FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Other Basic Sciences 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 Other Basic Sciences row of the Cornell University page.
Leads a grant in this department
27 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Azahara Oliva Gonzalez
Leads 1 award · $2,955,467
- 4R01MH140009-02Department: NIH department codeNeural dynamics underlying brain state-dependent memory functions$2,955,467award amount
Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz
Leads 2 awards · $1,519,694
- 4DP2MH136496-02Department: NIH department codeHow do animals learn the structure of their natural environment?$984,000award amount
- 5R01MH136355-03Department: NIH department codeMechanisms and functions of temporal coordination in the entorhinal-hippocampal network$535,694award amount
Paula Elaine Cohen
Leads 3 awards · $1,280,517
- 1R01HD119206-01A1Department: NIH department codeMutS Gamma as a driver of crossover pathway choice in prophase I of mammalian meiosis$667,092award amount
- 5R01HD041012-23Department: NIH department codeRegulation of MutL-gamma function in mediating crossing over in mammalian meiosis$583,425award amount
- 2R13HD102144-06Department: NIH department codeThe Tri-State Symposium on Reproductive Health
Principal investigators: Paula Elaine Cohen (contact PI), Karen A Schindler, Kyle Edwin Orwig, Marisa S. Bartolomei
$30,000award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01HD095296-08, led by Robert S Weiss.
Richard A. Cerione
Leads 2 awards · $914,571
- 5R35GM152206-03Department: NIH department codeStudies of Global Signal Transduction$542,048award amount
- 5R01EY034867-04Department: NIH department codeProbing the molecular mechanisms that regulate key steps in the GPCR-sensory response pathway responsible for vision in dim light$372,523award amount
Natasza A Kurpios
Leads 1 award · $764,502
- 2R01DK092776-13A1Department: NIH department codeMechanisms underlying form and function of the contractile gut lymphatics$764,502award amount
Robert S Weiss
Leads 1 award · $673,850
- 5R01HD095296-08Department: NIH department codeCoordination of Atr Signaling for Genetic Quality Control, Silencing, and DNA Repair during Meiosis
Principal investigators: Robert S Weiss (contact PI), Marcus Smolka, Paula Elaine Cohen
$673,850award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA259195-05, led by Marc A Antonyak.
Andrew C White
Leads 1 award · $571,611
- 1R01AR086869-01A1Department: NIH department codeDefining the regenerative response to genotoxic agents in spiny mouse skin$571,611award amount
Toshimitsu Kawate
Leads 2 awards · $563,616
- 1R35GM161255-01Department: NIH department codeUncovering the structure and function of understudied membrane proteins$375,154award amount
- 5R21NS142832-02Department: NIH department codeUncovering the Molecular Function of the Tweety Homologue Membrane Protein Family$188,462award amount
Gunther Hollopeter
Leads 1 award · $545,410
- 5R35GM156633-02Department: NIH department codeMolecular mechanisms connecting endocytic and junctional complexes with epithelial pathology in C. elegans$545,410award amount
Jesse Heymann Goldberg
Leads 1 award · $470,569
- 5R01NS138093-03Department: NIH department codeNeural Mechanisms of Miss- and Touch-Guided Sensorimotor Corrections$470,569award amount
Michael J Sheehan
Leads 1 award · $458,871
- 1R21AG093628-01A1Department: NIH department codeEpigenetic Aging: The Impact of Social and Environmental Realism
Principal investigators: Michael J Sheehan (contact PI), Wanding Zhou
$458,871award amount
Margaret Frank
Leads 1 award · $431,750
- 5R35GM160552-02Department: NIH department codeEnhancing our understanding of intercellular communication to achieve programmable regeneration$431,750award amount
Arunika Das
Leads 1 award · $425,552
- 1R35GM165881-01Department: NIH department codeMolecular Mechanisms of Epigenetic Centromere Inheritance$425,552award amount
Jongmin Kim
Leads 1 award · $424,158
- 1R35GM165297-01Department: NIH department codeMechanism of Kumgang/Mi-2 complex for transcriptional fidelity$424,158award amount
Marc A Antonyak
Leads 1 award · $417,445
- 5R01CA259195-05Department: NIH department codeMetabolic regulation of exosome biogenesis as a determinant of cancer cell metastasis.
