USF Genomics
Grants
John Adams, Ph.D. Functional Genomics of Malaria Parasites
Amy Alman, Ph.D. Epidemiology of the oral-systemic connection in cardiovascular disease and diabetes
Mya Breitbart, Ph.D. Viral Discovery using Metagenomics; DNA Barcoding of Marine Organisms from Bacterial to Vertebrates
Feng Cheng, Ph.D. Computer Aided Drug Discovery and Development
Liwang Cui, Ph.D. Functional genomics to understand drug resistance and sexual development of malaria parasites
Larry Dishaw, Ph.D. Immunological mechanisms of the gut microbiome
Maureen Groer, Ph.D., MSN Microbiome studies of very low weight infants
Thao Ho, D.O. Anemia and Iron Absorption in Preterm Infants
Rays Jiang, Ph.D. Computational and Integrative biology approach to genomics
Nataša Jonoska, Ph.D. Mathematical models for DNA-DNA and RNA-DNA interactions
Kami Kim, M.D. Pathogenesis of toxoplasmosis and malaria
Stephen Liggett, M.D. Genomics approach to drug discovery and personalized medicine
Xiaoming Liu, Ph.D. Computational Human Genomics
Lynn Martin, Ph.D. Ecoimmunology and Disease Ecology
Thomas McDonald, M.D. Functional Genomics in Cardiovascular Disease
Christina Richards, Ph.D. Ecological Genomics and Epigenetics
Kathleen Scott, Ph.D. Comparative genomics of autotrophic organisms
Lindsey Shaw, Ph.D. Genomics approach to bacterial pathogenesis and antibacterial drug discovery
Xingmin Sun, Ph.D. Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Disease
Gopal Thinakaran, Ph.D. Genomics of Neurodegenerative Disease
Monica Uddin, Ph.D. Genomics of social adversity and stress-related mental disorders
Thomas Unnasch, Ph.D. Disease control and elimination of vector-borne pathogens
Arjan van der Vaart, Ph.D. Computational Biophysical Chemistry
Derek Wildman, Ph.D. Evolutionary Genomics of Human Health and Disease
Lee Woodcock, Ph.D. Computational Chemistry/Biophysical Chemistry
John Adams
Chemogenomic Profiling of Plasmodium Falciparum Drug Responses and Resistance (PI) NIH/NIAID/R01AI117017
Discovering the essential genome of Plasmodium Falciparum (PI) NIH/NIAID/R01AI130171
Accelerating discovery of an efficacious Plasmodium vivax multivalent multi-stage vaccine (PI) NIH/NIAID/R01AI130171
Structural vaccinology and design of novel immunogens for malaria vaccine development (Co-investigator)NIH/NIAID/R01AI137162
Evaluation of ivermectin as an antimalarial therapy against P. falciparum liver stage (PI) NIH/NIAID/R21AI149730
Exploiting cross-reactive, conserved epitopes in Plasmodium vivax to develop a vaccine against falciparum placental malaria (Co-investigator) NIH/NIAID/R01AI150944
Plasmodium ovale hypnozoite development and relapse: a coordinated in vivo in vitro study (MPI) NIH/NIAID/R21AI152260
Amy Alman
The Oral Microbiome in Type 1 Diabetes and Sub-Clinical Cardiovascular Disease (PI) NIDRC/NIH/R01DE026480
Mya Brietbart
Ecology and Evolution of Seagrass Viruses (PI) University of South Florida (Internal Funding)
New Interdisciplinary Approaches to Enhance Red Tide Tracking and Forecasting on the West Florida Shelf (PI) Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Spawning Habitat and Early-Life Linkages to Fisheries (SHELF) (PI) Florida RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Program
Coastal SEES Collaborative Research: Integration of human behavior and perception into a risk-based microbial water quality management approach (PI) NSF/OCE/1566562
Deciphering the ecology of aquatic single-stranded DNA phages (Microviridae/Gokushovirinae) (PI) ENSF/DEB/1555854
Feng Cheng
Identification of Potential Drug-drug Interactions in Alzheimer's Disease Patients (PI) NIH/NIA/1R03AG070536-01
Identification of Drug-disease interaction in AD patients from GAAIN (PI) Alzheimer's Association/GEENA-Q-19-596192
