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Jorn Coers

Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Selected Grants


Interferon-inducible cell-intrinsic host defense against Chlamydia trachomatis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2028

Interferon-inducible cell-autonomous immunity to cytosolic bacterial pathogens

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2028

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Novel roles for lipopolysaccharide modifications in immune evasion

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2023 - 2025

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Basic Immunology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

IRGM proteins as regulators of inflammation

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2020 - 2025

Genetic analysis of mechanisms of chlamydial immune evasion

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Indiana University · 2012 - 2024

BWF Ad Hoc grant Request ID# 1023198

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2023 - 2023

Host-mediated lysis of cytoplasmic pathogens

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2016 - 2023

Defining human interferon-stimulated genes with novel functions in host defense to Chlamydia infections

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023

Interspecies chimera libraries to define host specific adaptations by Chlamydia

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Washington · 2020 - 2022

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2022

Genetics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1979 - 2020

Organization and Function of Cellular Structure

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020

Human GBPs in cell-autonomous immunity to intracellular bacterial pathogens

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2019

Interferon-driven ubiquitin response targets Chlamydia inclusions in human cells

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2019

Innate immune recognition of pathogen-containing vacuoles by GBPs

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018

Targeting of Interferon-induced host proteins to Legionella-containing vacuoles

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2015

External Relationships


  • FEMS federation european microbiological societies editor in chief for FEMS Pathogens and Disease

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