Microbiology & Immunology at UT Health Science Center Houston

Leads a grant in this department

33 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. Guangming Zhong

   Leads 1 award · $2,202,675

   • 1U01AI182210-01Department: NIH department code

     An oral vaccine against Chlamydia trachomatis
     $2,202,675

     award amount

2. Laurence Morel

   Leads 3 awards · $1,807,508

   • 2R01AI045050-24Department: NIH department code

     Characterization of SLE-susceptibility loci on mouse chromosome 1
     $703,044

     award amount
   • 5R01AI154630-05Department: NIH department code

     Determinants of follicular helper T cell expansion in lupus

     Principal investigators: Laurence Morel (contact PI), Mansour M Zadeh

     $643,217

     award amount
   • 5R37AI128901-08Department: NIH department code

     Targeting follicular helper CD4 T cells in SLE
     $461,247

     award amount

3. Michael C Lorenz

   Leads 4 awards · $1,354,316

   • 1R01AI183606-01Department: NIH department code

     Mechanism of Fungal Virulence Inhibition by a Bacterial Peptide

     Principal investigators: Michael C Lorenz (contact PI), Danielle A Garsin

     $727,142

     award amount
   • 1R21AI178931-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Genetic approaches to probe virulence and drug resistance in Candida auris

     Principal investigators: Michael C Lorenz (contact PI), Danielle A Garsin

     $230,279

     award amount
   • 5R01AI143304-06Department: NIH department code

     Characterization of novel virulence factors in Candida
     $200,000

     award amount
   • 5T32AI055449-19Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Basis of Infectious Diseases Training Grant
     $196,895

     award amount

4. Ziyin Li

   Leads 2 awards · $1,009,779

   • 5R01AI101437-12Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms Of The Unusual Cytokinesis In Trypanosomes
     $542,373

     award amount
   • 5R01AI118736-08Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of cell cycle transitions by cyclin-dependent kinase in trypanosomes
     $467,406

     award amount

5. Bo Hu

   Leads 2 awards · $785,052

   • 1R01DE033452-01Department: NIH department code

     Structure and Function of Porphyromonas gingivalis Type IX Secretion System

     Principal investigators: Bo Hu (contact PI), Richard J Lamont

     $395,052

     award amount
   • 5R35GM138301-05Department: NIH department code

     In Situ Architecture of Specialized Bacterial Secretion Systems
     $390,000

     award amount

6. Chenggang Wu

   Leads 2 awards · $755,781

   • 1R21DE034542-01Department: NIH department code

     Study of essential genes in Fusobacterium nucleatum
     $429,000

     award amount
   • 5R01DE030895-04Department: NIH department code

     Regulation in Fusobacterium-mediated coaggregation
     $326,781

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 1R21DE034098-01, led by Peng Zhou.

7. Paolo Casali

   Leads 1 award · $710,829

   • 5R01AI167416-04Department: NIH department code

     Epigenetics of the autoantibody response in systemic lupus
     $710,829

     award amount

8. Ann Venables Griffith

   Leads 2 awards · $688,427

   • 1R01AG086271-01Department: NIH department code

     The role of paracrine growth factor signaling in thymus function and age-associated dysfunction
     $494,677

     award amount
   • 5R21AG081709-02Department: NIH department code

     The role of medullary thymic epithelial cell-derived growth factors in regulating thymus growth and atrophy
     $193,750

     award amount

9. David Kadosh

   Leads 3 awards · $673,598

   • 1R01AI178973-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Translational Control of Host Environmental Stress Responses in Candida albicans
     $247,348

     award amount
   • 5R21AI172207-02Department: NIH department code

     Translational Regulation of Candida glabrata Azole Resistance
     $232,500

     award amount
   • 1R21AI186304-01Department: NIH department code

     Translational Control of Conidial Germination in Aspergillus fumigatus
     $193,750

     award amount

10. Danielle A Garsin

    Leads 2 awards · $564,261

    • 5R01AI150045-05Department: NIH department code

      Response to Immune Associated Stress
      $478,931

      award amount
    • 3R01AI150045-05S1Department: NIH department code

      Response to Immune Associated Stress
      $85,330

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01AI183606-01, led by Michael C Lorenz; 1R21AI178931-01A1, led by Michael C Lorenz.

11. Evelien Margaretha Bunnik

    Leads 2 awards · $554,417

    • 5R01AI153425-04Department: NIH department code

      Defining conserved epitopes on polymorphic malaria antigens
      $543,667

      award amount
    • 3R01AI153425-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Defining conserved epitopes on polymorphic malaria antigens
      $10,750

      award amount

12. William Margolin

    Leads 1 award · $546,840

    • 2R35GM131705-06Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms and Regulation of Cell Division in Bacteria
      $546,840

      award amount

13. Jayhun Lee

    Leads 3 awards · $508,316

    • 5R01AI175079-02Department: NIH department code

      Esophageal gland-mediated immune evasion by the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni
      $388,452

      award amount
    • 3R01AI175079-02S1Department: NIH department code

      Esophageal gland-mediated immune evasion by the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni
      $83,646

      award amount
    • 3R01AI175079-01A1S1Department: NIH department code

      Esophageal gland-mediated immune evasion by the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni
      $36,218