Renal hemodynamics and hypertension during pregnancy (Co-investigator) NIH/NHLBI/R01HL137987
The Oral Microbiome in Type 1 Diabetes and Sub-Clinical Cardiovascular Disease (Co-Investigator) NIDRC/NIH/R01DE026480
Liwang Cui
Southeast Asia Malaria Research Center (PI) NIAID/NIH/U19AI089672
Molecular Mechanisms of Artemisinin Resistance (PI) NIAID/NIH/R01AI128940
Larry Dishaw
Investigations of an Invertebrate Secreted Immune Effector that Influences Microbial Communities of the Gut (PI) NSF/MCB1817308
Maureen Groer
Chronic Toxoplasma Gondii, Pregnancy Reactivation, and Perinatal Depression (PI)NICHD/NIH/R01HD086805
Characteristics of Stool and Skin Breakdown in Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (PI) Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Exploring the Gut Microbiome in SARS-CoV-2 Infection Across Pregnancy (PI) University of South Florida (Internal Funding)
Thao “Tina” Ho
Enteral Iron Supplementation and Intestinal Health in Preterm Infants (PI) NIH/NHLBI/K23HL150300-01A1
An AI-based Multimodal Approach to Predict Pain in Postnatal Care
Preterm vitamin A intake: from maternal diet to gut microbiome and postnatal growth (PI) USF Women's Health Collaborative Foundation
Rays Jiang
Chemogenomic Profiling of Plasmodium Falciparum Drug Responses and Resistance (Co-investigator)NIH/NIAID/R01AI117017
Targeting Mutant KRas for Cancer Therapy (Co-investigator) NIH/NCI/R35CA1977313D
Targeting heme dependency in leukemia (PI) Florida Department of Health, Bankhead – Coley Cancer Award
Constraints of biomass on innate immunity across terrestrial mammals. USF share $517,695 from This project reveals that innate immune defenses scale allometrically in terrestrial mammals. (Co-investigator) NSF/IOS-1656618
IMAGINE: Epigenetic potential and range expansion in the house sparrow. (Co-investigator) NSF/IOS-2027040
Nataša Jonoska
Deciphering the cryptic language of ribose incorporation in human DNA (Co-investigator) W.M. Keck Foundation
Collaborative Research: Discrete and Topological Models for Template-Guided Genome Rearrangements (PI) NSF/DMS1800443
Collaborative Research FTE-Medium: Three Dimensional Algorithmic Assembly and Information Storage (PI) NSF/CCF-2107267
Collaborative Research: Modeling R-loop formation and topology using braids and graphs coupled with single-molecule footprinting (PI) NSF/DMS-2054321
NSF-Simons Research Center: Southeast Center for Mathematics (Co-investigator) Georgia Institute of Technology/NSF/594594
Kami Kim
Composition and Formation of the Cyst Wall (PI) Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Stephen Liggett
Molecular Properties of B-Adrenergic Receptors in Asthma (PI) NIH/NHLBI/R01HL045967
Novel Molecular Mechanisms Promote GPCR-Induced Bronchodilation in Asthma, Project 2 Airway Smooth Muscle Bitter Taste Receptors as Targets for Novel Bronchodilators (PI) Rutgers University/NIH/NHLBI/5P01HL114471-05
Effects of Rare Genetic Variants and Ancestry on Beta Agonist Response in Asthma and COPD (PI) Wake Forest University/NIH/NHLBI/1R01HL142992-01A1
Xiaoming Liu
Accurately inferring demographic histories of human populations using large whole genome sequence data (PI) NHGRI/NIH/R01HG009524
Extend and improve the functional annotation tools dbNSFP and WGSA (PI) NHGRI/NIH/R03HG011075
Lynn Martin
IMAGINE: Epigenetic potential and range expansion in the house sparrow. (PI) NSF/IOS-2027040
RCN: Integrating Organismal Biology into NEON (Co-investigator) NSF/IOS-2110233
IMAGINE Collaborative Research: Linking individual variation in immunity and behavior to landscape patterns in disease risk using the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) (PI) NSF/IOS-2110070
