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Respiratory and Infectious Diseases

  • Core Director/Mentors - $ 676,905

    Clinton Jones and Lin Liu:

    • Acute SARS-CoVID-19 infection triggers HSV-1 reactivation from latency, OSU CVM, 11/6/2025-10/31/2026, $25,000

    Lin Liu:

    • A synthetic miR-7702: a potential therapeutic approach for SARS-CoV-2 infection, 1R21AI189861-01, NIH, 07/10/2025-06/30/2027. $411,400

    Lin Liu, Veronique Lacome and Neeraj Singh:

    • Shared Rodent Behavior Testing Systems at OSU, Oklahoma Center for Adult Stem Cell Research, 01/1/2026-08/30/2026, $39,968

    Jordan Metcalf:

    • Protective role of alpha-1 antitrypsin in influenza infection, Grifols, 07/2025-08/2026, $200,537
  • Center Investigators - $3,893,871

    Akash Deep:

    • Privacy-aware Collaborative Design: Towards Mass Personalization in Additive Biofabrication, 2451236, NSF, 07/01/2025-06/30/2028, $599,981

    Kelly Harrison:

    • The Progesterone Receptor Plays a Critical Role in HSV-1 Infection, 2025 Research Advisory Council Grant, OSU 10/2025-09/2026, $15,000
    • Boehringer Ingelheim Veterinary Scholars Program Grant, 08/2025-01/2026, $30,800

    Wouter Hoff:

    • I-Corps: Translation potential of a protein discovery platform for improving the functional properties of enzymes, NSF, 2449014, 03/15/2025-02/28/2026, $50,000

    Carolyn Ibberson:

    • Defining microbial metabolic interaction in polymicrobial environments, 1R35GM160019-01, NIH, 08/01/2025-07/31/2029, $1,921,875

    Rajagopal Ramesh:

    • Cancer Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) in Oklahoma, 1R25CA291599-01A1, NIH, 08/01/2025-07/31/2030, $211,628

    Srikanthan Ramesh:

    • REU Site: Additive Manufacturing and Cybersecurity, 2447871, NSF, 08/01/2025-07/31/2028, $464,606
    • Privacy-aware Collaborative Design: Towards Mass Personalization in Additive Biofabrication, 2451236, NSF, 07/01/2025-06/30/2028, $599,981
  • Pilot/Project Leaders - $5,812,036

    Anthony Burgett:

    • Development of Personalized Intact Proteome Map for Ovarian Cancer Patients Using Ultrasensitive Multiplexed Top-down Proteomics, 1R61CA2964-01A1, NIH, 08/13/2025-07/31/2028, $1,439,796
    • Drug-Targeting ORP4 as a Precision Ovarian Cancer Target, HT9425-25-1-0311, DTIC,5/01/2025-04/30/2029, $1,144,000

    Matthew Cabeen:

    • Molecular regulation of stress sensing and processing in gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial models, 2R35138018-06, NIGMS, 09/15/25-08/31/2030. $1,824,442

    Xufang Deng:

    • Establishment of Spectral Ami HT In Vivo Imaging System at OSU, Oklahoma Center for Adult Stem Cell Research equipment grant, 04/01/2025-03/31/2026, $159,075

    Sudhakar Jha:

    • Reactivating Neuronal Gene Networks in Alzheimer’s by Epigenetic Switch, OSU CVM-RAC, 11/05/2025, $15,000
    • Developing Organoid Models for Investigating Disease Mechanisms, OSU CVM-RAC, 11/05/2025, $15,000

    Susan Kovats and Matthew S Walters:

    • Notch regulation of airway epithelial-immune cells cross-talk in SARS-CoV-2 infection, 1R21AI194204-01, NIH, 07/09/2025-06/30/2027, $448,688

    Erika Lutter:

    • Chlamydia trachomatis modulation of host inflammasome, 1R03AI185821-01A1, NIH, 08/01/2025-07/31/2027, $145,745

    Tom Oomens:

    • Manipulating interferon levels toward a safe and effective live single-cycle pediatric RSV vaccine, R21, 02/16/2026-01/31/2028, $403,320

    Valentin V Rybenkov:

    • Atlas of efflux and permeation determinants to advance antibacterial therapeutic discovery, 1R01AI191767-01, NIH, 07/21/2025-06/30/2030, $1,120,070

    Joy Scaria:

    • Enhancing Swine Gut Immunity and Diarrheal Disease Resistance by a Polyphenol-Metabolizing Bacterial Intervention, USDA NIFA, 2026-67015-45736. 02/15/2026-02/14/2030, $799,000

    Joy Scaria and Lin Liu:

    • Role of core human gut microbiota in shaping influenza pathogenesis through the gut-lung axis, OSU CVM, 11/6/2025-10/31/2026, $25,000