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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA

Funding
$15M
$14,964,703
Awards
30
FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
33
24 lead a grant here, 9 co-investigators
Department rank
#19
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 Pennsylvania State University page.

Leads a grant in this department

24 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. Anton Nekrutenko

    Leads 3 awards · $4,947,215

  2. Joyce Jose

    Leads 1 award · $752,854

    • 5R01AI176505-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of tunneling nanotube formation by ZIKV NS1 in viral host interactions at the maternal-fetal interface

      Principal investigators: Joyce Jose (contact PI), Indira U Mysorekar

      $752,854
      award amount
  3. Melissa Rolls

    Leads 3 awards · $721,757

    • 5R01GM085115-16Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms that control neuronal microtubule polarity
      $355,029
      award amount
    • 5R01NS121245-05Department: NIH department code
      Pairing Modeling and Experiment to Understand Microtubule Behavior in Healthy and Injured Neurons

      Principal investigators: Melissa Rolls (contact PI), Maria-Veronica Ciocanel, Scott A McKinley

      $304,337
      award amount
    • 3R01GM085115-16S1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms that control neuronal microtubule polarity
      $62,391
      award amount
  4. Moriah Szpara

    Leads 1 award · $619,599

    • 5R01AI163217-05Department: NIH department code
      The impact of viral genomic variation on neonatal disease outcomes
      $619,599
      award amount
  5. Song Tan

    Leads 1 award · $618,770

    • 5R35GM127034-08Department: NIH department code
      Structural studies of chromatin complexes
      $618,770
      award amount
  6. Lu Bai

    Leads 1 award · $583,193

    • 2R35GM139654-06Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of chromatin accessibility, 3D chromosome organization, and their functions in gene regulation
      $583,193
      award amount
  7. Amie K Boal

    Leads 1 award · $566,332

    • 2R35GM119707-11Department: NIH department code
      Mapping the Structural Basis for Mechanistic Diversity in Metalloenzyme Superfamilies
      $566,332
      award amount
  8. Paul L Babitzke

    Leads 2 awards · $519,211

    • 5R35GM153190-03Department: NIH department code
      Post-transcription Initiation Control of Gene Expression
      $456,521
      award amount
    • 3R35GM153190-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Post-transcription Initiation Control of Gene Expression
      $62,690
      award amount
  9. Shaun Aengus Mahony

    Leads 1 award · $464,519

    • 5R35GM144135-05Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the predeterminants of transcription factor regulatory activity
      $464,519
      award amount
  10. Katsuhiko Murakami

    Leads 1 award · $451,127

    • 5R35GM156623-02Department: NIH department code
      Structural study of direct associations between cellular RNA polymerase and regulatory factors during the transcription cycle
      $451,127
      award amount
  11. Wen Jiang

    Leads 1 award · $432,575

    • 1R21GM164827-01Department: NIH department code
      Controlled 3D Condensation of Proteins to Avoid Air-water Interface Challenges for High-resolution Single Particle Cryo-electron Tomography
      $432,575
      award amount
  12. Jean-Paul Armache

    Leads 1 award · $425,667

    • 1R35GM161751-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of Chromatin Remodeling and Deacetylation
      $425,667
      award amount
  13. Manyu Du

    Leads 1 award · $419,939

    • 1R35GM166242-01Department: NIH department code
      Live-cell super-resolution imaging of enhancer-mediated gene bursting
      $419,939
      award amount
  14. Emily E Weinert

    Leads 1 award · $400,568

    • 5R35GM156196-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating Novel Cyclic Nucleotide Signaling Pathways and Physiological Effects in Bacteria
      $400,568
      award amount
  15. Manuel Llinas

    Leads 2 awards · $393,250

    • 1R21AI191113-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing single-cell transcriptomics for the determination of sexual dimorphism during Plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis
      $196,625
      award amount
    • 1R21AI193904-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Revealing the Role of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Plasmodium falciparum Transcriptional Regulation
      $196,625
      award amount
  16. Timothy Miyashiro

    Leads 1 award · $392,825

    • 5R35GM152259-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular determinants of bacterial interactions and maintenance in the Vibrio fischeri-Euprymna scolopes symbiosis
      $392,825
      award amount
  17. Ganesh S Anand

    Leads 1 award · $387,783

    • 5R35GM158169-02Department: NIH department code
      Virus breathing and assembly-disassembly transitions in host-entry
      $387,783
      award amount
  18. Marina Feric

    Leads 1 award · $387,084

    • 5R35GM154931-03Department: NIH department code
      Flow Of Gene Expression Across Mitochondrial Condensates
      $387,084
      award amount
  19. Jordan Adam Bisanz

    Leads 1 award · $376,189

    • 5R35GM151045-04Department: NIH department code
      Decoding Microbial Diversity in the Human Gut Microbiome
      $376,189
      award amount
  20. Timothy C. Meredith

    Leads 1 award · $316,684

    • 5R01GM127482-09Department: NIH department code
      N-terminal acylation of Lipoproteins in Firmicutes
      $316,684
      award amount
  21. Joseph C Reese

    Leads 1 award · $308,359

    • 5T32GM152354-03Department: NIH department code
      Eukaryotic Gene Regulation (EGR) Training Program
      $308,359
      award amount
  22. Scott E Lindner

    Leads 1 award · $247,000

    • 1R21AI193362-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Triggers of Translational Repression Release in Plasmodium Sexual Stage Parasites
      $247,000
      award amount
  23. Wendy Hanna-Rose

    Leads 1 award · $193,812

    • 5R21NS143788-02Department: NIH department code
      Myopathy in purine metabolic disorders: a model for adenylosuccinate synthase deficiency
      $193,812
      award amount
  24. Min Soo Kim

    Leads 1 award · $38,391

    • 5F31AI183815-02Department: NIH department code
      Decoding the polymicrobial interactions in bile acid metabolism by the gut microbiome.
      $38,391
      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.

  • Michael Schatz

    Co-investigator on 5U24AI183870-03, led by Anton Nekrutenko; 2U24HG006620-15A1, led by Anton Nekrutenko; 3U24AI183870-03S1, led by Anton Nekrutenko

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Kelsey M Beavers

    Co-investigator on 5U24AI183870-03, led by Anton Nekrutenko; 3U24AI183870-03S1, led by Anton Nekrutenko

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Maximilian Haeussler

    Co-investigator on 5U24AI183870-03, led by Anton Nekrutenko; 3U24AI183870-03S1, led by Anton Nekrutenko

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond

    Co-investigator on 5U24AI183870-03, led by Anton Nekrutenko; 3U24AI183870-03S1, led by Anton Nekrutenko

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Daniel James Blankenberg

    Co-investigator on 2U24HG006620-15A1, led by Anton Nekrutenko

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Jeremy Goecks

    Co-investigator on 2U24HG006620-15A1, led by Anton Nekrutenko

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Indira U Mysorekar

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI176505-03, led by Joyce Jose

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Maria-Veronica Ciocanel

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS121245-05, led by Melissa Rolls

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Scott A McKinley

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS121245-05, led by Melissa Rolls

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.