FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Biochemistry at Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
- 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 Cornell University page.
Leads a grant in this department
20 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
John T Lis
Leads 2 awards · $2,812,456
- 2RM1GM139738-06Department: NIH department codeStructure, Function, and Dynamics of Macro-molecular Complexes that Execute and Regulate Genome Function
Principal investigators: John T Lis (contact PI), Abdullah Ozer, Haiyuan Yu, Steven Zvi Josefowicz, Thomas George Wade Graham
$2,132,917award amount - 5R01HG012970-04Department: NIH department codeFunctional Architecture and Interplay of Transcription Regulatory Elements of the Human Genome
Principal investigators: John T Lis (contact PI), Haiyuan Yu
$679,539award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01AR073806-09, led by Tudorita Tumbar.
Tudorita Tumbar
Leads 3 awards · $1,481,366
- 5R01AR073806-09Department: NIH department codeTissue biology studies of histone modification, nascent transcription, and post-transcription regulation
Principal investigators: Tudorita Tumbar (contact PI), John T Lis
$542,131award amount - 5R01AR070157-09Department: NIH department codeDefining the heterogeneity of cell lineages in the inter-follicular epidermis$501,676award amount
- 5R01AR081021-04Department: NIH department codeInvestigating the coordinated endothelial-epithelial interactions in adult hair cycle of mouse skin$437,559award amount
Erich Marquard Schwarz
Leads 1 award · $1,436,104
- 1RM1GM164123-01Department: NIH department codeEvoCell: Using cell evolution in nematodes to model, predict, and controlcell identity in animals
Principal investigators: Erich Marquard Schwarz (contact PI), Lav R. Varshney, Nathan Schroeder, Oliver Hobert, Paul Warren Sternberg
$1,436,104award amount
B Franklin Pugh
Leads 2 awards · $1,158,655
- 5R01ES034353-05Department: NIH department codeHIGH RESOLUTION EPIGENOMIC MAPS OF YEAST IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS$620,023award amount
- 5R35GM145217-05Department: NIH department codeEPIGENOMIC REGULATION OF GENOMES$538,632award amount
Mariana Federica Wolfner
Leads 2 awards · $743,075
- 5R37HD038921-26Department: NIH department codeActions of Seminal Proteins in Mated Drosophila Females$407,640award amount
- 5R01HD114777-02Department: NIH department codeHow calcium triggers the transition from egg to embryo$335,435award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01HD059060-17, led by Andrew G Clark.
Siu Sylvia Lee
Leads 1 award · $577,890
- 2R01AG024425-21Department: NIH department codeGenetic and Epigenetic Determinants of Longevity$577,890award amount
Cedric Feschotte
Leads 1 award · $542,340
- 5R35GM122550-09Department: NIH department codeGenomic and Physiological Impact of Transposable Elements.$542,340award amount
Jun Liu
Leads 1 award · $531,605
- 5R35GM130351-08Department: NIH department codeMolecular mechanisms regulating and interpreting BMP signaling$531,605award amount
Patrick J. Murphy
Leads 1 award · $431,396
- 5R35GM137833-08Department: NIH department codeFunction of Chromatin Features in Cellular Programming$431,396award amount
Eric E. Alani
Leads 1 award · $430,989
- 5R35GM134872-07Department: NIH department codeRoles for Mismatch Repair Proteins in Maintaining Genome Stability$430,989award amount
John Brooks Crickard
Leads 1 award · $405,314
- 2R35GM142457-06Department: NIH department codeMolecular Mechanisms of Human Homologous Recombination$405,314award amount
Martin Graef
Leads 1 award · $404,864
- 1R35GM161597-01Department: NIH department codeQuantitative membrane contact site biology in autophagy$404,864award amount
William Lai
Leads 1 award · $404,776
- 5R35GM155380-03Department: NIH department codeDeconvolving the language of protein binding$404,776award amount
Daniel A Barbash
Leads 1 award · $386,755
- 5R35GM153275-03Department: NIH department codeEvolutionary Genetics of Drosophila$386,755award amount
Andrew G Clark
Leads 1 award · $335,569
- 5R01HD059060-17Department: NIH department codeREGULATION OF GAMETE USE AND NEURAL PATHWAYS IN REPRODUCTION
Principal investigators: Andrew G Clark (contact PI), Mariana Federica Wolfner
$335,569award amount
Zeribe Chike Nwosu
Leads 1 award · $249,000
- 5R00CA267176-05Department: NIH department codeDisrupting glutathione dependency in pancreatic cancer$249,000award amount
Matthew Zipple
Leads 1 award · $136,350
- 1K99AG101696-01Department: NIH department codeEnvironmental Modulation of Behavioral and Molecular Aging in Genetically Identical Mice$136,350award amount
Krista Marie Angileri
Leads 1 award · $82,744
- 5F32EY034778-03Department: NIH department codeTransposon control as a checkpoint during regeneration$82,744award amount
Jolie Anna Carlisle
Leads 1 award · $79,348
- 5F32HD111231-03Department: NIH department codeMale x Female Protein Interactions Mediating Reproductive Success in the Drosophila Mating Plug$79,348award amount
Connor M Kean
Leads 1 award · $46,594
- 5F31AI186398-02Department: NIH department codeDetermining the gene-regulatory impact of microbial exposure on central immune training$46,594award 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.
Haiyuan Yu
Co-investigator on 2RM1GM139738-06, led by John T Lis; 5R01HG012970-04, led by John T Lis
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Cornell University · Miscellaneous (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Abdullah Ozer
Co-investigator on 2RM1GM139738-06, led by John T Lis
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Steven Zvi Josefowicz
Co-investigator on 2RM1GM139738-06, led by John T Lis
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Chicago · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
- Weill Cornell Medicine · Pathology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Thomas George Wade Graham
Co-investigator on 2RM1GM139738-06, led by John T Lis
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Lav R. Varshney
Co-investigator on 1RM1GM164123-01, led by Erich Marquard Schwarz
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Nathan Schroeder
Co-investigator on 1RM1GM164123-01, led by Erich Marquard Schwarz
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 1 award)
Oliver Hobert
Co-investigator on 1RM1GM164123-01, led by Erich Marquard Schwarz
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Columbia University · Biology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Paul Warren Sternberg
Co-investigator on 1RM1GM164123-01, led by Erich Marquard Schwarz
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- California Institute of Technology (no department on record, 2 awards)