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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at Duke University

Durham, NC

Funding
$9.1M
$9,057,455
Awards
15
FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
12
8 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
#41
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 Duke 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. Seok-Yong Lee

    Leads 3 awards · $2,174,787

    • 5R35NS132231-03Department: NIH department code
      Structure, function, and pharmacology of sensory receptors
      $885,128
      award amount
    • 1R01AI199984-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Action and Resistance of FDA-approved Antifungals Targeting Fungal beta-(1,3)-Glucan Synthase

      Principal investigators: Seok-Yong Lee (contact PI), Kenichi Yokoyama

      $824,451
      award amount
    • 5R01EY031698-07Department: NIH department code
      TRPM8 in eye health and disease

      Principal investigators: Seok-Yong Lee (contact PI), Jiyong Hong

      $465,208
      award amount
  2. Michael S Boyce

    Leads 3 awards · $1,759,331

    • 2T32GM142605-06Department: NIH department code
      Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

      Principal investigators: Michael S Boyce (contact PI), Stefano Di Talia

      $862,674
      award amount
    • 1R35GM161290-01Department: NIH department code
      Cell signaling through O-linked glycosylation
      $474,507
      award amount
    • 1R01NS148075-01Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic regulation of KLHL proteins and targets through O-glycosylation
      $422,150
      award amount
  3. Pei Zhou

    Leads 3 awards · $1,570,955

    • 5R01AI189503-02Department: NIH department code
      LpxH Inhibitors as Novel Therapeutics Against Multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales

      Principal investigators: Pei Zhou (contact PI), Jiyong Hong

      $736,503
      award amount
    • 5R01GM150029-04Department: NIH department code
      Structural and Functional Analysis of Nucleocytoplasmic Protein O-Glycosyltransferases in Plants

      Principal investigators: Pei Zhou (contact PI), Tai-Ping Sun

      $419,195
      award amount
    • 1R21CA305163-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Identification and therapeutic application of endogenous tumor suppression activities in human breast milk

      Principal investigators: Pei Zhou (contact PI), Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi

      $415,257
      award amount
  4. Kathryn D Meyer

    Leads 2 awards · $1,072,830

    • 5R01AG095605-02Department: NIH department code
      Epitranscriptomic Regulation of Microglia in Alzheimer's Disease
      $578,858
      award amount
    • 1R01AG093664-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cell Type-Specific Epitranscriptomic Regulation in the Brain in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
      $493,972
      award amount
  5. Kenichi Yokoyama

    Leads 1 award · $737,152

    • 1R35GM161291-01Department: NIH department code
      Functions and mechanisms of metalloenzymes in natural product and cofactor biosynthesis
      $737,152
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01AI199984-01, led by Seok-Yong Lee.

  6. Shuo Han

    Leads 1 award · $664,591

    • 1R01AG097704-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The chemical language of human gut bacteria in healthy aging
      $664,591
      award amount
  7. Maria Schumacher

    Leads 1 award · $647,751

    • 5R35GM130290-09Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering fundamental biological processes involving protein-nucleic acid interactions at the molecular level
      $647,751
      award amount
  8. Huanghe Yang

    Leads 1 award · $430,058

    • 5R35GM153196-03Department: NIH department code
      Advancing mechanistic understanding of membrane ion and lipid transport
      $430,058
      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.

  • Jiyong Hong

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI189503-02, led by Pei Zhou; 5R01EY031698-07, led by Seok-Yong Lee

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Stefano Di Talia

    Co-investigator on 2T32GM142605-06, led by Michael S Boyce

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Tai-Ping Sun

    Co-investigator on 5R01GM150029-04, led by Pei Zhou

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi

    Co-investigator on 1R21CA305163-01A1, led by Pei Zhou

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads