Marco Colonna, MD, professor of pathology and immunology and of medicine; Scott J. Hultgren, PhD, the Helen L. Stoever Professor of Molecular Microbiology; and Thomas Hannan, DVM, PhD, research instructor in pathology and immunology, have received a five-year, $1,805,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled “Mucosal Immune Defense Mechanisms of the Urinary Bladder.” …

Kathleen B. Hall, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, has received a four-year, $2,144,129 grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research titled “RNA-ligand Interactions: Simulation and Experiment.” …

Robert Pless, PhD, associate professor of computer science and engineering, has received a four-year, $423,714 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Analyzing Images Through Time.” …

Nik Weaver, PhD, professor of mathematics in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $178,857 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Interactions Between C*-Algebra and Set Theory.” …

Israel Zighelboim, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, has received a two-year, $308,239 grant from the National Cancer Institute for research titled “ATR mutation in Endometrial Cancer.” …

Ernst Zinner, PhD, research professor of physics and of earth and planetary sciences, both in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $1,380,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research titled “Laboratory Studies of Supernova Grains.”