Biochemistry at Penn State College of Medicine

Leads a grant in this department

11 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. Jason C Mills

   Leads 2 awards · $1,096,210

   • 7R01DK105129-12Department: NIH department code

     MECHANISMS OF CHIEF CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION
     $587,800

     award amount
   • 7R01DK094989-15Department: NIH department code

     REGULATION OF ATROPHY-INDUCED PROGENITOR CELLS IN THE GASTRIC CORPUS
     $508,410

     award amount

2. George Lucian Moldovan

   Leads 2 awards · $994,952

   • 5R01GM134681-07Department: NIH department code

     The role of DNA damage tolerance pathways in human cells

     Principal investigators: George Lucian Moldovan (contact PI), Claudia M Nicolae

     $615,419

     award amount
   • 5R01ES026184-10Department: NIH department code

     The Role of Mono-ADP-Ribosylation by PARP14 in Radioresistance
     $379,533

     award amount

3. Kent E Vrana

   Leads 2 awards · $774,184

   • 5R01AT012053-04Department: NIH department code

     AI-based Mapping of Complex Cannabis Extracts in Pain Pathways

     Principal investigators: Kent E Vrana (contact PI), Nikolay Dokholyan

     $666,706

     award amount
   • 1T32AT013561-01Department: NIH department code

     Penn State - Natural Products Pharmacology Training Program (PS-NPPTP)
     $107,478

     award amount

4. Guy Edmund Townsend

   Leads 1 award · $562,589

   • 5R01DK132711-04Department: NIH department code

     Elucidating the consequences of dietary sugar consumption on the gut microbiota
     $562,589

     award amount

5. Fang Tian

   Leads 1 award · $428,255

   • 5R35GM156289-02Department: NIH department code

     Translate Membrane Structure Into Protein Functions.
     $428,255

     award amount

6. Matthew Swulius

   Leads 1 award · $397,874

   • 5R01NS126448-04Department: NIH department code

     Using cryo-electron tomography and live-cell fluorescent imaging to study the role of cofilin in regulating neuronal filopodial structure and dynamics
     $397,874

     award amount

7. Mark Hedglin

   Leads 1 award · $394,265

   • 5R35GM147238-05Department: NIH department code

     Deciphering the progression and regulation of human translesion DNA synthesis
     $394,265

     award amount

8. James R. Broach

   Leads 1 award · $267,704

   • 1R21AI196636-01Department: NIH department code

     An Assay for Paenibacillus Detection in Low Resourced Settings
     $267,704

     award amount

9. Yongji Zeng

   Leads 1 award · $163,665

   • 1K01DK147684-01Department: NIH department code

     The Role of YAP1 and TAZ in Chief Cell Plasticity
     $163,665

     award amount

10. Cynthia Lascarez

    Leads 1 award · $37,168

    • 1F31CA309889-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Novel mechanisms of genomic instability induced by benzo[a]pyrene exposure during carcinogenesis
      $37,168

      award amount

11. Seth G Kabonick

    Leads 1 award · $37,108

    • 5F31DK145176-02Department: NIH department code

      How Bacteroides species coordinate glycogen metabolism and global gene expression to colonize the mammalian intestine
      $37,108

      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.

• Nikolay Dokholyan

  Co-investigator on 5R01AT012053-04, led by Kent E Vrana

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Virginia · Neurology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Claudia M Nicolae

  Co-investigator on 5R01GM134681-07, led by George Lucian Moldovan

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Penn State College of Medicine · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)