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Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Opportunities PA03-080
Exploratory/Developmental Grants (R21s)

FY 2005

InstitutionPI NameTitle
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research CenterMoriya TsujiNovel Humanized Mice to Study CD1b/c-Mediated Immunity
Baylor College of MedicineGeorge Weinstock Comparative Genomics of Francisella
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center James KirbyThe Basis of Anthrax-Induced Vascular Damage
Brigham and Women's Hospital David Sacks IQGAP1 in microbial pathogenesis
Burnham Institute Jaime Pascual Bacterial infection through TIR-like virulent factors
Center for Community Health Lisa Patrican Enzootic Transmission of West Nile Virus
Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati) Christopher KarpRegulation of Toll-Like Receptor Signaling by RP105
Colorado State University - Fort CollinsHerbert Schweizer Non-antiobiotic resistance markers for bacteria
Cornell University Ithaca Gary Whittaker Receptor utilization for influenza virus entry in vivo
Dartmouth CollegeWilliam Wade Protective anti-LPS antibodies: what are they?
Duke University Alejandro Aballay Regulation of Innate Immunity by Virulence Factors
Duke University Meta Kuehn Heat-Labile Enterotoxin Secretion
Duke University Herman StaatsMast Cell Activator as Adjuvant for Biodefense Vaccines
Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolRichard Drake Proteomic Profiling for Influenza Vaccination/Infection
Emory University Richard PlemperStructure-Based Design of Nipah Virus Entry Inhibitors
Georgetown UniversityHeidi ElmendorfMicrofilaments in Giardia Attachment and Virulence
Georgia State UniversityZhen Huang Bacillus anthracis Detection with RNA Microchip
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Adv. Mil/Med. Christopher Broder Nipah Virus and Hendra Virus Subunit Vaccines
Institute for Cancer Research Eileen JaffeHexameric PBGS as a Bioterrorism Defense
Johns Hopkins University Mark Soloski Innate Cellular Elements and Enteric Bacterial Infection
Massachusetts General Hospital Cammie Lesser Novel Genetic Analyses of Shigella virulence proteins
Massachusetts General Hospital Marcia Goldberg Function of VirK and MsbB2 in Shigella pathogenesis
Massachusetts General Hospital Bobby Cherayil Mammalian metal transporters & Salmonella infection
Medical College of Ohio at ToledoEric Lafontaine Identification of B. pseudomallei & B. mallei adhesins
Montana State University - Bozeman Sandra HalonenIFN Inhibition of Toxoplasma gondii in Astrocytes
Montana State University - Bozeman Sandra Halonen IFN Immune Effector Mechanisms in Cerebral Toxoplasmosis
National Research Council of Canada John Kelly Proteomics of Francisella tularensis infection/immunity
New England Medical Center HospitalsPaula WatnickThe fly as a natural and model host for vibrio cholerae
New York Blood CenterSara LustigmanA Helminth-Derived Immune Potentiator for Biodefense
Ohio State UniversityLinda SaifAntigenic Relationships of SARS and Animal Coronaviruses
Oregon Health & Science UniversityKlaus FruehFunctional characterization of the poxviral RING protein
Oregon State UniversityDennis Hruby Pox Proteomics
Oregon State UniversityTheo Dreher Upstream ORFs: A general strategy for virus attenuation
Ponce School of Medicine Anil Kumar Immune Targets During Natural Dengue Infection
Providence Portland Medical Center David HinrichsEvaluation of a Regulatory T-Cell Deficient Model
Public Health Research Institute Yuri Bushkin Novel targets for vaccines against tuberculosis
Rice University Yizhi Tao Structural studies of influenza virus polymerase
Scripps Research InstituteNora Sarvetnick Immunoregulation of Flavivirus Infection
Southern Research Institute Colleen Jonsson Hantavirus pathogenesis and prevention
St. Louis University Andrew Lechner Lung Injury and Shock Pathogenesis in Y. pestis Sepsis
Stanford UniversityUpinder Singh Assessing Genetic Diveristy in Entamoeba Histolytica
State University of New York at BuffaloArlene Collins SARS Coronavirus Interaction with Monocyte Macrophages
State University of New York at BuffaloJohn Crane Effect of Zinc in Enteropathogenic E. coli Infection
Thomas Jefferson University Matthias Schnell Killed Rhabdoviruses as Novel Anthrax Vaccines
Thomas Jefferson University Bernhard Dietzschold Rhabdovirus-based recombinant vaccines against SARS
Tufts University BostonDonna Akiyoshi A Genome Sequence Survey of Enterocytozoon bieneusi
