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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at Columbia University

New York, NY

Funding
$24.3M
$24,286,294
Awards
49
FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
39
31 lead a grant here, 8 co-investigators
Department rank
#6
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 Columbia University page.

Leads a grant in this department

31 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. Chaolin Zhang

    Leads 6 awards · $5,844,033

    • 1R01HG014077-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Computational and experimental approaches to decode domain-specific protein-RNA interactions

      Principal investigators: Chaolin Zhang (contact PI), Lei Wang

      $3,243,342
      award amount
    • 5R35GM145279-05Department: NIH department code
      Complexity and evolution of splicing-regulatory networks
      $906,022
      award amount
    • 5R01NS125018-05Department: NIH department code
      RNA Regulatory Networks in Neuronal Cell Type Diversity and Function
      $600,922
      award amount
    • 5R01HG012359-04Department: NIH department code
      Mapping proximal and distal splicing-regulatory elements
      $595,863
      award amount
    • 5T32GM158494-02Department: NIH department code
      Columbia University Graduate Training Program in Computational and Systems Biology

      Principal investigators: Chaolin Zhang (contact PI), Peter Alan Sims

      $325,003
      award amount
    • 3R35GM145279-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Complexity and evolution of splicing-regulatory networks
      $172,881
      award amount

  2. Alexander Sobolevsky

    Leads 4 awards · $1,982,975

    • 5R37NS083660-13Department: NIH department code
      Structure and Function of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors
      $584,245
      award amount
    • 5R01AR078814-05Department: NIH department code
      Structural and functional principles of activation and regulation of the transient receptor potential channel TRPV3.
      $527,117
      award amount
    • 5R01CA206573-09Department: NIH department code
      Structure and function of Transient Receptor Potential Channels
      $460,501
      award amount
    • 5R01NS107253-09Department: NIH department code
      Single-Particle Cryo-EM Characterization of AMPA Receptor Functional States
      $411,112
      award amount

  3. Stavros Lomvardas

    Leads 3 awards · $1,853,707

    • 2R01DC018744-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Olfactory receptor mRNAs as lncRNAs that regulate genomic interactions
      $694,687
      award amount
    • 5R01DC022975-02Department: NIH department code
      Solid phase transition as a facilitator of olfactory receptor choice
      $628,332
      award amount
    • 5R01DC015451-10Department: NIH department code
      Converting stochastic olfactory receptor expression to stereotypic axon guidance programs
      $530,688
      award amount

  4. Thomas P Maniatis

    Leads 1 award · $1,455,874

    • 4RF1MH130592-04Department: NIH department code
      The impact of loss of function DNA sequence variants in the human protocadherin gene cluster on neural circuit assembly.
      $1,455,874
      award amount

  5. Harris H Wang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,354,002

    • 5R01AI132403-09Department: NIH department code
      Micron-scale Spatial Metagenomic Mapping of Microbial Biogeography in the Gastrointestinal Tract
      $713,513
      award amount
    • 2R01EB031935-05A1Department: NIH department code
      A high-performance and versatile technology for precision microbiome engineering

      Principal investigators: Harris H Wang (contact PI), Samuel Henry Sternberg

      $640,489
      award amount

  6. Richard S Mann

    Leads 2 awards · $1,296,093

    • 2R35GM118336-11Department: NIH department code
      Interpreting and Deploying Genomic Information During Animal Development
      $656,218
      award amount
    • 1R01NS151292-01Department: NIH department code
      Functional assembly of an adult motor circuit in Drosophila
      $639,875
      award amount

  7. Hashim M Al-Hashimi

    Leads 2 awards · $1,235,117

    • 5R01AI178848-04Department: NIH department code
      Development and application of a quantitive model for HIV-1 transcriptional activation driven by TAR RNA conformational dynamics

      Principal investigators: Hashim M Al-Hashimi (contact PI), Daniel Herschlag, Stephen Paine Goff

      $790,209
      award amount
    • 5R01GM089846-16Department: NIH department code
      Role of DNA structural dynamics in mutagenesis and oncogenesis
      $444,908
      award amount

  8. Samuel K Sia

    Leads 2 awards · $1,213,875

    • 5R01AI181318-03Department: NIH department code
      Degradable bioplastics for microfluidic diagnostic assays towards improved environmental and human health
      $645,980
      award amount
    • 5R01AI188944-02Department: NIH department code
      PRECISE: accessible sample-to-answer RT-PCR detection of hepatitis C infection from whole blood
      $567,895
      award amount

  9. Laura F Landweber

    Leads 2 awards · $799,597

    • 5R35GM122555-10Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Complex Genome Editing and RNA Biology in Oxytricha
      $771,697
      award amount
    • 3R35GM122555-10S1Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Complex Genome Editing and RNA Biology in Oxytricha
      $27,900
      award amount

  10. Charles S Zuker

    Leads 1 award · $735,880

    • 1OT2CA319314-01Department: NIH department code
      InteroCANCEption - Crosstalk between cancer and the nervous system via interoception
      $735,880
      award amount

