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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Funding
$8M
$8,029,934
Awards
17
FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
16
15 lead a grant here, 1 co-investigator
Department rank
#49
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 Michigan State University page.

Leads a grant in this department

15 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. Jin He

    Leads 1 award · $1,036,458

    • 4RF1MH130544-04Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic mechanisms of histone methyltransferase ASH1L in autism spectrum disorder
      $1,036,458
      award amount
  2. Amy Ralston

    Leads 2 awards · $899,417

    • 5R35GM131759-07Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms regulating formation of diverse stem cell progenitors
      $466,378
      award amount
    • 5R01HD108722-05Department: NIH department code
      Signaling-regulated establishment of pluripotency in vivo
      $433,039
      award amount
  3. Benjamin Joseph Orlando

    Leads 2 awards · $786,542

    • 1R21AI196345-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of CbrA Transceptor Signaling in Pseudomonas
      $413,092
      award amount
    • 5R35GM146721-05Department: NIH department code
      Structural Basis of Antimicrobial Peptide Sensing and Resistance
      $373,450
      award amount
  4. Alexander Dickson

    Leads 1 award · $593,975

    • 1R35GM161406-01Department: NIH department code
      Exploring conformational and chemical spaces with advanced molecular simulation algorithms
      $593,975
      award amount
  5. Timothy R. Zacharewski

    Leads 1 award · $569,905

    • 5R01ES033898-03Department: NIH department code
      Toxic lipid intermediate accumulation and cobalamin depletion promote AHR-mediated hepatotoxicity and the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)-like pathologies
      $569,905
      award amount
  6. Robert Andrew Quinn

    Leads 1 award · $510,634

    • 5R01DK140854-03Department: NIH department code
      Prioritization and Bioactivity Characterization of Novel Bile Acids Produced by the Microbiome
      $510,634
      award amount
  7. Melanie Balbach

    Leads 1 award · $501,659

    • 1R01HD117669-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The role of calcium in capacitation-evoked changes in mammalian sperm metabolism
      $501,659
      award amount
  8. Michael Feig

    Leads 1 award · $424,164

    • 5R35GM126948-08Department: NIH department code
      Modeling and dynamics of biomolecules on cellular scales
      $424,164
      award amount
  9. Kristin N Parent

    Leads 1 award · $417,167

    • 2R35GM140803-06Department: NIH department code
      Bacteriophage interactions with enteric pathogens-the essential role of inner membrane protein YajC
      $417,167
      award amount
  10. Min-Hao Kuo

    Leads 1 award · $411,452

    • 5R01AG077475-03Department: NIH department code
      Hyperphosphorylated tau and the molecular mechanisms of tauopathy
      $411,452
      award amount
  11. Sophia Lunt

    Leads 1 award · $404,071

    • 5R01CA270136-05Department: NIH department code
      Examining PHGDH-mediated activation of sialic acid metabolism to drive triple-negative breast cancer metastasis
      $404,071
      award amount
  12. Aleksandra Skirycz

    Leads 1 award · $384,052

    • 5R35GM153298-03Department: NIH department code
      Protein-metabolite interaction networks for functional characterization of metabolites.
      $384,052
      award amount
  13. Polly Hsu

    Leads 1 award · $383,084

    • 5R35GM155375-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of upstream open reading frames in mRNA stability and translation
      $383,084
      award amount
  14. Hyojin (kelly) Kim

    Leads 1 award · $382,351

    • 5R35GM147522-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic Understanding of Post-Translational Membrane Protein Targeting
      $382,351
      award amount
  15. Daniel C Ducat

    Leads 1 award · $325,003

    • 5T32GM152798-03Department: NIH department code
      Plant Biotechnology for Health and Sustainability

      Principal investigators: Daniel C Ducat (contact PI), Robert Louis Last

      $325,003
      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.