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FY2024 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Funding
$20.8M
$20,843,194
Awards
54
FY2024 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
41
33 lead a grant here, 8 co-investigators
Department rank
#8
of 81 · Ranking
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Neurosciences row of the Baylor College of Medicine page.

Leads a grant in this department

33 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

  1. Francois St-Pierre

    Leads 3 awards · $2,158,761

    • 5U01NS133971-02Department: NIH department code
      ENABLING SUBMILLISECOND-TIMESCALE TWO-PHOTON RECORDING OF VOLTAGE DYNAMICS IN THREE DIMENSIONS IN VIVO

      Principal investigators: Francois St-Pierre (contact PI), Laurent Bourdieu

      $995,644
      award amount
    • 5R01EB032854-03Department: NIH department code
      Engineering photostable fluorescent proteins and biosensors using transcriptomic mining and massive-throughput single-cell screening
      $589,350
      award amount
    • 1R01NS136027-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Red-shifted voltage indicators for two-photon all-optical physiology and multi-spectral imaging

      Principal investigators: Francois St-Pierre (contact PI), Jacob Reimer

      $573,767
      award amount
  2. Andrew K Groves

    Leads 5 awards · $1,993,735

    • 5R01DC014832-08Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing Atoh1 function in hair cell regeneration

      Principal investigators: Andrew K Groves (contact PI), Yehoash Raphael

      $667,826
      award amount
    • 5R01DE032244-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of the Foxi3 transcription factor in craniofacial microsomia
      $576,285
      award amount
    • 5R01DC013072-09Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Regulation of Inner, Middle and Outer Ear Development
      $525,562
      award amount
    • 5R21DC021041-02Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing MERFISH to allow multiplexed measurement of developmental and tonotopicgene expression gradients in the cochlea
      $200,000
      award amount
    • 3R01DC014832-08S1Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing Atoh1 function in hair cell regeneration

      Principal investigators: Andrew K Groves (contact PI), Yehoash Raphael

      $24,062
      award amount
  3. Matthew N Rasband

    Leads 4 awards · $1,991,081

    • 5R35NS122073-04Department: NIH department code
      The Molecular Architecture of Axons in Health and Disease
      $930,859
      award amount
    • 5R01MH121544-05Department: NIH department code
      Oligodendroglial isoforms of ANK3 and their role in CNS function
      $400,000
      award amount
    • 5R01AR074988-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of sodium channel clustering at the neuromuscular junction
      $341,440
      award amount
    • 5T32NS116024-30Department: NIH department code
      Graduate Training in the Neurosciences
      $318,782
      award amount
  4. Melanie A Samuel

    Leads 5 awards · $1,788,724

    • 5R01EY032566-03Department: NIH department code
      Dopamine Mediated Control of Retinal Vascular Integrity
      $612,894
      award amount
    • 5R01EY033772-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular specification of dopaminergic neuron diversity

      Principal investigators: Melanie A Samuel (contact PI), Benjamin R Arenkiel

      $593,690
      award amount
    • 5R01EY035254-02Department: NIH department code
      Microglial plasticity mechanisms in the developing retina
      $503,058
      award amount
    • 3R01EY033772-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular specification of dopaminergic neuron diversity

      Principal investigators: Melanie A Samuel (contact PI), Benjamin R Arenkiel

      $46,664
      award amount
    • 3R01EY035254-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Microglial plasticity mechanisms in the developing retina
      $32,418
      award amount
  5. Joanna L Jankowsky

    Leads 2 awards · $1,302,376

    • 1R01AG085751-01Department: NIH department code
      Causes and consequences of differential APP processing in inhibitory and excitatory neurons
      $713,402
      award amount
    • 4R01AG069721-02Department: NIH department code
      Gene therapy for Alzheimer's disease using virally delivered Aβ variants
      $588,974
      award amount
  6. Russell S Ray

    Leads 2 awards · $1,260,230

    • 5R01HL161142-03Department: NIH department code
      An in vivo screen for genes underlying protective neonate respiratory reflexes to identify potential contributors to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and other congenital respiratory pathophysiologies
      $688,785
      award amount
    • 5R01HL130249-10Department: NIH department code
      Noradrenergic mechanisms in breathing and respiratory pathophysiologies
      $571,445
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS076708-13, led by Paul Pfaffinger.