  11. Tal Korem

    Leads 1 award · $689,865

    • 1R01CA309288-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Methods for cancer microbiome study design and analysis
      $689,865
      award amount

  12. Saeed F Tavazoie

    Leads 2 awards · $640,752

    • 1R35GM163758-01Department: NIH department code
      Systems-Level Principles and Mechanisms Underlying Cellular Adaptation
      $444,907
      award amount
    • 5R01CA257153-06Department: NIH department code
      Mapping the regulatory landscape of RNA binding proteins and their causal roles in tumorigenesis and patient survival

      Principal investigators: Saeed F Tavazoie (contact PI), Sohail F. Tavazoie

      $195,845
      award amount

  13. Eric C Greene

    Leads 2 awards · $629,591

    • 5R01CA236606-08Department: NIH department code
      Helicase regulation during homologous recombination
      $413,923
      award amount
    • 1T32GM165259-01Department: NIH department code
      Advanced Graduate Training Program in Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology (MBSB)

      Principal investigators: Eric C Greene (contact PI), Arthur G Palmer, Filippo Mancia, Ruben L Gonzalez

      $215,668
      award amount

  14. Arthur G Palmer

    Leads 1 award · $628,140

    • 5R35GM130398-08Department: NIH department code
      Macromolecular dynamics and conformational changes in biological function
      $628,140
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1T32GM165259-01, led by Eric C Greene.

  15. Anum Azam Glasgow

    Leads 2 awards · $484,701

    • 5R35GM157185-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism-informed design of allosteric protein sensors
      $320,201
      award amount
    • 5R21EB035208-03Department: NIH department code
      Computationally designed, small molecule-responsive cell receptors for treating solid tumors
      $164,500
      award amount

  16. Shanti Pal Gangwar

    Leads 1 award · $452,375

    • 1R21NS150922-01Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of kainate receptors by auxiliary subunits
      $452,375
      award amount

  17. Nikhil Sharma

    Leads 1 award · $450,200

    • 1R21AG101576-01Department: NIH department code
      Age-dependent changes in primary sensory neurons and nociceptors
      $450,200
      award amount

  18. Anna-Lena Steckelberg

    Leads 1 award · $411,250

    • 5R35GM150778-04Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the antiviral roles of acellular RNA quality control pathway
      $411,250
      award amount

  19. Mohammed Nazar Alquraishi

    Leads 1 award · $411,250

    • 5R35GM150546-04Department: NIH department code
      Machine learning of biomolecular interactions and the human signaling networks they comprise
      $411,250
      award amount

  20. Ya-Cheng Liao

    Leads 1 award · $411,250

    • 5R35GM157319-02Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the molecular composition and function of contact between membrane-bound and membrane-less organelles
      $411,250
      award amount

  21. Yufeng Shen

    Leads 1 award · $406,912

    • 5R35GM149527-04Department: NIH department code
      Computational methods to interpret genomic variation and integrate functional genomics data in genetic analysis of human diseases
      $406,912
      award amount

  22. Naomi Latorraca

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00GM148823-04Department: NIH department code
      Decoding Structural Determinants of Efficacy and Specificity in a GPCR Subfamily
      $249,000
      award amount

  23. Chenlin Lu

    Leads 1 award · $125,000

    • 1K99GM164681-01Department: NIH department code
      Decoding and engineering free energy landscapes for mechanistic insight and functional protein design
      $125,000
      award amount

  24. Sahiti Kuppa

    Leads 1 award · $100,851

    • 5K00CA274696-05Department: NIH department code
      Role of nuclear chaperones in genomic instability and carcinogenesis
      $100,851
      award amount

  25. Sara Zaccara

    Leads 1 award · $85,639

    • 3DP2HD118273-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Programmable depletion and rescue platform to screen dynamic regulatory events during cellular differentiation.
      $85,639
      award amount

  26. Amanda Wilson

    Leads 1 award · $76,300

    • 1F32GM159408-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Modeling the Cascade of Genome Rearrangements in the ciliate Oxytricha trifallax
      $76,300
      award amount

  27. Stephen Tang

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AI183830-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of reverse transcriptase mediated phage resistance in Enterobacteriaceae
      $55,114
      award amount

  28. Isabella Pirozzolo

    Leads 1 award · $52,616

    • 1F30DC023476-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of transcriptional singularity in the olfactory system
      $52,616
      award amount

  29. Tiberiu Mihaila

    Leads 1 award · $52,607

    • 5F30DC022796-02Department: NIH department code
      Disentangling the roles of endoplasmic reticulum stress and activity in the peripheral olfactory circuit
      $52,607
      award amount

  30. Tain Luquez

    Leads 1 award · $51,614

    • 1F99AG095117-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular signatures of cognitive resilience against aging and Alzheimer's disease at single-cell resolution
      $51,614
      award amount

  31. Belen Sundberg

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AI184134-03Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the complex allosteric regulation of PFK-1, a broadly evolutionarily conserved glycolytic enzyme
      $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.