Microbiology & Immunology at UT Medical Branch Galveston

Leads a grant in this department

11 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. Scott C Weaver

   Leads 3 awards · $2,742,392

   • 5U01AI151801-05Department: NIH department code

     West African Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases
     $1,506,495

     award amount
   • 5R24AI120942-09Department: NIH department code

     World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses (WRCEVA)
     $987,497

     award amount
   • 5D43TW012246-03Department: NIH department code

     Training and Research on Arboviruses and Zoonoses In Nigeria and Sierra Leone (TRAIN)

     Principal investigators: Scott C Weaver (contact PI), Nathan Yakubu Shehu, Nikos Vasilakis

     $248,400

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 2T32AI060549-21, led by Ashok K Chopra.

2. Tian Wang

   Leads 3 awards · $988,534

   • 5R01AI176670-02Department: NIH department code

     Porous silicon microparticle-based subunit vaccines for SARS-CoV-2
     $671,187

     award amount
   • 1R21AI178135-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Novel Hamster Models of Chikungunya Viral Arthritis

     Principal investigators: Tian Wang (contact PI), Zhongde Wang

     $247,852

     award amount
   • 5T35AI078878-14Department: NIH department code

     Infectious Diseases and Inflammatory Disorders Training Program
     $69,495

     award amount

3. Ashok K Chopra

   Leads 2 awards · $932,387

   • 5R01AI153524-05Department: NIH department code

     Immunological characterization of rationally-designed vaccines against plague in mice and non-human primate models
     $757,093

     award amount
   • 2T32AI060549-21Department: NIH department code

     Biodefense Training Program

     Principal investigators: Ashok K Chopra (contact PI), Janice J Endsley, Scott C Weaver

     $175,294

     award amount

4. Thomas William Geisbert

   Leads 1 award · $740,024

   • 5R01AI152207-05Department: NIH department code

     Preclinical Development of a Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Vaccine
     $740,024

     award amount

5. Lynn Soong

   Leads 2 awards · $643,770

   • 2R01AI132674-05A1Department: NIH department code

     Pathogenic Mechanisms of Vascular Dysfunction in Scrub Typhus

     Principal investigators: Lynn Soong (contact PI), Yuejin Liang

     $468,000

     award amount
   • 5T32AI007526-24Department: NIH department code

     Emerging and Tropical Infectious Diseases
     $175,770

     award amount

6. Haitao Hu

   Leads 1 award · $601,727

   • 5R01AI157852-04Department: NIH department code

     Modulation of BRD4 to epigenetically suppress HIV
     $601,727

     award amount

7. Xuping Xie

   Leads 1 award · $554,525

   • 5R01AI146227-05Department: NIH department code

     Mechanistic function of HCV NS5A targeted by the potent inhibitors
     $554,525

     award amount

8. Matthieu Gagnon

   Leads 1 award · $331,800

   • 5R01GM136936-05Department: NIH department code

     Structural Basis for the Allosteric Mechanisms Regulating Ribosome Function
     $331,800

     award amount

9. Shinji Makino

   Leads 1 award · $240,000

   • 1R21AI185231-01Department: NIH department code

     Modulation of viral genome packaging in Rift Valley fever virus
     $240,000

     award amount

10. Rafael Kroon Campos

    Leads 1 award · $119,264

    • 5K99AI168484-02Department: NIH department code

      Assessing the roles of viral mutations and host factors in the transmission of Mayaro virus and other alphaviruses by urban mosquitoes
      $119,264

      award amount

11. Nisha Jain Garg

    Leads 1 award · $20,882

    • 5R21AI178318-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeting HNF4-induced thrombo-inflammation in Chagas disease
      $20,882

      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.

• Yuejin Liang

  Co-investigator on 2R01AI132674-05A1, led by Lynn Soong

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

• Nathan Yakubu Shehu

  Co-investigator on 5D43TW012246-03, led by Scott C Weaver

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

• Nikos Vasilakis

  Co-investigator on 5D43TW012246-03, led by Scott C Weaver

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • UT Medical Branch Galveston · Pathology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Zhongde Wang

  Co-investigator on 1R21AI178135-01A1, led by Tian Wang

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Utah State University · Veterinary Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Janice J Endsley

  Co-investigator on 2T32AI060549-21, led by Ashok K Chopra

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