FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Chemistry at Boston University
Boston, MA
- 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 Chemistry row of the Boston University page.
Leads a grant in this department
9 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Mark W. Grinstaff
Leads 6 awards · $3,220,044
- 5R01CA296810-02Department: NIH department codeModified saRNA Encoded BiTEs for Lung Cancer
Principal investigators: Mark W. Grinstaff (contact PI), Wilson Wong, Yolonda L Colson
$646,831award amount - 5R01DK141923-03Department: NIH department codeLysosomal Regeneration (LysoGen) and Rescue as a Treatment for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)
Principal investigators: Mark W. Grinstaff (contact PI), Orian S Shirihai, Rajat Singh
$619,776award amount - 5R01AR081264-05Department: NIH department codeThe Conundrum of Absentee Receptors: Efficacy Potentiation Through Drug-Receptor Modulation
Principal investigators: Mark W. Grinstaff (contact PI), Andrew Kruse, Ara Nazarian
$609,419award amount - 5R01AR079489-05Department: NIH department codeSustained Release Relaxin-2 for the Treatment of Frozen Shoulder
Principal investigators: Mark W. Grinstaff (contact PI), Andrew Kruse, Ara Nazarian
$586,760award amount - 5R01AR083161-03Department: NIH department codeA Relaxin-loaded Hydrogel for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars
Principal investigators: Mark W. Grinstaff (contact PI), Thomas P Schaer
$474,423award amount - 5T32EB006359-17Department: NIH department codeTranslational Research in Biomaterials
Principal investigators: Mark W. Grinstaff (contact PI), Michelle H Teplensky
$282,835award amount
John A. Porco
Leads 3 awards · $1,575,727
- 2R35GM118173-11Department: NIH department codeChemical Synthesis of Complex Natural Products for Translational Science$768,208award amount
- 5R01AI189900-02Department: NIH department codeNovel Aglains as Therapeutic Agents for Mosquito-borne Arboviruses
Principal investigators: John A. Porco (contact PI), Justin Jang Hann Chu
$643,359award amount - 3R01AI189900-02S1Department: NIH department codeNovel Aglains as Therapeutic Agents for Mosquito-borne Arboviruses
Principal investigators: John A. Porco (contact PI), Justin Jang Hann Chu
$164,160award amount
Bjoern Markus Reinhard
Leads 3 awards · $1,447,350
- 5R01AI175068-04Department: NIH department codeImproved Nanoparticle Targeting of Tissue Myeloid Cells for HIV-1 Long-acting Pre-exposure Prophylaxis
Principal investigators: Bjoern Markus Reinhard (contact PI), Suryaram Gummuluru, Zandrea Ambrose
$703,756award amount - 2R01CA138509-16Department: NIH department codeIlluminating Dynamic Receptor Clustering in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signal Transduction Pathway Using Plasmon Coupling$397,094award amount
- 5R01GM150225-04Department: NIH department codeUV Plasmon-Enhanced Chiroptical Spectroscopy of Membrane-Binding Proteins$346,500award amount
Qiang Cui
Leads 2 awards · $674,000
- 2R35GM141930-06Department: NIH department codeComputational Analysis of Enzyme Catalysis and Regulation$469,625award amount
- 1R21AI194473-01A1Department: NIH department codeMulti-scale Computational Analysis of Structure, Dynamics and Function of Protein E from Corona Viruses$204,375award amount
Sean J Elliott
Leads 1 award · $548,045
- 2R35GM136294-06Department: NIH department codeRedox cofactor diversification in enzyme superfamilies$548,045award amount
Karen N. Allen
Leads 1 award · $437,036
- 1R35GM161405-01Department: NIH department codeGenomic Enzymology to Decipher Bacterial Membrane-Associated Glycan Assembly$437,036award amount
Maria Kamenetska
Leads 1 award · $425,100
- 1R35GM161764-01Department: NIH department codeElucidating kinetics and thermodynamics of RNA-ligand interactions using single molecule approaches$425,100award amount
Ksenia Bravaya
Leads 1 award · $408,750
- 5R35GM158160-02Department: NIH department codePredictive methods for simulating redox reactions and charge transfer in proteins$408,750award amount
Thomas William Smisek
Leads 1 award · $76,300
- 1F32AI203192-01Department: NIH department codeStructure-Guided development of inhibitors targeting glycoconjugate biosynthesis in cancer-associated Fusobacterium nucleatum$76,300award 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.
Andrew Kruse
Co-investigator on 5R01AR081264-05, led by Mark W. Grinstaff; 5R01AR079489-05, led by Mark W. Grinstaff
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Harvard Medical School · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)
Ara Nazarian
Co-investigator on 5R01AR081264-05, led by Mark W. Grinstaff; 5R01AR079489-05, led by Mark W. Grinstaff
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Justin Jang Hann Chu
Co-investigator on 5R01AI189900-02, led by John A. Porco; 3R01AI189900-02S1, led by John A. Porco
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Suryaram Gummuluru
Co-investigator on 5R01AI175068-04, led by Bjoern Markus Reinhard
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Miriam Hospital · Internal Medicine (investigator's affiliation, 1 award)
- Boston University · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Zandrea Ambrose
Co-investigator on 5R01AI175068-04, led by Bjoern Markus Reinhard
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Pittsburgh · Anatomy & Cell Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)
- University of Pittsburgh · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Wilson Wong
Co-investigator on 5R01CA296810-02, led by Mark W. Grinstaff
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Boston University · Engineering (NIH department code, 1 award)
Yolonda L Colson
Co-investigator on 5R01CA296810-02, led by Mark W. Grinstaff
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Orian S Shirihai
Co-investigator on 5R01DK141923-03, led by Mark W. Grinstaff
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of California, Los Angeles · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
Rajat Singh
Co-investigator on 5R01DK141923-03, led by Mark W. Grinstaff
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of California, Los Angeles · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Thomas P Schaer
Co-investigator on 5R01AR083161-03, led by Mark W. Grinstaff
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Michelle H Teplensky
Co-investigator on 5T32EB006359-17, led by Mark W. Grinstaff
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Boston University · Engineering (NIH department code, 1 award)