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Maria Ciofani

Associate Professor of Integrative Immunobiology
Integrative Immunobiology
128 Jones Bldg, 207 Researchr, 3010 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Regulatory mechanisms governing Th17 cell effector identity and plasticity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030

Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Mitigating Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury to Reduce Early Damage to Intestinal Allografts

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2024 - 2028

Bidirectional control of keratinocyte differentiation and proliferation by transcription factor FOXQ1

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2028

Duke Training Grant in Digestive Diseases and Nutrition

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 1988 - 2027

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

Cis-regulatory mechanisms governing RORgt expression in type 3 lymphocytes

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2024 - 2027

Deciphering the role of noncoding variation in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2021 - 2026

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2021 - 2026

11th International gamma delta T Cell Conference

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2025

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

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

Molecular and genomic control of innate gd T cell development

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Fox Chase Cancer Center · 2019 - 2025

Basic Immunology Training Program

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

Transplant Infectious Diseases Interdisciplinary Research Training Grant (TIDIRTG)

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEAssociate Director · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Regulatory Mechanisms of CD4+ T Cell Differentiation

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2022

Structural Biological Development of Fungal-Specific Calcineurin Inhibitors

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2022

Regulation of the type 1 program during ILC3 plasticity

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2022

Organization and Function of Cellular Structure

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

Network approach to dissecting genetic mediators of Multiple Sclerosis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Multiple Sclerosis Society · 2015 - 2019