• Pavlos Msaouel

  Co-investigator on 1R01CA285454-01A1, led by Liuqing Yang

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Wenbo Li

  Co-investigator on 1R01CA285454-01A1, led by Liuqing Yang

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • UT Health Science Center Houston · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 3 awards)

• David Fuentes

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA195524-08, led by Laura Beretta

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

• Eugene J Koay

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA195524-08, led by Laura Beretta

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

• Jianjun Gao

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA269489-02, led by Liuqing Yang

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (no department on record, 1 award)

• Vernon R Sutton

  Co-investigator on 5R01HD110520-02, led by Liuqing Yang

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