What's New
Since the beginning of 2009, the Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease has received over $11 million in new NIH Funding.
Dr. Metzger Receives $2 million in New Funding from NIH
Dennis W. Metzger, Ph.D., Professor, Theobald Smith Alumni Chair and Director, Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease at Albany Medical College has received two new grants from NIH. These include a $1.6 million 4-year grant (years 1-2 are funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) from the National Institutes of Health, national Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in support of his research entitled "Effect of Influenza Infection on Alveolar Macrophage Function", and a $400,000 2-year American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Supplement Grant to his existing research grant entitled "Regulation of B Cell Function by Interleukin 12".
CIMD Receives $4.6 million ARRA Program Project Grant from NIH
The Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease at Albany Medical College has received a $4.6 million 2-year American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Program Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases entitled "Immunobiology and Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Tularemia". This grant represents continued funding for CIMD's current biodefense research against Francisella tularensis.
CIMD faculty involved in this Program Project Grant are Drs. Dennis W. Metzger, Chandra Shekhar Bakshi, James R. Drake, Edmund J. Gosselin, Jonathan A. Harton, Karsten R.O. Hazlett, J. Andres Melendez and Timothy J. Sellati.
Dr. Harton Receives $1.4 million NIH Grant
Jonathan A. Harton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease at Albany Medical College has received a $1.4 million four-year research grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in support of his research entitled "Regulation of Innate Immunity by Pyrin Proteins".
Dr. Zhang Receives $431,750 NIH Grant
Jing-Ren Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease at Albany Medical College has received a $431,750 two-year research grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in support of his research entitled "Functional Analysis of the Francisella capBCA Gene Locus".
Dennis W. Metzger, Ph.D., Professor, Theobald Smith Alumni Chair and Director, Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease at Albany Medical College has received a $431,750 two-year research grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in support of his research entitled "The Influence of IgA on B Cell Homeostasis".
Dr. Melendez Receives $168,648 Supplement to NIH Grant
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease at Albany Medical College has received a $168,648 Supplement to his existing $1.6 million 5-year research grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, in support of his research entitled "Redox-Control of MMP-1 and Senescence".
Dr. Drake Receives $433,625 NIH Grant
James R. Drake, Ph.D., Professor in the Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease at Albany Medical College has received a $433,625 two-year American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in support of his research entitled "MHC Class II subsets in B Lymphocyte Biology".
Dr. Gosselin Receives $1.6 million to Study Vaccine Development
Edmund J. Gosselin, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease at Albany Medical College has received a $1.6 million four-year research grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in support of his research entitled "Mechanisms Involved in, and Development of, FcR-Enhanced Mucosal Vaccination".
Dr. Malik Receives $431,750 to Study Francisella tularensis
Meenakshi Malik, D.V.M., Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease at Albany Medical College has received a $431,750 two-year research grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in support of her research entitled "Synergistic extra- and intracellular recognition of F. tularensis".
