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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at Boston University

Boston, MA

Funding
$9.6M
$9,565,836
Awards
25
FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
26
18 lead a grant here, 8 co-investigators
Department rank
#38
of 136 · 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 Biochemistry row of the Boston University page.

Leads a grant in this department

18 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. Stephen Robert Farmer

    Leads 2 awards · $1,442,531

    • 1R01DK143245-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Vasculature and Beige Remodeling of Obese Adipose Tissue

      Principal investigators: Stephen Robert Farmer (contact PI), Nabil Rabhi

      $817,498
      award amount
    • 5R01DK134534-04Department: NIH department code
      Deconstructing the diet-induced remodeling of adipose tissue

      Principal investigators: Stephen Robert Farmer (contact PI), Matthew D Layne

      $625,033
      award amount

  2. Mikel Garcia-Marcos

    Leads 3 awards · $1,330,890

    • 5R35GM156286-02Department: NIH department code
      Addressing the complexity and plasticity of heterotrimeric G protein signaling
      $694,875
      award amount
    • 2R01NS117101-11Department: NIH department code
      Alternative Mechanisms of Signaling via Trimeric G Proteins
      $613,993
      award amount
    • 3R01NS117101-11S1Department: NIH department code
      Alternative Mechanisms of Signaling via Trimeric G Proteins
      $22,022
      award amount

  3. Mohsan Saeed

    Leads 3 awards · $1,143,522

    • 5R01AI170877-05Department: NIH department code
      Functional characterization of the enteroviral degradome
      $488,685
      award amount
    • 5R35GM147483-05Department: NIH department code
      Defining the role of site-specific proteolysis in innate defense signaling
      $412,500
      award amount
    • 5R21AI188078-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of the SARS-CoV-2 ORF9b protein in virus replication
      $242,337
      award amount

  4. Shawn M Lyons

    Leads 3 awards · $862,125

    • 5R35GM146769-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Ribosome Biogenesis
      $412,500
      award amount
    • 1R21AI193678-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Non-canonical translation of pneumovirus mRNAs

      Principal investigators: Shawn M Lyons (contact PI), Rachel Fearns

      $245,250
      award amount
    • 1R21AI190805-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Filovirus mRNA translation

      Principal investigators: Shawn M Lyons (contact PI), Elke C Muhlberger

      $204,375
      award amount

  5. David A Harris

    Leads 1 award · $846,766

    • 5R01NS143202-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration in Hereditary Prion Diseases

      Principal investigators: David A Harris (contact PI), Gustavo Mostoslavsky

      $846,766
      award amount

  6. Nelson C Lau

    Leads 1 award · $683,102

    • 5R01AG078930-05Department: NIH department code
      Transposable Element (TE) RNA regulation via small RNA pathways in aging cells and neurodegeneration.
      $683,102
      award amount

  7. Xaralabos Varelas

    Leads 1 award · $676,314

  8. Daniel Cifuentes

    Leads 1 award · $449,625

    • 1R21HD122030-01Department: NIH department code
      In Vivo Profiling of miRNA Mis-Targeting by LESKRES-Associated AGO2 Mutants
      $449,625
      award amount

  9. Valentina Perissi

    Leads 1 award · $439,725

    • 5R35GM149339-04Department: NIH department code
      Coordination of PAR and Ub signaling in mitochondria
      $439,725
      award amount

  10. Richard Stefan Isaac

    Leads 1 award · $439,148

    • 1R35GM162377-01Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of mitochondrial DNA packaging and gene expression
      $439,148
      award amount

  11. Joseph Zaia

    Leads 1 award · $412,500

    • 5R35GM144090-05Department: NIH department code
      Methods for measuring matrisome molecule similarity during disease processes
      $412,500
      award amount

  12. Alla Grishok

    Leads 1 award · $343,350

    • 1R01AG086451-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Endogenous RNAi and aging control
      $343,350
      award amount

  13. Vickery E Trinkaus-Randall

    Leads 1 award · $235,668

  14. Anthony Spinella

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AG077929-04Department: NIH department code
      Defining age-associated alterations in oral squamous cell carcinoma
      $55,114
      award amount

  15. Crystal Zhu

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 1F30CA310101-01Department: NIH department code
      Basal airway epithelial cell dysfunction in lung cancer development
      $55,114
      award amount

  16. Autumn Olivia Grimins

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AI197831-01Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of VSV mRNA translation
      $50,114
      award amount

  17. Nadia Ali Mirza-Romero

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS139614-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of astrocytes in prion strain susceptibility
      $50,114
      award amount

  18. Scott Connelly

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31DK145211-01A1Department: NIH department code
      MRTF-B dependent regulation of adipocyte hyperplasia
      $50,114
      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.