Biology at Harvard Medical School

Leads a grant in this department

41 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. Pascal Simon Kaeser

   Leads 5 awards · $2,989,270

   • 5R01MH113349-10Department: NIH department code

     Dissecting the assembly of neurotransmitter release sites
     $666,601

     award amount
   • 5R01DA058777-03Department: NIH department code

     Roles for dopamine signaling modes in striatal circuit modulation and behavior

     Principal investigators: Pascal Simon Kaeser (contact PI), Naoshige Uchida

     $662,820

     award amount
   • 5R01DA056109-04Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms for somatodendritic dopamine release in the midbrain

     Principal investigators: Pascal Simon Kaeser (contact PI), John T Williams

     $581,175

     award amount
   • 5R01NS103484-09Department: NIH department code

     Architecture and Function of Striatal Dopamine Signaling Machinery
     $549,717

     award amount
   • 5R01NS083898-13Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Dissection of Active Zone Functions in Neurotransmitter Release
     $528,957

     award amount

2. Bernardo L Sabatini

   Leads 3 awards · $2,375,697

   • 5R35NS137336-02Department: NIH department code

     Action and Interaction of Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators
     $1,249,283

     award amount
   • 1R01MH140249-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Determinants and function of tonic dopamine
     $674,028

     award amount
   • 1R01MH144465-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Plasticity of synaptic cotransmission in the mouse lateral habenula
     $452,386

     award amount

3. Michael Eldon Greenberg

   Leads 2 awards · $2,026,802

   • 5R35NS143029-02Department: NIH department code

     Neuronal Activity-Induced IEG Transcription Factors in Neurodevelopment and Plasticity
     $1,224,447

     award amount
   • 1R01EY038196-01Department: NIH department code

     Experience-driven astrocytic glucocorticoid signaling as a regulator of visual plasticity

     Principal investigators: Michael Eldon Greenberg (contact PI), Chinfei Chen

     $802,355

     award amount

4. Lisa Goodrich

   Leads 3 awards · $1,808,828

   • 5R01DC021692-03Department: NIH department code

     Neuronal control of cochlear stress responses
     $673,198

     award amount
   • 5R01DC009223-17Department: NIH department code

     Genetic dissection of auditory circuit assembly
     $606,723

     award amount
   • 5R01DC020182-05Department: NIH department code

     Neuron-Glia Interactions in the Cochlea
     $528,907

     award amount

5. Christopher D Harvey

   Leads 3 awards · $1,502,062

   • 5R37NS089521-12Department: NIH department code

     Parietal Cortex Networks for Sensorimotor Processing During Navigation
     $708,542

     award amount
   • 1R01NS142028-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Cell type- and circuit-specific error signals for cognitive flexibility
     $579,740

     award amount
   • 5R01NS143140-02Department: NIH department code

     CRCNS: Using Perturbations and Modeling to Study Connectivity for Decision-Making
     $213,780

     award amount

6. Margaret S Livingstone

   Leads 2 awards · $1,426,349

   • 5P30EY012196-29Department: NIH department code

     CORE GRANT FOR VISION RESEARCH

     Principal investigators: Gabriel Kreiman (contact PI), Margaret S Livingstone (contact PI), Zhigang He (contact PI)

     $850,148

     award amount
   • 5R01EY036839-02Department: NIH department code

     Hierarchy of visuospatial codes in the primate temporal lobe
     $576,201

     award amount

7. Gordon J Fishell

   Leads 2 awards · $1,410,208

   • 5R37MH071679-21Department: NIH department code

     The molecular and cellular basis of cortical interneuron divergence
     $825,250

     award amount
   • 5R01NS081297-13Department: NIH department code

     The Development and Integration of Early Born SST-Expressing Interneurons in the Cortex
     $584,958

     award amount

8. Marc Wallace Kirschner

   Leads 2 awards · $1,394,522

   • 5R35GM145248-05Department: NIH department code

     The dynamics and underlying mechanisms controlling cell size and canonical Wnt signaling
     $749,190

     award amount
   • 5R01AG073341-05Department: NIH department code

     Reverse Engineering of Cell Senescence
     $645,332

     award amount

9. Allon Moshe Klein

   Leads 3 awards · $1,386,297

   • 5R01EY036381-02Department: NIH department code

     Mosaic in Vivo Perturbation (MVP) for systematic assessment of gene function in the eye

     Principal investigators: Allon Moshe Klein (contact PI), Sean Gregory Tsung-Megason

