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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biology at Columbia University

New York, NY

Funding
$15.2M
$15,201,688
Awards
30
FY2026 NIH awards in Biology
Principal investigators
25
24 lead a grant here, 1 co-investigator
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 Columbia University page.

Leads a grant in this department

24 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. Rafael Yuste

    Leads 3 awards · $3,333,543

    • 5RM1NS132981-04Department: NIH department code
      Reexamining the Role of Dendrites in Neuronal Function

      Principal investigators: Rafael Yuste (contact PI), Jayeeta Basu

      $2,569,705
      award amount
    • 5R01EY035248-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Neuronal Ensembles in Visual Cortex
      $558,213
      award amount
    • 5R21NS135654-02Department: NIH department code
      Neuronal Ensemble Mechanisms of Behavior and Plasticity in a Cnidarian
      $205,625
      award amount

  2. Ishmail John Abdus-Saboor

    Leads 1 award · $1,151,500

    • 5DP1AT013723-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of social touch and social memory in organizing naked mole-rat colonies
      $1,151,500
      award amount

  3. Lars Dietrich

    Leads 2 awards · $1,079,484

    • 1R01AI189733-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The assembly of R-bodies in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and their contribution to toxicity in phagocytes
      $560,455
      award amount
    • 5R01AI187276-02Department: NIH department code
      Interdependency of chemical, structural, and physiological heterogeneity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms
      $519,029
      award amount

  4. Liang Tong

    Leads 1 award · $837,788

    • 2R35GM118093-11Department: NIH department code
      Structural and functional studies of mRNA processing, stability and quality control
      $837,788
      award amount

  5. James L. Manley

    Leads 1 award · $823,563

    • 2R35GM118136-11Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of RNA processing: Mechanisms and Consequences
      $823,563
      award amount

  6. Martin Chalfie

    Leads 1 award · $820,879

    • 5R35GM122522-09Department: NIH department code
      Genetic analysis of nematode cell differentiation
      $820,879
      award amount

  7. Erin L Barnhart

    Leads 2 awards · $816,176

    • 5R01NS121179-05Department: NIH department code
      How Do Neurons Maintain Mitochondrial Homeostasis in Vivo?
      $411,250
      award amount
    • 5R01EY036445-03Department: NIH department code
      ER calcium handling, single cell processing, and neural circuit function in vivo
      $404,926
      award amount

  8. Oliver Hobert

    Leads 2 awards · $780,020

    • 5R01NS137594-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulatory Architecture of Glia Cell Type Diversity in C. Elegans
      $411,250
      award amount
    • 5R01NS039996-26Department: NIH department code
      Homeobox Genes and Neuron Identity Control on a Brain-Wide Level
      $368,770
      award amount

  9. Marko Jovanovic

    Leads 2 awards · $643,009

    • 5R35GM152258-03Department: NIH department code
      How dynamic molecular interactions of RNA Binding Proteins drive post-transcriptional gene expression changes
      $404,009
      award amount
    • 3R35GM152258-03S1Department: NIH department code
      How dynamic molecular interactions of RNA Binding Proteins drive post-transcriptional gene expression changes
      $239,000
      award amount

  10. Iva S Greenwald

    Leads 1 award · $642,676

    • 5R35GM131746-08Department: NIH department code
      Regulatory Circuitry and Mechanisms Controlling Cell Fate in C. elegans
      $642,676
      award amount

  11. Andres Bendesky

    Leads 1 award · $589,672

    • 5R01HD115879-02Department: NIH department code
      The promotion of parental behavior by the neurosteroid allopregnanediol
      $589,672
      award amount

  12. Laura Duvall

    Leads 1 award · $449,861

    • 5R35GM137888-07Department: NIH department code
      Peptide regulation of mosquito blood feeding and mating
      $449,861
      award amount

  13. Molly F Przeworski

    Leads 1 award · $448,060

    • 5R35GM153355-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of mutation and recombination and their evolution in vertebrates
      $448,060
      award amount

  14. Songtao Jia

    Leads 1 award · $439,416

    • 5R35GM126910-09Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of Heterochromatin Assembly and epigenetic inheritance
      $439,416
      award amount

  15. Kira Delmore

    Leads 1 award · $411,250

    • 5R35GM151012-05Department: NIH department code
      When genomes collide: using hybrid zones to transform our understanding of behavioral and speciation genetics.
      $411,250
      award amount

  16. Ozgur Sahin

    Leads 1 award · $408,292

    • 5R35GM145382-05Department: NIH department code
      Nanomechanical studies of cells and biomolecules
      $408,292
      award amount

  17. Maria Antonietta Tosches

    Leads 1 award · $407,621

    • 5R35GM146973-05Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the nerve dependence of regeneration
      $407,621
      award amount

  18. Daniel D Kalderon

    Leads 1 award · $376,727

    • 5R01GM079351-16Department: NIH department code
      Somatic stem cells in the Drosophila ovary
      $376,727
      award amount

  19. John Francis Hunt

    Leads 1 award · $323,941

    • 5R01GM155677-03Department: NIH department code
      Protein sequence influence on single-molecule transport dynamics
      $323,941
      award amount

  20. Chien-Po Liao

    Leads 1 award · $132,300

    • 1K99AG103240-01Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Gut Lipid Metabolism and Sexually Dimorphic Longevity by Hypothalamic-Like Neurons in C. elegans
      $132,300
      award amount

  21. Menghan Liu

    Leads 1 award · $107,434

    • 1K99GM166865-01Department: NIH department code
      A Systems Biology Framework for Decoding Microbial Habitat Colonization
      $107,434
      award amount

  22. Jonathan Douglas Rumley

    Leads 1 award · $85,224

    • 5F32MH136667-03Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting regulation and function of unc-6/Netrin via the generation of cis-regulatory alleles
      $85,224
      award amount

  23. Jianming Nicholas Chua

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS141628-02Department: NIH department code
      Regeneration of Thalamopallial Projections and Sensory Function in the Salamander Brain
      $50,114
      award amount

  24. Katherine Coffin Delgado

    Leads 1 award · $43,138

    • 5F31EY035165-03Department: NIH department code
      Linking endoplasmic reticulum calcium handling to neuronal function in vivo in the Drosophila visual system
      $43,138
      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.