Biology at Virginia Tech

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. Joseph Ryan Hoyt

   Leads 1 award · $597,324

   • 5R01GM152978-04Department: NIH department code

     Sit-and-wait pathogens: Consequences of heterogeneity in pathogen exposure dynamics for environmentally persistent pathogens
     $597,324

     award amount

2. Liwu Li

   Leads 1 award · $543,802

   • 5R01AI172133-04Department: NIH department code

     Modulation of innate immune exhaustion during sepsis
     $543,802

     award amount

3. Roberto Marquez

   Leads 1 award · $428,110

   • 1R35GM165799-01Department: NIH department code

     The (onto)genetic basis of phenotypic integration
     $428,110

     award amount

4. Jing Chen

   Leads 1 award · $422,510

   • 2R35GM138370-06Department: NIH department code

     Mathematical modeling of mechanical and spatiotemporal processes in cellular functions
     $422,510

     award amount

5. Birgit E Scharf

   Leads 1 award · $422,314

   • 1R35GM161606-01Department: NIH department code

     Specialized adaptations in the model alpha-proteobacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti
     $422,314

     award amount

6. Bryan Boen Hsu

   Leads 1 award · $380,138

   • 5R35GM147484-05Department: NIH department code

     Investigating the role of phage in the gut microbiome
     $380,138

     award amount

7. Silke Hauf

   Leads 1 award · $379,175

   • 5R35GM149565-04Department: NIH department code

     How mRNA features of cell cycle genes support proper cell division
     $379,175

     award amount

8. Frank O'Neill Aylward

   Leads 1 award · $365,690

   • 5R35GM147290-05Department: NIH department code

     Coevolutionary Dynamics and Gene Exchange Between Nucleo-Cytoplasmic Large DNA Viruses and Eukaryotes
     $365,690

     award amount

9. Sushree S Sahoo

   Leads 1 award · $248,999

   • 4R00DK135910-03Department: NIH department code

     Elucidating function of disease-related SAMD9L mutations in hematopoiesis
     $248,999

     award amount

10. Zhaomin Yang

    Leads 1 award · $225,846

    • 1R21AI200038-01Department: NIH department code

      Antivirulence Inhibitors of Bacterial Type IV Pili: A Strategy Against Antibiotic Resistance

      Principal investigators: Zhaomin Yang (contact PI), Webster L Santos

      $225,846

      award amount

11. Blake Alexander Caldwell

    Leads 1 award · $112,256

    • 1K99AI197383-01Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the epigenetic basis of monocyte exhaustion memory following sepsis
      $112,256

      award amount

12. David Noah Oakland

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AI186528-03Department: NIH department code

      CpG-B ODN Mediated Protection from Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
      $55,114

      award amount

13. Katelyn Stebbins

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30EY035570-03Department: NIH department code

      Cell types, circuitry, and development of the visual ventral thalamus
      $54,538

      award amount

14. Blanka Bordas

    Leads 1 award · $45,528

    • 1F31CA301909-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering the roles of symmetric dimethylation of arginine on ZNF326
      $45,528

      award amount

15. Andrew Strohman

    Leads 1 award · $41,145

    • 5F30AT013174-02Department: NIH department code

      Mapping the neural and physiologic response to tonic pain with low-intensity focused ultrasound: a bridge towards therapeutic applications
      $41,145

      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.

• Webster L Santos

  Co-investigator on 1R21AI200038-01, led by Zhaomin Yang

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Virginia Tech · Chemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)