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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Microbiology & Immunology at Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

Funding
$26M
$25,995,175
Awards
40
FY2026 NIH awards in Microbiology & Immunology
Principal investigators
33
24 lead a grant here, 9 co-investigators
Department rank
#7
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 Washington University in St. Louis page.

Leads a grant in this department

24 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. Christina Leigh Stallings

    Leads 5 awards · $5,498,364

    • 1P01AI201081-01Department: NIH department code
      TB-MAGIC: Integrating Metabolism, Adaptation, Genetics, Immunity, and Comorbidities to combat Tuberculosis

      Principal investigators: Bree Beardsley Aldridge (contact PI), Christina Leigh Stallings (contact PI), David M. Tobin (contact PI), Jennifer A Philips (contact PI), Makedonka Mitreva (contact PI)

      $2,572,011
      award amount
    • 5R01AI184666-03Department: NIH department code
      Type I IFN-dependent and independent contributions to the outcomes of early innate immune cell interactions during HIV/TB co-infection

      Principal investigators: Christina Leigh Stallings (contact PI), Bryan David Bryson, Joshua T. Mattila

      $872,144
      award amount
    • 5R01AI181316-03Department: NIH department code
      Development of 1,2,4-Triazolyl Compounds and their derivatives as a New Treatment for Tuberculosis

      Principal investigators: Christina Leigh Stallings (contact PI), Sudeshna Roy

      $745,546
      award amount
    • 1R01HL182099-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the roles for sphingolipid biosynthesis during lung infection
      $680,379
      award amount
    • 5R01AI179024-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting NETosis for the Treatment of Tuberculosis
      $628,284
      award amount

  2. Scott J. Hultgren

    Leads 5 awards · $3,996,016

    • 1P01AI197186-01Department: NIH department code
      Antibiotic-sparing strategies for treatment of bacterial infections

      Principal investigators: Ashlee Miriam Earl (contact PI), Michael G. Caparon (contact PI), Scott J. Hultgren (contact PI)

      $1,500,000
      award amount
    • 5R01DK121822-07Department: NIH department code
      Epidemiologic and molecular basis of the gut-urinary tract axis in urinary tract infection

      Principal investigators: Scott J. Hultgren (contact PI), Ashlee Miriam Earl

      $785,764
      award amount
    • 5R01DK132327-04Department: NIH department code
      Mucosal Immune Defense Mechanisms of the Urinary Bladder

      Principal investigators: Scott J. Hultgren (contact PI), Marco Colonna

      $619,518
      award amount
    • 4R37AI048689-26Department: NIH department code
      Pathogenic Fiber Formation in Bacteria: Structural Basis
      $549,855
      award amount
    • 5R01DK051406-27Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Foreign Bodies on Infection Susceptibility, Disease and Mucosal Remodeling of the Urinary Tract
      $540,879
      award amount

  3. L. David Sibley

    Leads 4 awards · $3,370,883

    • 5R01AI143857-07Department: NIH department code
      Exploiting Diversity-Oriented Chemical Synthesis for Combating Chronic Parasitic Infection

      Principal investigators: L. David Sibley (contact PI), Arnab Kumar Chatterjee

      $1,215,106
      award amount
    • 5R01AI164473-05Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing CDPK1 inhibitors for chronic toxoplasmosis

      Principal investigators: L. David Sibley (contact PI), James W Janetka

      $777,256
      award amount
    • 5R01AI192672-02Department: NIH department code
      Influence of microbial metabolites on mitosome function in Cryptosporidium
      $702,019
      award amount
    • 5R01AI175150-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Basis of Host Infectivity by Cryptosporidium
      $676,502
      award amount

  4. Mario Feldman

    Leads 4 awards · $2,607,697

    • 2R01AI144120-06Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Insights into the Pathogenesis of MDR Acinetobacter baumannii
      $764,592
      award amount
    • 5R01AI181213-03Department: NIH department code
      Biogenesis of outer membrane vesicles in human gut bacteria
      $763,496
      award amount
    • 5R01AI166359-05Department: NIH department code
      Phenylacetic acid catabolism, a novel stress-response pathway in Acinetobacter baumannii
      $651,984
      award amount
    • 1R21AI200336-01Department: NIH department code
      A broad host-range Acinetobacter baumannii phage and its novel glycan receptor

      Principal investigators: Mario Feldman (contact PI), Michele Leroux

      $427,625
      award amount

  5. Bree Beardsley Aldridge

    Leads 1 award · $2,572,011

  6. David M. Tobin

    Leads 1 award · $2,572,011

  7. Jennifer A Philips

    Leads 1 award · $2,572,011

  8. Makedonka Mitreva

    Leads 1 award · $2,572,011

  9. Sebla B. Kutluay

    Leads 4 awards · $2,449,773

    • 1R37AI203695-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of capsid interactions with the viral RNA genome in assembly of HIV-1 cores

