FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Funding

$13.8M

$13,807,330

Awards

FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry

Principal investigators

26 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators

Department rank

#22

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 Johns Hopkins University page.

Leads a grant in this department

26 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

Jiou Wang
Leads 4 awards · $2,852,977
- 2RF1NS074324-16A1Department: NIH department code
  Investigating Novel Mechanisms Regulating Proteotoxic Stress and Protein Quality Control in ALS/FTD
  $944,934
  award amount
- 5R01NS089616-12Department: NIH department code
  Investigating the Novel Disease Pathways Associated with C9orf72-Linked ALS/FTD
  $683,791
  award amount
- 5R01NS110098-08Department: NIH department code
  Investigating Dysregulation of Stress-related Ribonucleoprotein Granules and Functions of Associated RNA-binding Proteins in ALS/FTD
  $619,620
  award amount
- 5R01NS128494-05Department: NIH department code
  Molecular Basis of Pathogenic Cascades in ALS/FTD Initiated from C9orf72 Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansion
  $604,632
  award amount
Sergi Regot
Leads 3 awards · $1,410,314
- 5R01CA266199-05Department: NIH department code
  The role of TRIM37 in driving tumorigenesis and cancer-specific vulnerability to PLK4 inhibition
  $507,998
  award amount
- 5R01CA279546-03Department: NIH department code
  Causes and Consequences of Whole Genome Duplication in Cancer Progression and Acquired Drug Resistance
  $462,570
  award amount
- 5R35GM133499-07Department: NIH department code
  Single Cell Analysis of MAPK Signaling Dynamics in Multicellularity
  $439,746
  award amount
Erin D Goley
Leads 3 awards · $1,125,457
- 5R35GM136221-07Department: NIH department code
  Local and global regulation of bacterial growth
  $427,510
  award amount
- 1R21AI196675-01Department: NIH department code
  Cell polarity in the obligate intracellular pathogen Rickettsia parkeri
  $423,355
  award amount
- 5R61AI179998-03Department: NIH department code
  Generation and characterization of a large-scale transposon mutant library of Rickettsia parkeri
  $274,592
  award amount
Tamara O'Connor
Leads 2 awards · $787,255
- 5R01AI163273-05Department: NIH department code
  Deciphering the role of peroxisomes in bacterial pathogenesis
  $554,130
  award amount
- 1R21AI199795-01Department: NIH department code
  Manipulation of host cell peroxisomes by the bacterial pathogen Legionella
  $233,125
  award amount
Danfeng Cai
Leads 1 award · $643,861
- 1R01CA303867-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Uncovering the formation and function of fusion oncoprotein condensates in translocation renal cell carcinoma
  Principal investigators: Danfeng Cai (contact PI), Eneda Toska
  $643,861
  award amount
Jeffery Coller
Leads 1 award · $608,823
- 5R35GM144114-05Department: NIH department code
  Understanding the relationship between codon optimality and mRNA stability
  $608,823
  award amount
Anthony K L Leung
Leads 1 award · $514,423
- 2R01GM104135-10A1Department: NIH department code
  Delineating the Principles of Poly(ADP-ribose)-Mediated Protein Condensation
  $514,423
  award amount
Ashani T Weeraratna
Leads 1 award · $512,040
- 5R01CA298306-02Department: NIH department code
  Recurrence and Resistance in the Aging Melanoma Microenvironment
  $512,040
  award amount
Joshua Modell
Leads 1 award · $470,261
- 2R35GM142731-06Department: NIH department code
  Mechanisms, regulation, and cell biology of rare CRISPR-Cas9 immunization events
  $470,261
  award amount
Mollie Katherine Meffert
Leads 1 award · $467,827
- 5R01MH129292-04Department: NIH department code
  Defining post-transcriptional gene regulation in FMRP-deficiency usingmiRNA:target chimeras
  $467,827
