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Melissa J Caimano
University Of Connecticut Sch Of Med/Dnt
$3,921,700
Attributed
$6,350,075
Total exposure
10
Grants
8
Lead (contact PI)
Attributed= this PI's even-split share of every grant they're on (the fair, additive number). Exposure = full size of all those grants.
Funding over time
peak $1.6M · FY2010–25$2M$1.5M$1M$500K$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NIH$6,350,075 · 10
By mechanism
R01$3,502,375 · 2
R21$2,688,511 · 6
R03$152,689 · 1
R13$6,500 · 1
Top collaborators
- Justin D. Radolf10 shared
Most similar at University Of Connecticut Sch Of Med/Dnt
Same institution · by research overlap
- Justin D. Radolf$26,431,208
- Peter James Krause$2,079,888
- Juan C Salazar$8,767,171
- Jonathan Boyd Parr$4,138,029
Others in their field
Top investigators on “Order Spirochaetales”
- Justin D. Radolf · University Of Connecticut Sch Of Med/Dnt$17,919,862
- Utpal Pal · Univ Of Maryland, College Park$11,705,017
- Janis J Weis · Utah State Higher Education System--University Of Utah$9,588,599
- Jenifer L Coburn · Medical College Of Wisconsin$9,103,305
- Linda K Bockenstedt · Yale University$8,435,921
- Chunhao Li · Virginia Commonwealth University$7,772,872
Research focus
Order SpirochaetalesInfectionLyme DiseaseBorrelia BurgdorferiMediatingSignal TransductionEnzooticResponseGenesVirulenceTicksMammalsRodentMembraneGenetic TranscriptionProgramsExperimental StudyArthropodsBorreliaIxodesPromoterArthropod VectorsBacteria Sigma Factor Katf ProteinGene Expression Regulation
Grant awards (19)
Deciphering Borrelia burgdorferi RpoS regulatory networks in ticks and mammals$640,129
R01 · FY2025 · AI · contact PI
Nutrient acquisition and cyclic nucleotide signaling in Treponema pallidum as underpinnings of stealth pathogenicity$457,875
R21 · FY2025 · AI · contact PI
Contribution of RpoS to persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi in mammals$457,875
R21 · FY2025 · AI · contact PI
Elucidating the contributions of c-di-GMP and PlzA to tick- and mammalian host-adaptation in Lyme disease spirochetes$208,073
R21 · FY2024 · AI · contact PI
2024 Biology of Spirochetes Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar$6,500
R13 · FY2024 · AI · contact PI
Elucidating the contributions of c-di-GMP and PlzA to tick- and mammalian host-adaptation in Lyme disease spirochetes$248,813
R21 · FY2023 · AI · contact PI
RpoS Regulation of Borrelia burgdorferi Genes in vivo$593,760
R01 · FY2022 · AI
RpoS Regulation of Borrelia burgdorferi Genes in vivo$593,760
R01 · FY2021 · AI
RpoS Regulation of Borrelia burgdorferi Genes in vivo$595,728
R01 · FY2020 · AI
RpoS Regulation of Borrelia burgdorferi Genes in vivo$540,337
R01 · FY2019 · AI
Borrelia burgdorferi oligopeptide (Opp) transporter control of cellular homeostasis and growth$199,375
R21 · FY2019 · AI
RpoS Regulation of Borrelia burgdorferi Genes in vivo$538,661
R01 · FY2018 · AI
Borrelia burgdorferi oligopeptide (Opp) transporter control of cellular homeostasis and growth$239,250
R21 · FY2018 · AI
Identification of genes required by Leptospira interrogans for mammalian host adaptation and/or persistence in the rat model$239,250
R21 · FY2018 · AI · contact PI
Identification of genes required by Leptospira interrogans for mammalian host adaptation and/or persistence in the rat model$199,375
R21 · FY2017 · AI · contact PI
Essential role of Hk1/Rrp1 TCS for survival of Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks$199,375
R21 · FY2017 · AI · contact PI
Essential role of Hk1/Rrp1 TCS for survival of Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks$239,250
R21 · FY2016 · AI · contact PI
Transit of Borrelia burgdorferi through the Ixodes scapularis midgut proceeds in$76,189
R03 · FY2011 · AI · contact PI
Transit of Borrelia burgdorferi through the Ixodes scapularis midgut proceeds in$76,500
R03 · FY2010 · AI · contact PI