FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Biochemistry at Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
- 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.
Anton Nekrutenko
Leads 3 awards · $4,947,215
- 5U24AI183870-03Department: NIH department codeAn in integrated platform for multiomic analyses of pathogen and host data using scalable public infrastructure
Principal investigators: Anton Nekrutenko (contact PI), Kelsey M Beavers, Maximilian Haeussler, Michael Schatz, Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond
$3,211,994award amount - 2U24HG006620-15A1Department: NIH department codeDemocratization of Data Analysis in Life Sciences Through Galaxy
Principal investigators: Anton Nekrutenko (contact PI), Daniel James Blankenberg, Jeremy Goecks, Michael Schatz
$1,263,872award amount - 3U24AI183870-03S1Department: NIH department codeAn in integrated platform for multiomic analyses of pathogen and host data using scalable public infrastructure
Principal investigators: Anton Nekrutenko (contact PI), Kelsey M Beavers, Maximilian Haeussler, Michael Schatz, Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond
$471,349award amount
Joyce Jose
Leads 1 award · $752,854
- 5R01AI176505-03Department: NIH department codeMechanisms 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
$752,854award amount
Melissa Rolls
Leads 3 awards · $721,757
- 5R01GM085115-16Department: NIH department codeMechanisms that control neuronal microtubule polarity$355,029award amount
- 5R01NS121245-05Department: NIH department codePairing Modeling and Experiment to Understand Microtubule Behavior in Healthy and Injured Neurons
Principal investigators: Melissa Rolls (contact PI), Maria-Veronica Ciocanel, Scott A McKinley
$304,337award amount - 3R01GM085115-16S1Department: NIH department codeMechanisms that control neuronal microtubule polarity$62,391award amount
Moriah Szpara
Leads 1 award · $619,599
- 5R01AI163217-05Department: NIH department codeThe impact of viral genomic variation on neonatal disease outcomes$619,599award amount
Song Tan
Leads 1 award · $618,770
- 5R35GM127034-08Department: NIH department codeStructural studies of chromatin complexes$618,770award amount
Lu Bai
Leads 1 award · $583,193
- 2R35GM139654-06Department: NIH department codeMechanism of chromatin accessibility, 3D chromosome organization, and their functions in gene regulation$583,193award amount
Amie K Boal
Leads 1 award · $566,332
- 2R35GM119707-11Department: NIH department codeMapping the Structural Basis for Mechanistic Diversity in Metalloenzyme Superfamilies$566,332award amount
Paul L Babitzke
Leads 2 awards · $519,211
- 5R35GM153190-03Department: NIH department codePost-transcription Initiation Control of Gene Expression$456,521award amount
- 3R35GM153190-03S1Department: NIH department codePost-transcription Initiation Control of Gene Expression$62,690award amount
Shaun Aengus Mahony
Leads 1 award · $464,519
- 5R35GM144135-05Department: NIH department codeUnderstanding the predeterminants of transcription factor regulatory activity$464,519award amount
Katsuhiko Murakami
Leads 1 award · $451,127
- 5R35GM156623-02Department: NIH department codeStructural study of direct associations between cellular RNA polymerase and regulatory factors during the transcription cycle$451,127award amount
Wen Jiang
Leads 1 award · $432,575
- 1R21GM164827-01Department: NIH department codeControlled 3D Condensation of Proteins to Avoid Air-water Interface Challenges for High-resolution Single Particle Cryo-electron Tomography$432,575award amount
Jean-Paul Armache
Leads 1 award · $425,667
- 1R35GM161751-01Department: NIH department codeMolecular Mechanisms of Chromatin Remodeling and Deacetylation$425,667award amount
Manyu Du
Leads 1 award · $419,939
- 1R35GM166242-01Department: NIH department codeLive-cell super-resolution imaging of enhancer-mediated gene bursting$419,939award amount
Emily E Weinert
Leads 1 award · $400,568
- 5R35GM156196-02Department: NIH department codeElucidating Novel Cyclic Nucleotide Signaling Pathways and Physiological Effects in Bacteria$400,568award amount
Manuel Llinas
Leads 2 awards · $393,250
- 1R21AI191113-01A1Department: NIH department codeHarnessing single-cell transcriptomics for the determination of sexual dimorphism during Plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis$196,625award amount
- 1R21AI193904-01A1Department: NIH department codeRevealing the Role of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Plasmodium falciparum Transcriptional Regulation$196,625award amount
Timothy Miyashiro
Leads 1 award · $392,825
- 5R35GM152259-03Department: NIH department codeMolecular determinants of bacterial interactions and maintenance in the Vibrio fischeri-Euprymna scolopes symbiosis$392,825award amount
Ganesh S Anand
Leads 1 award · $387,783
- 5R35GM158169-02Department: NIH department codeVirus breathing and assembly-disassembly transitions in host-entry$387,783award amount
Marina Feric
Leads 1 award · $387,084
- 5R35GM154931-03Department: NIH department codeFlow Of Gene Expression Across Mitochondrial Condensates$387,084award amount
Jordan Adam Bisanz
Leads 1 award · $376,189
- 5R35GM151045-04Department: NIH department codeDecoding Microbial Diversity in the Human Gut Microbiome$376,189award amount
Timothy C. Meredith
Leads 1 award · $316,684
- 5R01GM127482-09Department: NIH department codeN-terminal acylation of Lipoproteins in Firmicutes$316,684award amount
Joseph C Reese
Leads 1 award · $308,359
- 5T32GM152354-03Department: NIH department codeEukaryotic Gene Regulation (EGR) Training Program$308,359award amount
Scott E Lindner
Leads 1 award · $247,000
- 1R21AI193362-01A1Department: NIH department codeTriggers of Translational Repression Release in Plasmodium Sexual Stage Parasites$247,000award amount
Wendy Hanna-Rose
Leads 1 award · $193,812
- 5R21NS143788-02Department: NIH department codeMyopathy in purine metabolic disorders: a model for adenylosuccinate synthase deficiency$193,812award amount
Min Soo Kim
Leads 1 award · $38,391
- 5F31AI183815-02Department: NIH department codeDecoding the polymicrobial interactions in bile acid metabolism by the gut microbiome.$38,391award 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
- Johns Hopkins University · Biostatistics & Math Sciences (NIH department code, 2 awards)
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
- University of California Santa Cruz · Engineering (NIH department code, 1 award)
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
- Temple University · Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)
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
- Moffitt Cancer Center (no department on record, 1 award)
Indira U Mysorekar
Co-investigator on 5R01AI176505-03, led by Joyce Jose
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- Baylor College of Medicine · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 2 awards)
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.