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Microbiology Department 2024 New Grant Awards

Explore all of the new grants awarded to Microbiology team members for 2024.

Cindy Menjivar, F31 AI181362, Characterization of the Staphylococcus aureus fatty acid degradation pathway, 9/1/2024 – 08/31/2028

Indranil Biswas, R21 DE033883, Exploring the function of novel arginine phosphorylation in streptococcal physiology, 8/12/2024 – 7/31/2025

Jianming Qiu and Ziying Yan, R01 HL174593, Development of novel approaches for gene editing therapies of cystic fibrosis, 8/10/2024 - 4/30/2025

Hubert Tse, Indiana Subaward, R01 DK132583, Examining the Role of CVB in the Generation of Beta Cell Neoantigens and Targeted Approaches at Therapeutic Intervention, 4/1/2024 - 3/31/2027

Jeff Bose, KU COBRE Supplement, P20 GM113117, Determining the metabolic capacity of Sneathia vaginalis, 6/1/2024 - 5/31/2025

Sarah Lasnier, F31 AI186315, The One Ring to Rule Them All: How ICP0’s Ring Finger in Alliance with the Host Protein CIN85 Regulates Protein Trafficking and Communication, 1/3/2025 - 1/2/2028.

KaLia Burnette, F31 GM150237, Identifying Gestational-induced Changes in Islet Macrophages as a Potential Target for Beta-cell Expansion, 7/22/2024 – 7/21/2026

Jianming Qiu, R21 AI182645, Development of myotropic human bocavirus vectors for gene therapy, 6/12/2024 – 4/30/2025

Mary Markiewicz, University of Kansas Cancer Center Pilot Grant, The effect of NKG2D ligand expression on NK cells on the efficacy of adoptive NK cell therapy for AML, 7/1/2024 – 6/30/2025.

Indranil Biswas, K-INBRE Bridge Award, Exploring the function of novel arginine phosphorylation in streptococcal physiology, 5/1/2024 – 4/30/2025

Hubert Tse, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Achieving immune protection in islet transplantation by combining peptide-loaded nanoparticles with conformal coating of islets, 4/1/2024 – 3/31/2026

Severin Gudima, NIH R21 AI182029-01, Characterization of 5'-human-HBV-3' RNA species transcribed from integrated HBV DNA, 2/1/2024 – 12/31/2025

Hubert Tse, New R01 Subaward with Washington University

Mary Markiewicz, Co-I on ACS award to Christy Hagan


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