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Micah Alan Luftig

Alter Geller Distinguished Professor in Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke Box 3054, 424 CARL, Durham, NC 27710
213 Research Dr, CARL 0036, BOX_3054, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2030

Pharmacological Sciences Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030

The Duke Preparing Research scholars In bioMEdical sciences (PRIME): Cancer Research Program

ResearchPreceptor · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2028

Defining and exploiting EBV-infected cell heterogeneity in non-Hodgkin lymphomas

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2022 - 2027

Defining Epstein-Barr virus reservoirs and EBV-regulated gene expression in multiple sclerosis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2027

Medical Scientist Training Program

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

Duke Program of Training in Pulmonary ReSearch to Promote, Engage and Retain Academic Researchers (PROSPER)

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2022 - 2026

Defining host mechanisms that restrict EBV lytic reactivation

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026

Host pathways regulating Epstein-Barr virus-mediated B cell growth transformation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2021 - 2026

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

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

Defining the Mechanisms of Epstein-Barr Virus Persistence and Recurrence

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · 2016 - 2026

Investigating the role of SIRT2 in EBV infection and B cell biology

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Evrys Bio · 2024 - 2026

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

A Single Antiviral to Treat Multiple Opportunistic Infections

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Evrys Bio · 2023 - 2025

Dissecting the role of EBV and P. falciparum in endemic Burkitt lymphoma pathogenesis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Viral Oncology Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1980 - 2025

Metabolic regulation of Epstein-Barr Virus-infected tonsillar B cells by EBNA-LP

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · 2022 - 2024

Transplant Infectious Diseases Interdisciplinary Research Training Grant (TIDIRTG)

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

PacBio Sequel IIe for GCB Sequencing Core

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2024

Resolving the Origins of Restricted Fates in Epstein-Barr Virus-Infected B Lymphocyte Proliferation

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2022 - 2024

The Role and Regulation of Monocarboxylate Transporters 1 and 4 in Epstein-Barr Virus-mediated B Lymphocyte Tumorigenesis

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 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

The role of EBNA3A in the survival of Epstein-Barr Virus-infected tonsillar B cells

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

Novel regulatory controls of Hepatitis C Virus envelopment and secretion by the viral NS4A protein

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2018

Evaluation of the host immune response and viral molecular phenotype in lung transplant recipients with PTLD

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Mount Sinai School of Medicine · 2017 - 2018

Structural Studies of EBV Nuclear Proteins and Host Factors Important for Establishing Latency

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

Temporal regulation of the essential Epstein-Barr virus oncoprotein LMP1

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2016

External Relationships


  • Duke-National University of Singapore
  • Evrys Bio
  • Merck & Co. USA (not assoc'd with Merck KGaA)
  • Moderna Therapeutics, Inc.

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