University of Med/Den NJ - Newark Neerja Kaushik-Basu Effectors and Inhibitors of SARS virus Polymerase
University of Med/Den NJ - Newark Pranela Rameshwar Vaccine hurdle to anthrax and the emerging immune system
University of Arizona Glenn Songer Functional analysis of C. perfringens epsilon toxin
University of Arkansas at FayettevilleYoung Kwon Genome scanning for virulence genes in bacteria
University of California BerkeleyLee RileyTherapeutic vaccine against tuberculosis
University of California Davis Andreas Baumler Virulence Mechanisms of Salmonella Typhi
University of California DavisRenee Tsolis Identification of Brucella Type IV Effectors
University of California Irvine Walter Fitch Viral migration and predicting viral changes
University of California Los Angeles Hartmuth Kolb Click Chemistry-Based Anthrax Lethal Factor Inhibitors
University of California Los Angeles Hartmuth Kolb Target-Guided Botulinum Neurotoxin Inhibitor Discovery
University of California San Diego Hack DixonYopT: A Yersinia Virulence Factor
University of Iowa Linda McCarter Transcriptional profiling in V. parahaemolyticus
University of Kansas Medical Center Michael Parmely Innate Immunity to Francisella tularensis
University of Kentucky Anthony Sinai Proteomic analysis of the T. gondii vacuolar membrane
University of Kentucky Rebecca Dutch Proteolytic cleavage of the Hendra virus fusion protein
University of Maryland Baltimore Professional School Alan Cross Early events during infection with anthrax
University of Maryland Baltimore Professional School Donna FarberThe Role of Toll-Like Receptors in T Cell Memory
University of Massachusetts Medical School - WorcesterYan ShiMolecular Identification of an Endogenous Adjuvant
University of Michigan at Ann ArborMichael Imperiale Recombinant Adenovirus Vaccines Against B. anthracis
University of New Mexico AlbuquerqueAntonito Panganiban Hantavirus RNA Encapsidation
University of North Carolina - Chapel HillLaura White A VEE Replicon-Based Vaccine for Dengue Virus
University of PennsylvaniaSusan Weiss SARS-CoV reverse genetics: expression of small ORFs
University of PennsylvaniaRobert Doms Crimean congo hemorrhagic fever virus glycoproteins
University of RochesterMingtao Zeng Development of a New Tularemia Vaccine
University of South Dakota Keith Weaver Small RNA regualtors of the B. anthracis plasmid pXO1
University of Texas Medical Branch - GalvestonTehsheng Chan Transgenic Mouse Models for Pathogenesis and Therapy
University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston Charles FulhorstAnimal models of hantavirus cardiopulmonary disease
University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston David Beasley Attenuated West Nile virus envelope protein mutants
University of Texas SW Medical Center - Dallas Michael Gale The host response to West Nile Virus
University of Washington John Mittler Modeling the Flagella Regulon in Salmonella
University of Washington Michael Katze Gene Expression Profiling in Filovirus-Infected Cells
University of Washington Jaisri Lingappa Cell-free VEE assembly system and alphavirus drug screen
University of Washington Colin Manoil Genetic tools for analyzing B. pseudomallei virulence
University of Wisconsin - Madison Charles CzuprynskArylhydrocarbon receptor in resistance to listeriosis
University of Wisconsin - Madison Martin Zanni 1 and 2D IR structural analyses of Influenza M2 channel
Vanderbilt UniversityHong FangBotulinum Neurotoxin Substrate Specificity
Veterans Medical Research Foundation - San DiegoKarl Hostetler Lung-Targeted Poxvirus Antivirals
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and St. Univ. Karen Duca Signal Processing Methods for Complex Phenotypes
Wadsworth CenterPei-Yong Shi West Nile Virus Life Cycle in Flavivirus-Resistant Cells
Wake Forest University Health Sciences Griffith Parks Enhancing the Potency of Viral Vectors with C3d
Washington University Joseph Vogel Characterization of the Coxiella Dot/lcm homologues
Washington University Virginia Miller Autotransporter proteins and virulence of Y. pestis
Washington University David Sibley Calcium ATPasis in Apicomplexan Parasites as Potential Drug Targets
Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityLuis Quadri Virulence-conferring siderophore biosynthesis inhibitors
Yale University Sankar Ghosh Subversion of innate immune responses by Brucella

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