Thomas McDonald
Large-scale functional phenotyping of ion channel arrhythmia genomic variants (PI) NHLBI/NIH/R33HL12078
Christina Richards
Collaborative Research: Effects of Genetic Diversity, Epigentic Change and Root-associated Fungal Colonization on Trait variation in the Foundation Plant Spartina Alterniflora (PI) NSF/1556820
Multi-Trait Plasticity in Response to a Changing Climate (PI) Australian Research Council
Genomics and epigenetics of plant invasion (PI) Make Our Planet Great Again - German Research Initiative
The tumor-host evolutionary arms race (co-investigator) Supplement to Parent Grant: Cancer as a Complex Adaptive System U54CA193489
Kathleen Scott
Enigmatic carboxysomes from the marine and hypersaline chemolithoautotrophic bacteria of genus Thiomicrospira (PI) NSF/MCB1952676
Lindsey Shaw
Dissecting the Influence of a C-Terminal Processing Protease on S. aureus Pathogenesis (PI)NIH/NIAID/R01 AI157506-01
The Role and Regulation of Extracellular Proteases in Staphylococcus aureus (PI) NIAID/NIH/R01AI14458
PepSAVI-MS for Discovery of Novel Botanical Antimicrobial Peptides (PI) NIH/R01GM125814
Natural Product Derived Inhibitors of ESKAPE Pathogens (co-Investigator) NIH/NIAID/1R56 AI154922
Evolution and inhibition of carbapenemase in beta-lactam resistance (Co-investigator) NIH/NIAID/R01 AI161762-01
Role of the Enterococcal Site 2 Protease in Biofilm Formation (Co-investigator) NIH/NIAID/R01 AI141961
Xingmin Sun
Multivalent Vaccines Against Clostridium Difficile Infection (PI) NIAID/NIH/R01AI132711
Novel polymer biomaterials combating C. difficile infection (mPI) NIH/R01AI149852
Support for Clostridium difficile infection related research (PI) Anthony Gagliardi Foundation
Bile acid salt inhibitors and Clostridioides difficile infection (Co-investigator) NIH/R21AI59745
Gopal Thinakaran
The role of Alzheimer's disease GWAS risk factor BIN1 in tau neuropathology and propagation in vivo NIH/1RF1AG077610-01
Microglial function of GWAS risk factor BIN1 in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis and inflammatory signaling NIH/1RF1AG079141-01
Monica Uddin
The impact of traumatic stress on the methylome: implications for PTSD (MPI) Emory University/NIMH/NIH/R01MH108826
Epigenomic Predictors of PTSD and Traumatic Stress in an African American Cohort (PI)NIMHD/NIH/R01MD011728
Transgenerational Epigenomics of Trauma and PTSD in Rwanda (MPI) University of Rwanda/NIMH/NIH/U01MH115485
Epigenetic Mechanisms of T Cell Disregulation in PTSD (Co-investigator) University of South Carolina/NIAID/NIH/R01AI129788
Thomas Unnasch
Community-Directed Vector Control to Enhance Mass Drug Administration for Onchocerciasis Elimination in Africa (PI) NIH/NIAID/R01AI123245
Southeastern Regional CoE in Vector-Borne Diseases: The Gateway Program (Co-investigator) University of Florida/CDC/U01CK000510
Development of a Tool Kit for Human Fillarial Transfection (PI) NIAID/NIH/R21AI135172
Onchocerciasis Elimination Program (PI) The Carter Center, Inc.
Laboratory strengthening through technical support and training (PI) The Task Force for Global Health/USAID/NTD-USAID
Arjan van der Vaart
Collaborative research: Role of DNA sequence and deformability on lesion recognition and excision in the base excision repair pathway (PI) NSF/MCB1919096
Derek Wildman
Epigenomic Predictors of PTSD and Traumatic Stress in an African American Cohort (MPI) NIMHD/NIH/R01MD011728
Transgenerational Epigenomics of Trauma and PTSD in Rwanda (MPI) University of Rwanda/NIMH/NIH/U01MH115485
Lee Woodcock
Design and Application of Robust and Efficient QM/MM Free Energy Simulation Methods for Biomolecular Systems NIH/NIGMSR01GM129519