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

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.

1. Sarah E. Millar

   Leads 4 awards · $2,062,884

   • 1R01EY036095-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Epigenetic regulation of the Meibomian gland in homeostasis and aging
     $744,432

     award amount
   • 5R01DC020980-02Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of anosmia and brain infection in a genetic mouse model of COVID-19
     $691,863

     award amount
   • 5R01AR081322-04Department: NIH department code

     Molecular mechanisms controlling skin heterogeneity
     $524,371

     award amount
   • 3R01AR081322-04S1Department: NIH department code

     Molecular mechanisms controlling skin heterogeneity
     $102,218

     award amount

2. Michael Rendl

   Leads 3 awards · $1,545,435

   • 5R01AR071047-10Department: NIH department code

     Specification, Molecular Control and Niche Functions of the Hair Follicle Mesenchyme
     $539,370

     award amount
   • 5R01AR077593-05Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of catagen regression and progenitor pruning by the dermal sheath
     $504,578

     award amount
   • 5R01AR079475-05Department: NIH department code

     Hair Follicle Dermal Stem Cell Functions and Potential
     $501,487

     award amount

3. Nicole Dubois

   Leads 2 awards · $1,386,513

   • 5R01HL175488-02Department: NIH department code

     Role of RNA-binding protein DDX3X in heart development and disease
     $719,324

     award amount
   • 5R01HL173318-02Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of de novo cardiac sarcomere assembly
     $667,189

     award amount

4. Saghi Ghaffari

   Leads 2 awards · $1,336,171

   • 4R01CA205975-09Department: NIH department code

     Lysosomes and their Communications with Mitochondria in Leukemic Stem Cell Disease Progression
     $802,750

     award amount
   • 5R01HL136255-07Department: NIH department code

     Mitochondria in the Regulation of Terminal Erythropoiesis
     $533,421

     award amount

5. Robert S. Krauss

   Leads 3 awards · $1,287,536

   • 5R01DE024748-09Department: NIH department code

     Molecular and Developmental Analysis of Holoprosencephaly
     $571,054

     award amount
   • 5R01AR070231-10Department: NIH department code

     Cadherin-Dependent Regulation of Satellite Cell Function
     $536,159

     award amount
   • 5R21AR084632-02Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of Muscle Stem Cells by Netrin Signaling
     $180,323

     award amount

6. Christopher Michael Sturgeon

   Leads 2 awards · $1,198,113

   • 5R01EB035491-02Department: NIH department code

     Engineering pluripotent stem cells to evade and promote immunity

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

     $599,236

     award amount
   • 5R01HL172940-02Department: NIH department code

     Characterization of multilineage definitive hematopoietic progenitors from human pluripotent stem cells
     $598,877

     award amount

7. Marek Mlodzik

   Leads 2 awards · $1,164,328

   • 5R35GM127103-08Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount
   • 2R01EY013256-24A1Department: NIH department code

     Retinal Patterning During Eye Development
     $498,018

     award amount

8. Sergei Sokol

   Leads 2 awards · $1,009,081

   • 2R01HD092990-06Department: NIH department code

     Extracellular regulation of Xenopus development
     $527,909

     award amount
   • 5R35GM122492-09Department: NIH department code

     Cell polarity and morphogenesis in Xenopus embryos
     $481,172

     award amount

9. Elena Ezhkova

   Leads 2 awards · $843,369

   • 5R01AG089916-02Department: NIH department code

     Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Merkel Cell Loss and Regeneration

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

     $592,973

     award amount
   • 1R21AR085270-01Department: NIH department code

     Unraveling Epigenetic and Transcription Control in Understudied Skin Types
     $250,396

     award amount

10. Zhe Ying

    Leads 1 award · $714,711

    • 1R01DE034100-01A1Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

11. Alison May

    Leads 1 award · $628,965

    • 1R01DE034776-01Department: NIH department code

      Immune-derived mediators of salivary gland development and differentiation
      $628,965

      award amount

12. Prashanth Rangan

    Leads 1 award · $594,133

    • 5R35GM152236-02Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of Germ cell to maternal transition
      $594,133

      award amount

13. Florence Louise Marlow

    Leads 1 award · $470,347

    • 5R35GM153244-02Department: NIH department code

      RNA regulation in germline development and fertility
      $470,347

      award amount

14. James J Bieker

    Leads 1 award · $211,250

    • 5R21DK139543-02Department: NIH department code

      Development of selective degradation strategies towards mutant transcription factors
      $211,250

      award amount

15. Sanjana Pillay

    Leads 1 award · $90,000

    • 1K99DK140510-01A1Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

16. Stephanie Danni Song

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 1F30HL182178-01Department: NIH department code

      Role of RNA-binding protein DDX3X in the endocardium during development and disease
      $54,538

      award amount

17. Henry Weith

    Leads 1 award · $50,338

    • 1F31DE035385-01Department: NIH department code

      Defining the role of tissue-resident macrophages during salivary gland morphogenesis
      $50,338

      award amount

18. Maya Pahima

    Leads 1 award · $47,938

    • 5F31HD111230-02Department: NIH department code

      Germline Stem Cell Establishment and the Role of Dazl in Gametogenesis
      $47,938

      award amount

19. Meagan Branch

    Leads 1 award · $47,938

    • 5F31AR082689-02Department: NIH department code

      The Epigenetic Regulation of Epidermal Stem Cells in Adult Skin Wound Healing
      $47,938

      award amount

20. Madison Weber

    Leads 1 award · $33,262

    • 5F31CA280993-02Department: NIH department code

      Merkel cell polyomavirus T-Antigen mediated reprogramming in adult epidermis
      $33,262

      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.

• Deepta Bhattacharya

  Co-investigator on 5R01EB035491-02, led by Christopher Michael Sturgeon

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Hongzhen Hu

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG089916-02, led by Elena Ezhkova

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Dermatology (NIH department code, 1 award)