      Principal investigators: Sebla B. Kutluay (contact PI), Mamuka Kvaratskhelia

      $791,065
      award amount
    • 5R01AI179691-03Department: NIH department code
      Selective packaging and protection of HIV-1 genomic RNAs
      $764,582
      award amount
    • 5R01AI150497-10Department: NIH department code
      Regulation and Targeting of HIV-1 Integrase-RNA Interactions
      $466,500
      award amount
    • 1R21AI198155-01Department: NIH department code
      Identification of Host Factors that Mediate the Nuclear Retention of Unspliced and Partially Spliced HIV-1 Transcripts
      $427,626
      award amount

  10. Ashlee Miriam Earl

    Leads 1 award · $1,500,000

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DK121822-07, led by Scott J. Hultgren.

  11. Michael G. Caparon

    Leads 1 award · $1,500,000

  12. Siyuan Ding

    Leads 2 awards · $1,311,401

    • 5R01AI188179-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of VP4 Promoting Rotavirus Cell-to-Cell Transmission and Viral Pathogenesis
      $713,715
      award amount
    • 5R01AI189930-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic Investigation of a Rotavirus Auxiliary Protein NSP6 Countering Host Defense
      $597,686
      award amount

  13. David Wang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,177,361

    • 1R01AI193051-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The biology of picobirnaviruses, highly abundant RNA viruses in human enteric viromes
      $749,736
      award amount
    • 1R21AI196715-01Department: NIH department code
      Sensing of viral infections in C. elegans
      $427,625
      award amount

  14. Carolina B. Lopez

    Leads 2 awards · $1,153,962

    • 5R01AI188900-02Department: NIH department code
      Long-term impact of persistent parainfluenza virus infection
      $596,115
      award amount
    • 5R01AI137062-09Department: NIH department code
      Defective viral genomes in RSV pathogenesis
      $557,847
      award amount

  15. Michele Leroux

    Leads 2 awards · $1,104,720

    • 1R01AI195977-01Department: NIH department code
      DNA ADP-ribosylation in the bacterial-phage arms race
      $638,220
      award amount
    • 5DP2AI177955-04Department: NIH department code
      Mining the phage playbook to create a potent, generic phage therapy
      $466,500
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21AI200336-01, led by Mario Feldman.

  16. Tamara L Doering

    Leads 2 awards · $990,095

    • 5R01AI192892-02Department: NIH department code
      Solving the puzzle of beta-1,6-glucan in the cryptococcal cell wall

      Principal investigators: Tamara L Doering (contact PI), Tuo Wang

      $756,845
      award amount
    • 1R21AI190593-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Tracking Cryptococcus during infection to elucidate pathogenesis
      $233,250
      award amount

  17. Elizabeth Bennett Draganova

    Leads 1 award · $933,000

    • 4DP2GM154151-03Department: NIH department code
      Under Pressure: Biophysical Mapping of Herpesvirus Capsid Assembly and Genome Packaging
      $933,000
      award amount

  18. Adrianus Cm Boon

    Leads 1 award · $765,798

    • 1R01AI200072-01Department: NIH department code
      Immune protection against H5N1 influenza virus infection and transmission

      Principal investigators: Adrianus Cm Boon (contact PI), Michael S Diamond

      $765,798
      award amount

  19. Meng Wu

    Leads 1 award · $450,361

    • 5DP2AI184835-03Department: NIH department code
      Exploiting the microbiota-stromal cell axis for microbiota-targeted medicine
      $450,361
      award amount

  20. Jessica Michelle Porter

    Leads 1 award · $37,312

    • 1F31AI203601-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating RNA splicing as a species-specific determinant of HIV-1 infection
      $37,312
      award amount

  21. Megan Chamberland

    Leads 1 award · $37,312

    • 1F31AI197544-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of BHLHE40 in regulating host immune responses during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
      $37,312
      award amount

  22. Jana Liese

    Leads 1 award · $37,249

    • 1F30AI197428-01Department: NIH department code
      Viral and host determinants of orthobunyavirus entry.
      $37,249
      award amount

  23. Kate Ellen Wardenburg

    Leads 1 award · $37,249

    • 5F30AI189035-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the role of SPTLC2 in alveolar macrophage population maintenance during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
      $37,249
      award amount

  24. Amanda Nicole Pinski

    Leads 1 award · $36,622

    • 5F31AI191722-02Department: NIH department code
      High throughput identification of bacteriophages and their hosts with single-cell transcriptomics
      $36,622
      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.