     $700,697

     award amount
   • 5R01GM153805-03Department: NIH department code

     Micro-capsule technology for high-throughput analyses of cell-cell interactions
     $389,850

     award amount
   • 1R21AI198911-01Department: NIH department code

     CAGE-Enabled Single-Lineage RNA-Seq for Bacterial PERTURB-Seq and Host-Pathogen Interaction Analysis
     $295,750

     award amount

10. David P Corey

    Leads 2 awards · $1,377,598

    • 2R01DC016932-06A1Department: NIH department code

      Gene Therapy for Hearing and Balance Disorders

      Principal investigators: David P Corey (contact PI), Benjamin Peter Kleinstiver

      $714,835

      award amount
    • 5R01DC000304-38Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Mechanisms of Auditory Transduction

      Principal investigators: David P Corey (contact PI), Marcos Sotomayor

      $662,763

      award amount

11. Sandeep R Datta

    Leads 2 awards · $1,242,123

    • 5R01DC021965-02Department: NIH department code

      Serial transformations in the olfactory system
      $677,989

      award amount
    • 5R01DC021669-02Department: NIH department code

      Transcriptional adaptation and sensory function in the olfactory system
      $564,134

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R25NS130945-04, led by John Assad.

12. Wade G Regehr

    Leads 1 award · $1,208,677

    • 5R35NS142971-02Department: NIH department code

      Cerebellar Circuits
      $1,208,677

      award amount

13. Jennifer E Oyler-Yaniv

    Leads 2 awards · $1,122,182

    • 5R01HL182417-02Department: NIH department code

      Short-Range Spread of Cytokines: Generality, Dynamics, and Impact on Population Variability
      $565,773

      award amount
    • 1R01EY037740-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Analysis of Spatial Division of Labor in Ocular Antiviral Defense
      $556,409

      award amount

14. Carlos Ramon Ponce

    Leads 2 awards · $1,114,780

    • 5R01DA063145-02Department: NIH department code

      The Mechanistic Role of Visual Areas at the Interaction of Social Behavior and Drug Effects in Nonhuman Primates

      Principal investigators: Carlos Ramon Ponce (contact PI), Stephen John Kohut

      $714,179

      award amount
    • 5R01EY038608-02Department: NIH department code

      CRCNS: Neural and computational mechanisms underlying natural viewing behavior

      Principal investigators: Carlos Ramon Ponce (contact PI), Kanaka Rajan

      $400,601

      award amount

15. Bruce P Bean

    Leads 1 award · $1,087,133

    • 5R35NS127216-04Department: NIH department code

      Ion Channel Pharmacology for Pain and Epilepsy
      $1,087,133

      award amount

16. Chenghua Gu

    Leads 1 award · $1,009,297

    • 5R35NS116820-07Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Mechanisms of the Blood Brain Barrier Function and Regulation
      $1,009,297

      award amount

17. John Assad

    Leads 2 awards · $963,528

    • 5T32MH020017-28Department: NIH department code

      Ph.D. Training in Neuroscience
      $720,528

      award amount
    • 5R25NS130945-04Department: NIH department code

      PiNBAC: The Program in Neuroscience Post-Baccalaureate Training Program

      Principal investigators: John Assad (contact PI), Sandeep R Datta, Taralyn Marie Tan

      $243,000

      award amount

18. David D Ginty

    Leads 1 award · $915,281

    • 5R35NS132196-02Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating Cutaneous Mechanosensory Circuits, from Development to Disease
      $915,281

      award amount

19. Gary I Yellen

    Leads 2 awards · $856,520

    • 5R01NS126248-05Department: NIH department code

      Dynamics of Cellular Brain Metabolism Using Mass Spectrometry Imaging

      Principal investigators: Gary I Yellen (contact PI), Nathalie Yr Agar

      $432,770

      award amount
    • 5R37NS102586-09Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Seizure Resistance in a Mouse Genetic Model with Altered Metabolism
      $423,750

      award amount

20. Galit Lahav

    Leads 1 award · $856,278

    • 2R35GM139572-06Department: NIH department code

      Dynamics, Regulation and Function of p53 in Single Cells
      $856,278

      award amount

21. Gabriel Kreiman

    Leads 1 award · $850,148

    • 5P30EY012196-29Department: NIH department code

      CORE GRANT FOR VISION RESEARCH

      Principal investigators: Gabriel Kreiman (contact PI), Margaret S Livingstone (contact PI), Zhigang He (contact PI)

      $850,148

      award amount

22. Zhigang He

    Leads 1 award · $850,148

    • 5P30EY012196-29Department: NIH department code

      CORE GRANT FOR VISION RESEARCH

      Principal investigators: Gabriel Kreiman (contact PI), Margaret S Livingstone (contact PI), Zhigang He (contact PI)

      $850,148

      award amount

23. Timothy J Mitchison

    Leads 1 award · $847,498

    • 5R35GM131753-08Department: NIH department code

      Cell and Chemical Biology of Microtubules
      $847,498

      award amount

24. Dragana Rogulja

    Leads 1 award · $581,808

    • 5R01HL176991-02Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of arousability by signaling from the gut
      $581,808

      award amount

25. Johan Paulsson

    Leads 1 award · $466,125

    • 5R01GM081563-13Department: NIH department code

      Limits and trade-offs of feedback control
      $466,125

      award amount

26. Markus Thomas Basan

    Leads 1 award · $460,371

    • 5R35GM137895-07Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating physiology of dormant bacteria to combat antibiotic persistence
      $460,371

      award amount

27. Rachel Wilson

    Leads 1 award · $407,904

    • 5R01NS129647-05Department: NIH department code

      Dopaminergic Regulation of Spatial Learning
      $407,904

      award amount

28. Michael Springer

    Leads 1 award · $350,265

    • 5R01GM148497-04Department: NIH department code

      A novel and simple mechanism by which cells can sense enzymatic flux
      $350,265

      award amount

29. Sean Gregory Tsung-Megason

    Leads 1 award · $342,921

    • 5R01GM154339-10Department: NIH department code

      Dynamic regulatory mechanisms of robust pattern formation in the neural tube
      $342,921

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01EY036381-02, led by Allon Moshe Klein.

30. Jan Drugowitsch

    Leads 1 award · $241,873

    • 1R01DA067964-01Department: NIH department code

      CRCNS: Efficient control of behavioral and neural variability during perceptual decision-making
      $241,873

      award amount

31. Pamela A Silver

    Leads 1 award · $205,033

    • 5R21EB036741-02Department: NIH department code

      A portable synthetic human artificial chromosome for therapeutic development
      $205,033

      award amount

32. Lujing Chen

    Leads 1 award · $134,545

    • 1K99EY037380-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Neuronal and Vascular Interactions in the Visual System
      $134,545

      award amount

33. Elizabeth Lackey

    Leads 1 award · $120,582

    • 1K99NS146559-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Functional specializations of cerebellar interneuron subtypes
      $120,582

      award amount

34. Scott Andrew Shuster

    Leads 1 award · $120,501

    • 1K99NS146561-01Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating the molecular and functional diversity of dorsal root ganglia somatosensory neurons across mammals
      $120,501

      award amount

35. Nora Seeman Wolcott

    Leads 1 award · $80,866

    • 8K00DC024376-02Department: NIH department code

      Cyclic endocrine neuromodulation shapes sensory and spatial representations
      $80,866

      award amount

36. Kevin Mizes

    Leads 1 award · $76,780

    • 1F32MH143352-01Department: NIH department code

      In search of a 'common currency' circuit for social and non-social decision-making
      $76,780

      award amount

37. Alex Wang

    Leads 1 award · $76,300

    • 1F32NS146097-01Department: NIH department code

      Developmental Activity and Function of Layer 5 Cortical Circuits Following Early Postnatal Reorganization
      $76,300

      award amount

38. Marissa Sumathipala

    Leads 1 award · $43,325

    • 1F31MH145942-01Department: NIH department code

      Epigenetic regulation of serotonergic neuron subtype maturation and function by the DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A
      $43,325

      award amount

39. Natalia Andreeva

    Leads 1 award · $38,280

    • 1F31DK143670-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Understanding the Role and Regulation of Epithelial Ketogenesis in the Colon
      $38,280

      award amount

40. Paul Secchia

    Leads 1 award · $38,123

    • 5F31DC022795-02Department: NIH department code

      Human otopathology without invading the cochlea imaged using optical coherence tomography and verified with novel histological technique
      $38,123

      award amount

41. Rachel Hongo

    Leads 1 award · $38,123

    • 5F31CA294736-03Department: NIH department code

      Investigating microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) and growth factors as initiators of melanoma
      $38,123

      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.

• Chinfei Chen

  Co-investigator on 1R01EY038196-01, led by Michael Eldon Greenberg

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Boston Children's Hospital · Neurology (investigator's affiliation, 1 award)

• Benjamin Peter Kleinstiver

  Co-investigator on 2R01DC016932-06A1, led by David P Corey

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Massachusetts General Hospital · Radiology (investigator's affiliation, 1 award)

• Stephen John Kohut

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA063145-02, led by Carlos Ramon Ponce

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

• Naoshige Uchida

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA058777-03, led by Pascal Simon Kaeser

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Harvard University · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Marcos Sotomayor

  Co-investigator on 5R01DC000304-38, led by David P Corey

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Chicago · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• John T Williams

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA056109-04, led by Pascal Simon Kaeser

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Oregon Health & Science University · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Nathalie Yr Agar

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS126248-05, led by Gary I Yellen

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Miscellaneous (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Kanaka Rajan

  Co-investigator on 5R01EY038608-02, led by Carlos Ramon Ponce

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

• Taralyn Marie Tan

  Co-investigator on 5R25NS130945-04, led by John Assad

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