Anatomy & Cell Biology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Leads a grant in this department

21 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. Sarah E. Millar

   Leads 3 awards · $1,995,123

   • 5R01DC020980-03Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of anosmia and brain infection in a genetic mouse model of COVID-19
     $703,924

     award amount
   • 5R01EY036095-02Department: NIH department code

     Epigenetic regulation of the Meibomian gland in homeostasis and aging
     $697,363

     award amount
   • 5R01AR081322-05Department: NIH department code

     Molecular mechanisms controlling skin heterogeneity
     $593,836

     award amount

2. Christopher Michael Sturgeon

   Leads 2 awards · $1,772,672

   • 1R35HL184269-01Department: NIH department code

     Hemogenic mesoderm heterogeneity, regulation, and function
     $1,175,924

     award amount
   • 5R01EB035491-03Department: NIH department code

     Engineering pluripotent stem cells to evade and promote immunity

     Principal investigators: Christopher Michael Sturgeon (contact PI), Deepta Bhattacharya

     $596,748

     award amount

3. Marek Mlodzik

   Leads 3 awards · $1,629,078

   • 5R35GM127103-09Department: NIH department code

     Wnt/Frizzled-PCP signaling in development and disease
     $666,310

     award amount
   • 5R01EY013256-25Department: NIH department code

     Retinal Patterning During Eye Development
     $498,018

     award amount
   • 1R21HD120852-01Department: NIH department code

     Planar Cell Polarity function of the Wnt co-receptor Lrp5/6-Arrow
     $464,750

     award amount

4. Nicole Dubois

   Leads 2 awards · $1,363,753

   • 5R01HL175488-03Department: NIH department code

     Role of RNA-binding protein DDX3X in heart development and disease
     $709,907

     award amount
   • 5R01HL173318-03Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of de novo cardiac sarcomere assembly
     $653,846

     award amount

5. Elena Ezhkova

   Leads 3 awards · $1,309,493

   • 5R01AG089916-03Department: NIH department code

     Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Merkel Cell Loss and Regeneration

     Principal investigators: Elena Ezhkova (contact PI), Hongzhen Hu

     $605,076

     award amount
   • 3P30AR079200-05S1Department: NIH department code

     Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Center at Mount Sinai
     $561,617

     award amount
   • 5R21AR085270-02Department: NIH department code

     Unraveling Epigenetic and Transcription Control in Understudied Skin Types
     $142,800

     award amount

6. Robert S. Krauss

   Leads 2 awards · $1,117,054

   • 5R01DE024748-10Department: NIH department code

     Molecular and Developmental Analysis of Holoprosencephaly
     $571,054

     award amount
   • 2R56AR070231-11Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of muscle stem cell dynamics and quiescence
     $546,000

     award amount

7. Sergei Sokol

   Leads 2 awards · $1,009,081

   • 5R01HD092990-07Department: NIH department code

     Extracellular regulation of Xenopus development
     $527,909

     award amount
   • 5R35GM122492-10Department: NIH department code

     Cell polarity and morphogenesis in Xenopus embryos
     $481,172

     award amount

8. Zhe Ying

   Leads 1 award · $714,711

   • 5R01DE034100-02Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of salivary epithelium-specific expansion post-irradiation
     $714,711

     award amount

9. James J Bieker

   Leads 1 award · $642,909

   • 2R01DK046865-32Department: NIH department code

     Function of Putative Determinant in Hematopoiesis
     $642,909

     award amount

10. Alison May

    Leads 1 award · $619,839

    • 5R01DE034776-02Department: NIH department code

      Immune-derived mediators of salivary gland development and differentiation
      $619,839

      award amount

11. Prashanth Rangan

    Leads 1 award · $594,133

    • 5R35GM152236-03Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of Germ cell to maternal transition
      $594,133

      award amount

12. Michael Rendl

    Leads 1 award · $551,321

    • 1R01AR087375-01Department: NIH department code

      Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Dermal Condensate Formation
      $551,321

      award amount

13. Saghi Ghaffari

    Leads 1 award · $522,753

    • 5R01HL136255-08Department: NIH department code

      Mitochondria in the Regulation of Terminal Erythropoiesis
      $522,753

      award amount

14. Miho Matsuda

    Leads 1 award · $336,000

    • 1R01GM162376-01Department: NIH department code

      Apical junction fluidity control during epithelial morphogenesis
      $336,000

      award amount

15. Kaustav Mukherjee

    Leads 1 award · $168,000

    • 1R03TR006293-01Department: NIH department code

      Contribution of the Integrator subunit INTS12 in transcription elongation control during human erythropoiesis and in a rare congenital erythroid disorder.
      $168,000

      award amount

16. Sanjana Pillay

    Leads 1 award · $90,000

    • 5K99DK140510-02Department: NIH department code

      Elucidate the role of higher-order chromatin organization during terminal differentiation in mouse erythropoiesis
      $90,000

      award amount

17. Anagha Mira Menon

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31DK148044-01Department: NIH department code

      PINK1 in the regulation of terminal erythroid maturation and enucleation
      $50,114

      award amount

18. Henry Weith

    Leads 1 award · $49,914

    • 5F31DE035385-02Department: NIH department code

      Defining the role of tissue-resident macrophages during salivary gland morphogenesis
      $49,914

      award amount

19. Manegbe Eben

    Leads 1 award · $49,714

    • 1F31AR087288-01Department: NIH department code

      Roles of secreted Wnt inhibitors in controlling hair follicle polarity, patterning, and postnatal neogenesis
      $49,714

      award amount

20. Meagan Branch

    Leads 1 award · $23,747

    • 5F31AR082689-03Department: NIH department code

      The Epigenetic Regulation of Epidermal Stem Cells in Adult Skin Wound Healing
      $23,747

      award amount

21. Maya Pahima

    Leads 1 award · $19,894

    • 5F31HD111230-03Department: NIH department code

      Germline Stem Cell Establishment and the Role of Dazl in Gametogenesis
      $19,894

      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.

• Hongzhen Hu

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG089916-03, led by Elena Ezhkova

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Dermatology (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Deepta Bhattacharya

  Co-investigator on 5R01EB035491-03, led by Christopher Michael Sturgeon

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Arizona · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 3 awards)