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Purushothama Rao Tata

Associate Professor of Cell Biology
Cell Biology

Selected Grants


Tau Mediates Microtubule and Mitochondrial Dynamics to Control Cellular Organization and Alveolar Epithelial Repair

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

ETS-family Transcription Factor Mediated Control of Pulmonary Inflammation Induced by Influenza Viruses

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2023 - 2028

Ferroptosis and Ferroptotic Stress in Maladaptive Renal Repair - R01

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2023 - 2028

Medical Scientist Training Program

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

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

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

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

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

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

Cellular crosstalk and molecular mechanisms in the initiation and progression of pulmonary fibrosis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026

Deciphering the Spatio-temporal Causes of Differentiation

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative · 2024 - 2026

Genome-wide loss of function screens to identify therapeutic targets in pulmonary fibrosis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. · 2021 - 2025

Perpetual Organ Preservation and Rehabilitation (POPR)

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025

Pulmonary cell fate and lung repair in rodent and porcine models of chlorine and phosgene inhalation injuries

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025

R01: Targeting Renal Tubular Epithelial Progenitors in AKI to CKD transition

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Oxidative Stress and Regional Airway Remodeling and Fibrosis in Obese Asthma

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Molecular control of a novel transitional cell state in alveolar regeneration

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

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

Mechanisms of submucosal gland cell mediated airway regeneration

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

Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Discovery Initiative (READDI)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2022 - 2025

Targeting ABL kinases to regulate epithelial cell plasticity and regeneration following injury

ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Mapping the pediatric inhalation interface: nose mouth and airways

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2021 - 2024

Control of glycome structure and function through galactose epimerase

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by G. Harold & Leila Y. Mathers Foundation · 2020 - 2024

Mapping Epigenetic Memory of Exposure New To Observe (MEMENTO)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2019 - 2024

SOX9 Expression Identifies A Novel Alveolar Stem Cell Population

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2022

Human Lung Cell Atlas 1.0 - Year 4

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Northwestern University · 2019 - 2022

Medical Scientist Training Program

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

Systematic identification of AEC2 cell niche components and the conversion of basal stem cells into AEC2 cells ex vivo

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by United Therapeutics Corporation · 2017 - 2021

Super-resolution Imaging via Multiple Modalities with the Zeiss Elyra 7

EquipmentMinor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2021

Image-Seq: A high-density microfluidic trap array for single cell transcriptome analysis coupled with image based phenotyping

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2020

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

To define the role of Sox9 and Sox9+ Cells in Alveolar Homeostasis and Regeneration

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

External Relationships


  • Calico labs, alphabet company
  • Gordian Bio Inc.
  • Herbert Schiller lab, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen
  • Luiz Fernando Ferraz Da Silva, Marisa Dolhnokoff, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine
  • Shiv Nadir University
  • Springer Nature Publishing Company
  • The hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences
  • University of Giessen

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