FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Physiology at Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
- 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 Physiology row of the Johns Hopkins University page.
Leads a grant in this department
28 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Zhaozhu Qiu
Leads 2 awards · $1,850,718
- 4RF1NS134549-02Department: NIH department codeValidation of a new large-pore channel as a novel target for neuropathic pain
Principal investigators: Zhaozhu Qiu (contact PI), Yun Guan
$1,359,468award amount - 5R35GM124824-10Department: NIH department codeMolecular Identity and Physiological Function of Novel Chloride Channels$491,250award amount
Rajini Rao
Leads 2 awards · $1,783,204
- 5UC2HD113036-04Department: NIH department codeMinerals in Nutrition and Development$973,697award amount
- 5T32GM135457-07Department: NIH department codeTraining Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine$809,507award amount
Svetlana Lutsenko
Leads 3 awards · $1,628,194
- 5R01DK117396-07Department: NIH department codeCopper Homeostasis and Liver Function
Principal investigators: Svetlana Lutsenko (contact PI), James P Hamilton
$609,278award amount - 5R01DK071865-20Department: NIH department codeMolecular Mechanisms of Active Copper Transport$555,594award amount
- 5R01NS134958-03Department: NIH department codeThe Role of Copper in Choroid Plexus$463,322award amount
Shuying Sun
Leads 2 awards · $1,399,329
- 5R01AG078948-05Department: NIH department codeRegulation mechanism and functional genomics of LINE1 RNA in TDP-43 linked neurodegeneration
Principal investigators: Shuying Sun (contact PI), Xianjun Dong
$819,184award amount - 5R01NS127925-03Department: NIH department codeThe role of m6A RNA methylation in C9ORF72-ALS/FTD$580,145award amount
Jennifer L Pluznick
Leads 2 awards · $1,298,361
- 5R01DK137762-03Department: NIH department codeOlfactory Receptor 558 (OLFR558) Ligands and Blood Pressure Regulation
Principal investigators: Jennifer L Pluznick (contact PI), Vladlen Z Slepak
$682,353award amount - 5R01DK139021-03Department: NIH department codeSex Differences in Blood Pressure and Olfactory Receptor 558 (OLFR558)$616,008award amount
James M. Berger
Leads 2 awards · $1,293,147
- 5R35CA263778-06Department: NIH department codeUnderstanding and exploiting DNA topoisomerases in cancer biology$885,095award amount
- 5R37GM071747-22Department: NIH department codeMechanistic Studies of Replication Initiation in Prokaryotes$408,052award amount
Karen G. Fleming
Leads 2 awards · $1,038,043
- 5T32GM135131-07Department: NIH department codeProgram in Molecular Biophysics$647,005award amount
- 5R35GM148199-04Department: NIH department codeForces Driving Membrane Protein Folds$391,038award amount
Cynthia Wolberger
Leads 1 award · $917,920
- 5R35GM130393-08Department: NIH department codeMechanistic studies of chromatin modification in transcription regulation$917,920award amount
Bin Wu
Leads 2 awards · $853,875
- 1R21AG096724-01Department: NIH department codeImaging translation of single endogenous mRNAs in genetically engineered human ALS/FTD iPSC-derived neurons$427,625award amount
- 1R35GM161776-01Department: NIH department codeProbe translation regulation by imaging single protein-mRNA interaction in live cells$426,250award amount
Steven Michael Claypool
Leads 2 awards · $818,714
- 5R01HL165729-04Department: NIH department codeAn intimate and multifaceted partnership: cardiolipin and the mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier$494,106award amount
- 5R01GM151746-04Department: NIH department codeEndoplasmic reticulum-assisted mitochondrial precursor biogenesis and quality control$324,608award amount
Edward C Twomey
Leads 2 awards · $798,021
- 5R35GM154904-03Department: NIH department codeLigand Gated Ion Channels Across Time and Space$409,375award amount
- 1R01NS148147-01Department: NIH department codeMolecular Mechanisms of Delta-2 Receptor Dysfunction in Neurological Diseases$388,646award amount
Jie Xiao
Leads 1 award · $681,207
