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Anna Floyd Averette

Lab Research Analyst II
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Box 3546 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
320 CARL Bldg, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Calcineurin signaling cascades governing Cryptococcus virulence

ResearchLab Research Analyst II · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2023 - 2028

RNAi-dependent epimutation roles in antimicrobial drug resistance and pathogenesis

ResearchLab Research Analyst II · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2022 - 2027

Impact of RNAi and unisexual reproduction on Cryptococcus evolution, drug resistance, and pathogenesis

ResearchLab Research Analyst II · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 1997 - 2026

Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities

ResearchLab Research Analyst II · Awarded by Canada Institute for Advanced Research · 2019 - 2026

Malassezia and Candida auris: skin microbiome dysbiosis and de-regulation of cutaneous homeostasis

ResearchLab Research Analyst II · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2023 - 2026

Structure, function, and evolution of the Cryptococcus MAT locus

ResearchLab Research Analyst II · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2002 - 2025

Therapeutic Agents Targeting Cryptococcal Infections

ResearchLab Research Analyst II · Awarded by Quercus Molecular Design · 2023 - 2025

Implications of mycoviral infection in Talaromyces marneffei: an analysis of human patient samples, RNAi, and hypermutation

ResearchLab Research Analyst II · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

Structural Biological Development of Fungal-Specific Calcineurin Inhibitors

ResearchLab Research Analyst II · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2022

Mining the Coprophilous Mycobiome for new Cryptococcus Antiinfectives and Antifungal Synergists

ResearchResearch Analyst · Awarded by University of Iowa · 2017 - 2020

Structural Biological Development of Fungal-Specific Calcineurin Inhibitors

ResearchLab Research Analyst II · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2019

A Computer Modeling Approach to Create an Antifungal to Improve the Treatment of Cryptococcal Infections

ResearchLab Research Analyst II · Awarded by Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2014 - 2016

Improvement of genetic analysis in the pathogenic zygomycete Mucor circinelloides

ResearchLab Research Analyst II · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2016

A Combination Therapy Approach to Treating Drug Resistant Fungal Infections

ResearchLab Research Analyst I · Awarded by Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2014 - 2016

Novel Antifungal Therapeutic Approaches

ResearchLab Research Analyst I · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2014

A Computer Modeling Approach to Create an Antifungal to Improve the Treatment of Cryptococcal Infections

ResearchLab Research Analyst II · Awarded by Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2012 - 2014

A Structural Approach for Treating Drug Resistant Fungal Pathogens

ResearchLab. Res. Anal. · Awarded by Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2012 - 2014

Sexual reproduction and virulence of zygomycete fungi

ResearchLab Research Analyst II · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2013

Role of Calcineurin in Fungal Virulence

ResearchLab Research Analyst I · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2010

Genetic analysis of Cryptococcus neoformans virulence

ResearchResearch Analyst · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2010

GPCR signaling cascades in Cryptococcus neoformans

ResearchResearch Technician II · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2009