  7. Jeannie Chin

    Leads 2 awards · $1,247,726

    • 5R01AG065290-05Department: NIH department code
      Thalamic Reticular Nucleus Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Jeannie Chin (contact PI), Michael Beierlein

      $663,037
      award amount
    • 5R01NS124145-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism and role of mTORC2 in seizure reduction

      Principal investigators: Jeannie Chin (contact PI), Jeffrey Noebels

      $584,689
      award amount
  8. Shelly A Buffington

    Leads 2 awards · $1,018,689

    • 5R01HD109780-02Department: NIH department code
      Maternal gut microbiota in fetal programming of neurodevelopment and related disorders
      $538,938
      award amount
    • 5R01HD109095-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting opportunistic pathogens to improve maternal obesity-associated health outcomes in offspring
      $479,751
      award amount
  9. J David Dickman

    Leads 2 awards · $865,315

    • 5R01DC018746-04Department: NIH department code
      Gaze recovery during vestibular regeneration
      $439,960
      award amount
    • 5R01DC019515-04Department: NIH department code
      Vestibular System Function Following Blast Exposure
      $425,355
      award amount
  10. Daoyun Ji

    Leads 2 awards · $864,453

    • 1R01MH134897-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Neural circuit mechanisms in observational spatial working memory
      $504,453
      award amount
    • 5R01DA054977-03Department: NIH department code
      Neurophysiological impacts of hallucinogens on hippocampal and cortical neural circuits
      $360,000
      award amount
  11. Paul Pfaffinger

    Leads 1 award · $852,716

  12. Nuo Li

    Leads 2 awards · $797,258

    • 3RF1NS132025-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting modular and redundant organization of cortical circuits

      Principal investigators: Nuo Li (contact PI), Shaul Druckmann

      $409,259
      award amount
    • 5R01NS131229-02Department: NIH department code
      Opponent control of action selection in the cortico-basal-ganglia-colliculus loop
      $387,999
      award amount
  13. Kimberly R Tolias

    Leads 1 award · $718,600

    • 1R01MH137505-01Department: NIH department code
      BAI Adhesion-GPCRs: Key Regulators of Synapse Development and Plasticity in Health and Disease
      $718,600
      award amount
  14. Xiaolong Jiang

    Leads 2 awards · $679,049

    • 5R01NS110767-05Department: NIH department code
      Development of aberrant cortical interneuron circuitry in genetic mouse models of absence epilepsy

      Principal investigators: Xiaolong Jiang (contact PI), Jeffrey Noebels

      $438,299
      award amount
    • 5R01MH122169-05Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the transcriptomic signatures, physiology, and connectivity of the specialized morphotypes in macaque insular cortex
      $240,750
      award amount
  15. Joseph G Duman

    Leads 1 award · $638,067

    • 1R01CA283569-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neuronal damage caused by anticancer therapies
      $638,067
      award amount
  16. Javier F Medina

    Leads 1 award · $574,163

    • 5R01MH093727-14Department: NIH department code
      Coding and processing of error signals in inferior olivary-cerebellar networks
      $574,163
      award amount
  17. Jeffrey M Yau

    Leads 1 award · $491,093

    • 5R01NS127777-03Department: NIH department code
      Encoding and modulation of vibration representations in human neocortex
      $491,093
      award amount
  18. Fabrizio Gabbiani

    Leads 1 award · $342,653

    • 5R01NS130917-03Department: NIH department code
      CRCNS: Understanding Single-Neuron Computation Using Nonlinear Model Optimization

      Principal investigators: Fabrizio Gabbiani (contact PI), Matthias Heinkenschloss

      $342,653
      award amount
  19. Jacob Reimer

    Leads 1 award · $333,000

    • 5R34NS132045-02Department: NIH department code
      Validation and Optimization of Two-Photon Dendritic Voltage Imaging in Vivo
      $333,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01NS136027-01A1, led by Francois St-Pierre.

