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. George Lucian Moldovan

   Leads 2 awards · $994,952

   • 2R01GM134681-06A1Department: 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
   • 5R01ES026184-09Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount

2. Guy Edmund Townsend

   Leads 2 awards · $900,341

   • 5R01DK132711-03Department: NIH department code

     Elucidating the consequences of dietary sugar consumption on the gut microbiota
     $506,330

     award amount
   • 5R01GM147178-04Department: NIH department code

     Harnessing the gut microbiome to detect and quantify glycans
     $394,011

     award amount

3. Kent E Vrana

   Leads 1 award · $593,686

   • 5R01AT012053-03Department: NIH department code

     AI-based Mapping of Complex Cannabis Extracts in Pain Pathways

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

     $593,686

     award amount

4. Fang Tian

   Leads 1 award · $428,255

   • 1R35GM156289-01Department: NIH department code

     Translate Membrane Structure Into Protein Functions.
     $428,255

     award amount

5. Mark Hedglin

   Leads 1 award · $394,265

   • 5R35GM147238-04Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount

6. Anirban Paul

   Leads 1 award · $388,648

   • 1R21AG095562-01Department: NIH department code

     Polycomb Repressive Complexes and Chromatin Architecture in Cellular Aging of the Brain
     $388,648

     award amount

7. Claudia M Nicolae

   Leads 1 award · $368,139

   • 5R01CA244417-05Department: NIH department code

     The role of PARP10 in alleviating replication stress and promoting cellular proliferation and tumorigenesis
     $368,139

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 2R01GM134681-06A1, led by George Lucian Moldovan.

8. Matthew Swulius

   Leads 1 award · $357,869

   • 5R01NS126448-03Department: 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
     $357,869

     award amount

9. Alexandra Nusawardhana

   Leads 1 award · $36,532

   • 1F31CA294862-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Investigating the Regulation of the exonuclease EXO1 in genome stability.
     $36,532

     award amount

10. Seth G Kabonick

    Leads 1 award · $36,532

    • 1F31DK145176-01Department: NIH department code

      How Bacteroides species coordinate glycogen metabolism and global gene expression to colonize the mammalian intestine
      $36,532

      award amount

11. Ilias Georgakopoulos-Soares

    Leads 1 award · $21,648

    • 5R35GM155468-02Department: NIH department code

      Harnessing the Power of Kmers: Concepts and Methods for Genomic and Proteomic Research
      $21,648

      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 5R01AT012053-03, led by Kent E Vrana

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Virginia · Neurology (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • Penn State College of Medicine · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 1 award)