Principal investigators: Marc A Antonyak (contact PI), Claudia Fischbach, Robert S Weiss
$417,445award amount
Carolyn Elizabeth Adler
Leads 1 award · $415,686
- 1R35GM163946-01Department: NIH department codeCellular and molecular mechanisms governing stem cell resilience$415,686award amount
Nilay Yapici
Leads 1 award · $400,020
- 5R35GM133698-07Department: NIH department codeMolecular and Neural Mechanisms Regulating Foraging and Food Intake$400,020award amount
Benjamin Alexander Sandkam
Leads 1 award · $399,551
- 5R35GM155164-03Department: NIH department codeThe role of Y chromosomes in generating and maintaining intrasexual diversity$399,551award amount
Carolyn S Sevier
Leads 1 award · $383,540
- 5R35GM152166-03Department: NIH department codeMolecular mechanisms of cellular redox signaling$383,540award amount
Lori B Huberman
Leads 1 award · $383,194
- 5R35GM150926-04Department: NIH department codeGenetic mechanisms of signal integration in the nutrient sensing network$383,194award amount
Richa Sardana
Leads 1 award · $375,716
- 5R35GM150863-04Department: NIH department codeMolecular mechanisms of membrane protein homeostasis at the Golgi$375,716award amount
John C Schimenti
Leads 1 award · $345,677
- 5R01HD107910-05Department: NIH department codeMechanisms underlying sex-dependent pregnancy outcomes caused by fetal and maternal genomic instability$345,677award amount
Teresa E Pawlowska
Leads 1 award · $219,852
- 1R21AI193973-01A1Department: NIH department codeUnraveling bacterial endosymbiont accommodation program in early-divergent mucoromycete fungi$219,852award amount
Wenbo Tang
Leads 1 award · $131,118
- 1K99MH142690-01Department: NIH department codeIntrinsic hippocampal circuit dynamics underlying episodic memory$131,118award amount
Laura Brunengraber Goodman
Leads 1 award · $90,000
- 5U18FD006716-08Department: NIH department codeGenomic surveillance for antimicrobial resistance in animals$90,000award amount
Riley Daniel Thoen
Leads 1 award · $75,880
- 1F32GM167201-01Department: NIH department codeDemographic and evolutionary drivers and consequences of genetic load$75,880award amount
Kieran Louise Koch-Laskowski
Leads 1 award · $6,668
- 5F30OD031914-06Department: NIH department codeMicroRNA-375 regulation of enteroendocrine cell biology in diet-induced obesity and bariatric surgery$6,668award 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.
Marcus Smolka
Co-investigator on 5R01HD095296-08, led by Robert S Weiss
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Cornell University · Miscellaneous (NIH department code, 1 award)
Wanding Zhou
Co-investigator on 1R21AG093628-01A1, led by Michael J Sheehan
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Genetics (topic-inferred, 1 award)
Claudia Fischbach
Co-investigator on 5R01CA259195-05, led by Marc A Antonyak
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Cornell University · Engineering (NIH department code, 1 award)
- Cornell University (no department on record, 1 award)
Karen A Schindler
Co-investigator on 2R13HD102144-06, led by Paula Elaine Cohen
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Rutgers University · Genetics (NIH department code, 3 awards)
Kyle Edwin Orwig
Co-investigator on 2R13HD102144-06, led by Paula Elaine Cohen
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Pittsburgh · Obstetrics & Gynecology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
- Magee-Women'S Res Inst and Foundation (no department on record, 1 award)
Marisa S. Bartolomei
Co-investigator on 2R13HD102144-06, led by Paula Elaine Cohen
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Pennsylvania · Obstetrics & Gynecology (NIH department code, 3 awards)