  award amount
Natasha Elizabeth Zachara
Leads 1 award · $440,290
- 1R21HD119943-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Novel Tools to Characterize OGT-XLID
  Principal investigators: Natasha Elizabeth Zachara (contact PI), Catherine Leimkuhler Grimes
  $440,290
  award amount
Stephen David Fried
Leads 1 award · $414,709
- 1R35GM161721-01Department: NIH department code
  Mapping The Molecular Architecture Of Biomolecular Condensates With Crosslinking Mass Spectrometry
  $414,709
  award amount
Ryuya Fukunaga
Leads 1 award · $409,375
- 5R35GM145352-05Department: NIH department code
  Investigating the molecular functions and mechanisms of RNA-binding proteins crucial for gametogenesis
  $409,375
  award amount
Geraldine Catherine Joelle Seydoux
Leads 1 award · $388,750
- 2R01HD037047-26Department: NIH department code
  Regulation of Germ Cell Fate during Embryogenesis
  $388,750
  award amount
Scott Bailey
Leads 1 award · $388,750
- 1R35GM161809-01Department: NIH department code
  Mechanistic studies of CRISPR immunity and DNAmethylation
  $388,750
  award amount
Luisa Cochella
Leads 1 award · $388,542
- 5R35GM156243-02Department: NIH department code
  Roles of microRNAs in animal development
  $388,542
  award amount
Jonathan Lynch
Leads 1 award · $388,333
- 1R35GM162486-01Department: NIH department code
  CHARACTERIZING FLAGELLAR MOTILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF HOST-MICROBE SYMBIOSIS
  $388,333
  award amount
Jennifer Marie Kavran
Leads 1 award · $388,125
- 5R35GM156573-02Department: NIH department code
  Mechanistic studies of protein kinases
  $388,125
  award amount
Allen Rowdon Buskirk
Leads 1 award · $334,206
- 5R01GM136960-06Department: NIH department code
  The role of collisions in rescuing stalled ribosomes in bacteria
  $334,206
  award amount
Kimiko Krieger
Leads 1 award · $248,333
- 5R00MD018671-04Department: NIH department code
  DELINEATING THE ROLE OF THE HOMOCYSTEINE-FOLATE-THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE AXIS AND URACIL ACCUMULATION IN AFRICAN AMERICAN PROSTATE TUMORS
  $248,333
  award amount
Seth S Margolis
Leads 1 award · $232,938
- 1R21NS147193-01Department: NIH department code
  Generating Critical Knowledge on the NMP Peptide Signaling in the Peripheral Nervous System
  $232,938
  award amount
Frances Flewelling Diehl
Leads 1 award · $124,618
- 1K99GM164738-01Department: NIH department code
  Regulation of ribosome homeostasis during cellular stress and cell type transitions
  $124,618
  award amount
Reddick Walker
Leads 1 award · $94,372
- 4K00CA305585-03Department: NIH department code
  Transposable Element Regulation and Expression During Cancer Progression
  $94,372
  award amount
Joshua J Black
Leads 1 award · $81,580
- 5F32AI181301-03Department: NIH department code
  Characterizing host translation inhibition by Legionella pneumophila
  $81,580
  award amount
Lillian Xu
Leads 1 award · $55,114
- 5F30CA294601-03Department: NIH department code
  Comparative analysis of M-CSF and GM-CSF in human monocyte metabolic reprogramming and differentiation into tumor-associated macrophage-like cells
  $55,114
  award amount
Emily Eiss
Leads 1 award · $36,057
- 5F31MH136717-03Department: NIH department code
  Characterizing the regulatory roles of microRNA on mitochondria in the mammalian CNS
  $36,057
  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.

Eneda Toska
Co-investigator on 1R01CA303867-01A1, led by Danfeng Cai
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Johns Hopkins University · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
Catherine Leimkuhler Grimes
Co-investigator on 1R21HD119943-01A1, led by Natasha Elizabeth Zachara
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Delaware · Chemistry (NIH department code, 2 awards)
- Scripps Research Institute (no department on record, 1 award)