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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biology at Carnegie-Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Funding
$5.4M
$5,359,906
Awards
13
FY2026 NIH awards in Biology
Principal investigators
12
8 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • 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 Biology row of the Carnegie-Mellon University page.

Leads a grant in this department

8 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. Alison L Barth

    Leads 4 awards · $1,206,857

    • 5R01NS123711-05Department: NIH department code
      Determinants of sparse activity in neocortex
      $504,962
      award amount
    • 1R01NS147337-01Department: NIH department code
      Somatostatin neurons and learning
      $455,645
      award amount
    • 1R21DA064020-01A1Department: NIH department code
      THC exposure and inhibitory circuit plasticity in the neocortex
      $191,250
      award amount
    • 3R01NS147337-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Somatostatin neurons and learning
      $55,000
      award amount

  2. Yongxin Zhao

    Leads 2 awards · $1,202,414

    • 5R01CA301488-02Department: NIH department code
      Ultrahigh-throughput imaging of 3D tumor microenvironment at nanoscale

      Principal investigators: Yongxin Zhao (contact PI), Hongqiang Ma, Yang Liu

      $614,477
      award amount
    • 5R01EB035890-03Department: NIH department code
      Next generation biomolecule-retention expansion microscopy for diverse imaging applications

      Principal investigators: Yongxin Zhao (contact PI), Alan Michael Watson, Wei Min

      $587,937
      award amount

  3. Aryn Hilary Gittis

    Leads 2 awards · $924,846

    • 5R35NS132213-04Department: NIH department code
      Circuit-Inspired Strategies to Restore Basal Ganglia Function in Mouse Models of Parkinson’s Disease
      $777,675
      award amount
    • 5T32NS126122-05Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Big Data Systems Neuroscience
      $147,171
      award amount

  4. Natalia Luisa Hiller

    Leads 1 award · $671,554

    • 1R01AI191649-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering Pneumococcal Encryption: The Role of Peptides in Inter-Strain and Inter-Species Communication
      $671,554
      award amount

  5. Huaiying Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $521,523

    • 1R01CA308360-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Multi-faceted Regulation of Dynamic SUMOylation at ALT Cancer Telomeres
      $521,523
      award amount

  6. Andrew A. Bridges

    Leads 1 award · $417,450

    • 5R35GM160020-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Bacterial Lysis Sensing
      $417,450
      award amount

  7. Charles Joel McManus

    Leads 1 award · $365,148

    • 5R35GM145317-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of mRNA translation by cis-acting sequences and trans-acting factors
      $365,148
      award amount

  8. Michael Malina

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31DC024113-01Department: NIH department code
      Distributed cortical feedback mechanisms for context-dependent auditory processing
      $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.