- 5R35GM136436-07Department: NIH department codeMolecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Bacterial Cell Wall Constriction and Chromosome Organization$681,207award amount
Yuan He
Leads 1 award · $659,115
- 5R35GM158347-02Department: NIH department codeStructure and mechanism of how cells read and repair the genome$659,115award amount
Guang William Wong
Leads 1 award · $625,807
- 5R01DK084171-15Department: NIH department codeCTRP and Metabolic Control$625,807award amount
Sarah A. Woodson
Leads 1 award · $615,492
- 5R35GM136351-07Department: NIH department codeAssembly Mechanisms of RNA-Protein Complexes for Genetic Control$615,492award amount
Chang Liu
Leads 1 award · $478,761
- 5DP2AI177906-04Department: NIH department codeEmerging mechanisms of viral gene regulation from battles between host and SARS-CoV-2$478,761award amount
Evan S O'Brien
Leads 1 award · $466,363
- 1DP1DA066056-01Department: NIH department codeCharacterizing and exploiting "allosteric crosstalk" amongst pain receptors$466,363award amount
Dominique Pascal Frueh
Leads 1 award · $450,313
- 5R35GM156407-02Department: NIH department codeMolecular Mechanisms Remodeling Dynamic Landscapes in Multidomain Enzymatic Factories$450,313award amount
Gregory Dean Bowman
Leads 1 award · $423,129
- 1R35GM161347-01Department: NIH department codeMechanistic Studies of Chromatin Remodeling$423,129award amount
Margaret Ellen Johnson
Leads 1 award · $420,936
- 1R35GM161901-01Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of Protein Self-Assembly Coupled to Membrane Mechanics in the Cell$420,936award amount
Douglas E. Barrick
Leads 1 award · $417,450
- 5R35GM158123-02Department: NIH department codeThermodynamic and Functional Analysis of Consensus and Covariance in Proteins, and Bivalent Notch Complexes$417,450award amount
Jungsan Sohn
Leads 1 award · $409,393
- 5R35GM145363-05Department: NIH department codeMechanistic Studies of cytosolic double-stranded DNA sensing pathways.$409,393award amount
Evgenia Nikolaevna Nikolova
Leads 1 award · $343,875
- 5R01GM147642-05Department: NIH department codeDissecting the Mechanisms of Pioneer Factor Facilitated Chromatin Opening$343,875award amount
Kimberly Ann Reynolds
Leads 1 award · $329,490
- 5R01GM136842-07Department: NIH department codeMapping Genetic Variation in Enzyme Velocity to Growth Rate Phenotype$329,490award amount
Yuan-Chi Huang
Leads 1 award · $249,000
- 5R00GM143481-04Department: NIH department codeReconstructing and deconstructing intracellular signaling at the membrane-cytosol interface$249,000award amount
Curtis Hahnyong Beck
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 5F31CA294935-02Department: NIH department codeTopologically complex DNA substrates to aid structure determination of the human topoisomerase IIa$50,114award amount
Elise White
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 5F31AI186509-02Department: NIH department codeModeling Hfq-RNA Dynamics on an Atomistic Scale$50,114award amount
Lucas Dillard
Leads 1 award · $49,538
- 5F31GM157915-02Department: NIH department codeMapping Tight Junction Architecture$49,538award 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.
Yun Guan
Co-investigator on 4RF1NS134549-02, led by Zhaozhu Qiu
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- Johns Hopkins University · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
- Johns Hopkins University · Anesthesiology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Xianjun Dong
Co-investigator on 5R01AG078948-05, led by Shuying Sun
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Brigham and Women's Hospital · Neurology (investigator's affiliation, 1 award)
Vladlen Z Slepak
Co-investigator on 5R01DK137762-03, led by Jennifer L Pluznick
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Miami School of Medicine · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)
James P Hamilton
Co-investigator on 5R01DK117396-07, led by Svetlana Lutsenko
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Pan Li
Co-investigator on 1R21AG096724-01, led by Bin Wu
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Johns Hopkins University · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 2 awards)