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Richard Gerald Brennan

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry
Biochemistry

Selected Grants


Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program

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

The Molecular Mechanism and Pathophysiology of Robust STAT3 Signaling During Oral Salmonella Typhimurium Infection

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2024 - 2027

Molecular elucidation of the Francisella tularensis virulence mechanism

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

SALMONELLA HIJACKING OF STAT3 AND CONSEQUENCES FOR DISEASE

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022

Structural studies of virulence activation in Francisella tularensis

FellowshipCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2022

Structural Elucidation of the Novel RNA Polymerase Underlying Francisella Tularensis Virulence

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

Biology of the HMW1 and HMW2 Adhesins of H. Influenzae

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · 2013 - 2021

Organization and Function of Cellular Structure

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

Investigating a Novel Co-regulation of Multi-Drug Efflux Pumps and Polysaccharide Capsule in E. coli

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2018

Defining the structural mechanisms of Hfq binding to cognate nucleic acids

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2017

Structural Biology and Biophysics Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 2015

High sensitivity multi-purpose electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy for biotechnological and biomedical research

EquipmentCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2014 - 2015

External Relationships


  • National University of Singapore
  • Travel sponsored by international institution, the National University of Singapore
  • Yonsei University Seoul Korea

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