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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Microbiology & Immunology at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

Funding
$9.1M
$9,141,401
Awards
27
FY2026 NIH awards in Microbiology & Immunology
Principal investigators
24
20 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
#50
of 119 · Ranking
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Microbiology & Immunology row of the University of Wisconsin-Madison page.

Leads a grant in this department

20 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. Anna Huttenlocher

    Leads 2 awards · $1,154,119

    • 2R35GM118027-11Department: NIH department code
      Cell migration and wound repair
      $738,581
      award amount
    • 4R21AI200047-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of neutrophil heterogeneity and activation state using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neutrophils
      $415,538
      award amount

  2. Andrew Mehle

    Leads 3 awards · $1,138,705

    • 5R01AI164690-05Department: NIH department code
      RNA:protein interactions that dictate the success of influenza virus infection
      $632,278
      award amount
    • 1R21AI195857-01Department: NIH department code
      Evolutionary pathways to antiviral resistance for influenza virus

      Principal investigators: Andrew Mehle (contact PI), Thomas C. Friedrich

      $414,861
      award amount
    • 3R01AI164690-05S1Department: NIH department code
      RNA:protein interactions that dictate the success of influenza virus infection
      $91,566
      award amount

  3. John-Demian Sauer

    Leads 2 awards · $904,509

    • 5R01AI184369-03Department: NIH department code
      Identification and Characterization of Genes Required for Listeria monocytogenes Cytosolic Survival
      $677,919
      award amount
    • 5R21AI187635-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of Prostaglandin E2 in Listeria monocytogenes induced CD8+ T-cell priming
      $226,590
      award amount

  4. Laura J Knoll

    Leads 1 award · $769,091

    • 5R01AI172874-04Department: NIH department code
      Development of a human intestinal microphysiological system for the study of immune responses to protozoan parasites

      Principal investigators: Laura J Knoll (contact PI), David J Beebe, Sheena Catherine Kerr

      $769,091
      award amount

  5. Sabine Pellett

    Leads 1 award · $736,408

    • 5R01AI139306-08Department: NIH department code
      Characteristics of Botulinum Neurotoxins the Determine Potency

      Principal investigators: Sabine Pellett (contact PI), Joseph T Barbieri

      $736,408
      award amount

  6. Vanessa Sperandio

    Leads 1 award · $627,030

    • 5R37AI053067-25Department: NIH department code
      Quorum Sensing Regulation of EHEC Virulence Genes
      $627,030
      award amount

  7. David M. Hershey

    Leads 2 awards · $580,572

    • 5R35GM150652-04Department: NIH department code
      Surface adaptation in bacterial cells
      $382,090
      award amount
    • 3R35GM150652-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Surface adaptation in bacterial cells
      $198,482
      award amount

  8. Marta Maria Gaglia

    Leads 2 awards · $559,168

    • 5R01CA268976-05Department: NIH department code
      Determining how Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus hijacks caspase function to inhibit anti-viral responses
      $378,465
      award amount
    • 5R21CA298838-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Effect of Caspases and Anti-Viral Responses on KSHV Tumorigeniesis
      $180,703
      award amount

  9. Jue D. Wang

    Leads 1 award · $456,560

    • 5R35GM127088-09Department: NIH department code
      The critical roles of (p)ppGpp in homeostasis and antibiotic tolerance in Gram positive bacteria
      $456,560
      award amount

  10. Nancy P Keller

    Leads 1 award · $427,625

    • 5R35GM156119-02Department: NIH department code
      Accessing the hidden biosynthetic capabilities of fungi
      $427,625
      award amount

  11. Joseph P Dillard

    Leads 2 awards · $424,813

    • 1R21AI198410-01Department: NIH department code
      Peptidoglycan modification activating NOD2 in N. gonorrhoeae infections
      $233,250
      award amount
    • 5R21AI193750-02Department: NIH department code
      Gardnerella promotion of N. gonorrhoeae pathogenesis
      $191,563
      award amount

  12. Mark J Mandel

    Leads 1 award · $408,103

    • 5R35GM148385-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetic analysis of beneficial bacterial colonization
      $408,103
      award amount

  13. Kinjal Majumder

    Leads 1 award · $375,430

    • 5R35GM154938-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining how cellular DNA replication and repair machinery are hijacked by viral pathogens
      $375,430
      award amount

  14. Lyric Colleen Bartholomay

    Leads 1 award · $138,631

    • 5T32AI007414-33Department: NIH department code
      Parasitology and Vector Biology Training Program
      $138,631
      award amount

  15. Tanner Ford Robertson

    Leads 1 award · $124,929

    • 1K99GM158711-01A1Department: NIH department code
      How epithelial architecture regulates amoeboid migration strategies in vivo
      $124,929
      award amount

  16. Yiran Hou

    Leads 1 award · $116,005

    • 1K99GM160698-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular priming of reverse migration in neutrophil subpopulations
      $116,005
      award amount

  17. Alyssa Marie Brokaw

    Leads 1 award · $77,779

    • 1F32AI203393-01Department: NIH department code
      Host and bacterial factors mediate adverse pregnancy outcomes during perinatal listeriosis
      $77,779
      award amount

  18. Harrison Estes

    Leads 1 award · $43,520

    • 1F31AI202524-01Department: NIH department code
      Lipid-Copper Crosstalk as a Determinant of Fungal Adaptation to Metal Stress
      $43,520
      award amount

  19. Nicholas Michael Garcia

    Leads 1 award · $41,138

    • 1F30AG103834-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating mechanisms informing age-related changes in neutrophil function and migration
      $41,138
      award amount

  20. Rhiannon R Abrahams

    Leads 1 award · $37,266

    • 1F31AI191692-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Spatial and Epigenetic Regulation of AAV Localization and Persistence
      $37,266
      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.