  20. Kara L Marshall

    Leads 1 award · $239,040

    • 5R00DK128621-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of mechanosensing in the urinary tract
      $239,040
      award amount
  21. Savannah J Lusk

    Leads 1 award · $84,364

    • 5F32HL160073-03Department: NIH department code
      Interactions of the Noradrenergic and Serotonergic Systems in Autoresuscitation
      $84,364
      award amount
  22. Robert MacKin

    Leads 1 award · $76,756

    • 5F32EY034358-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms that govern dopaminergic amacrine cell diversity
      $76,756
      award amount
  23. Nicoletta K Memos

    Leads 1 award · $73,828

    • 1F32HL170536-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mu Opioid Receptors and Splice Variant Expression in Neonate Autoresuscitation
      $73,828
      award amount
  24. Juan Carlos Ramirez

    Leads 1 award · $51,974

    • 1F31NS135914-01Department: NIH department code
      Determining a Central Locus for Temperature Modulation of Touch Sensitivity
      $51,974
      award amount
  25. Helen Ruth Maunsell

    Leads 1 award · $49,774

    • 5F31DE032898-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms regulating cranial sensory development
      $49,774
      award amount
  26. Corey St. Romain

    Leads 1 award · $49,302

    • 1F30AG085919-01Department: NIH department code
      Genetic resiliency to disease progression in Alzheimer's disease
      $49,302
      award amount
  27. Allison Jacqueline Melton

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31NS134125-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of TRIM46 in neuronal polarity in vivo
      $48,974
      award amount
  28. Anne Lynch

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31HL165914-03Department: NIH department code
      AP-1 as a transcriptional regulator of AT2 cell reversible activation during lung injury response
      $48,974
      award amount
  29. Brittney Lozzi

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31CA295034-01Department: NIH department code
      Hp1bp3 oversees chromatin remodeling to slow tumor growth in high grade glioma
      $48,974
      award amount
  30. Dipak Patel

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31HL168962-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The role of the Htr1B serotonin receptor in the neonate autoresuscitation reflex and embryonic serotonergic neurogenesis as a potential mechanism in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
      $48,974
      award amount
  31. Victoria Palfini

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31NS139435-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of Kv1 channel localization at the axon initial segment
      $48,974
      award amount
  32. Kevin Jiang

    Leads 1 award · $48,541

    • 1F30HD114410-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Inhibitory neuron dysfunction in intellectual disability and epilepsy
      $48,541
      award amount
  33. Sarah Herzog

    Leads 1 award · $7,056

    • 3F31CA260983-03S1Department: NIH department code
      TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPROGRAMMING OF ESR1 MUTANT BREAST CANCER IN METASTASIS AND TREATMENT RESISTANCE
      $7,056
      award amount

Co-investigators

Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.

  • Jeffrey Noebels

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS124145-03, led by Jeannie Chin; 5R01NS110767-05, led by Xiaolong Jiang

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Laurent Bourdieu

    Co-investigator on 5U01NS133971-02, led by Francois St-Pierre

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Trent Watkins

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS076708-13, led by Paul Pfaffinger

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Yehoash Raphael

    Co-investigator on 5R01DC014832-08, led by Andrew K Groves; 3R01DC014832-08S1, led by Andrew K Groves

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Michael Beierlein

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG065290-05, led by Jeannie Chin

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Benjamin R Arenkiel

    Co-investigator on 5R01EY033772-02, led by Melanie A Samuel; 3R01EY033772-02S1, led by Melanie A Samuel

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Shaul Druckmann

    Co-investigator on 3RF1NS132025-01S1, led by Nuo Li

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Matthias Heinkenschloss

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS130917-03, led by Fabrizio Gabbiani

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.