      award amount

14. Ambro Van Hoof

    Leads 1 award · $499,870

    • 5R35GM141710-04Department: NIH department code

      RNAse functions in post-transcriptional gene regulation
      $499,870

      award amount

15. Na Xiong

    Leads 2 awards · $492,726

    • 1R01AI174181-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Development and function of skin-resident innate-like T cells at early postnatal stages
      $475,421

      award amount
    • 3R01AI174181-01A1S1Department: NIH department code

      Development and function of skin-resident innate-like T cells at early postnatal stages
      $17,305

      award amount

16. Peter J. Christie

    Leads 1 award · $482,040

    • 2R35GM131892-06Department: NIH department code

      Biological and structural diversity of bacterial type IV secretion systems
      $482,040

      award amount

17. Jose Christian Perez

    Leads 1 award · $479,480

    • 5R01AI175081-02Department: NIH department code

      Fungal regulatory systems directing mammalian host colonization
      $479,480

      award amount

18. Anne-Marie Krachler

    Leads 1 award · $465,977

    • 2R01AI132354-06Department: NIH department code

      Mechanoregulation of EHEC virulence
      $465,977

      award amount

19. Brian Wickes

    Leads 1 award · $452,461

    • 5R01AI148641-04Department: NIH department code

      Development of a rapid, pan fungal diagnostic assay
      $452,461

      award amount

20. Zhenming Xu

    Leads 1 award · $444,851

    • 5R01AI153506-04Department: NIH department code

      IL-27-producing B cells in the antibody response
      $444,851

      award amount

21. Nu Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $441,601

    • 1R01AI177345-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Lymphoid residency of Tcf-1+ CD8+ T cells during tumor vaccine responses
      $441,601

      award amount

22. Peng Zhou

    Leads 1 award · $429,000

    • 1R21DE034098-01Department: NIH department code

      Hemin Production by Veillonella: A Novel Mechanism in Inhibiting P. gingivalis Hemolysis

      Principal investigators: Peng Zhou (contact PI), Chenggang Wu

      $429,000

      award amount

23. Yan Xiang

    Leads 1 award · $422,396

    • 5R01AI151638-05Department: NIH department code

      Novel Translational Control Mechanisms in Host Range Restriction of Poxvirus

      Principal investigators: Yan Xiang (contact PI), Junpeng Deng

      $422,396

      award amount

24. Kevin Anthony Morano

    Leads 1 award · $386,931

    • 5R35GM149196-02Department: NIH department code

      Chaperone-mediated mechanisms of cellular proteostasis
      $386,931

      award amount

25. Heidi B Kaplan

    Leads 1 award · $230,279

    • 5R21AI176067-02Department: NIH department code

      Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Orthopaedic-Device Related Biofilm Infections with Local Delivery of Lytic Bacteriophage

      Principal investigators: Heidi B Kaplan (contact PI), Catherine G Ambrose

      $230,279

      award amount

26. Alexei V Tumanov

    Leads 1 award · $220,625

    • 5R21AI173816-02Department: NIH department code

      Novel animal models to study organ-specific SARS-CoV-2-induced pathology

      Principal investigators: Alexei V Tumanov (contact PI), Ekaterina Koroleva, Luis Martinez-Sobrido

      $220,625

      award amount

27. Andrew William Pountain

    Leads 1 award · $162,000

    • 1K22AI177517-01Department: NIH department code

      Developing a single cell resolution understanding of pathogenesis and antibiotic tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus
      $162,000

      award amount

28. Jennifer Nicole Walker

    Leads 1 award · $137,938

    • 5K01DK128381-03Department: NIH department code

      Defining Host-pathogen Interactions in CAUTI to Guide Novel Drug Development
      $137,938

      award amount

29. Lee-Ann Notice-Sarpaning

    Leads 1 award · $42,348

    • 5F31GM149143-02Department: NIH department code

      The Roles of Rnt1 and Putative Endoribonucleases in mRNA Processing and Degradation
      $42,348

      award amount

30. Rolando Garza

    Leads 1 award · $41,511

    • 1F30AI176697-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Analyzing the function and antibody-mediated inhibition of the malaria vaccine candidate PF3D7_1136200
      $41,511

      award amount

31. Carlos Oscar Ontiveros

    Leads 1 award · $39,011

    • 5F31CA281345-02Department: NIH department code

      The role of tumor cell-of-origin-specific PDL1 on tumorigenesis and tumor progression
      $39,011

      award amount

32. Jan Simper

    Leads 1 award · $38,314

    • 1F30AI176699-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Macrophage NR4A nuclear receptors in tuberculosis pathogenesis
      $38,314

      award amount

33. Marisol Morales

    Leads 1 award · $38,314

    • 1F31AI186499-01Department: NIH department code

      Characterization of a sensor domain for cytoplasmic nucleic acid in the antiviral factor, SAMD9
      $38,314

      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.

• Mansour M Zadeh

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI154630-05, led by Laurence Morel

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • UT Health Science Center Houston · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Junpeng Deng

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI151638-05, led by Yan Xiang

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

• Richard J Lamont

  Co-investigator on 1R01DE033452-01, led by Bo Hu

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Louisville · Dentistry (NIH department code, 2 awards)
  • University of Louisville (no department on record, 1 award)

• Catherine G Ambrose

  Co-investigator on 5R21AI176067-02, led by Heidi B Kaplan

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

• Ekaterina Koroleva

  Co-investigator on 5R21AI173816-02, led by Alexei V Tumanov

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

• Luis Martinez-Sobrido

  Co-investigator on 5R21AI173816-02, led by Alexei V Tumanov

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