FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Biology 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 Biology row of the Pennsylvania 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.
Seth R Bordenstein
Leads 3 awards · $1,690,859
- 5R01AI179743-03Department: NIH department codeThe Epigenetics of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility
Principal investigators: Seth R Bordenstein (contact PI), Rupinder Kaur
$597,151award amount - 5R01AI189624-02Department: NIH department codeThe Molecular Mechanism of a Male Killing Gene$553,037award amount
- 5T32GM156692-02Department: NIH department codeBiotechnological and Integrative Opportunities in Microbiome Sciences (BIOMS)
Principal investigators: Seth R Bordenstein (contact PI), Jasna Kovac
$540,671award amount
Kateryna Makova
Leads 2 awards · $1,256,753
- 5R35GM151945-03Department: NIH department codeNon-B DNA and Genome Evolution$863,503award amount
- 1R03HG014804-01Department: NIH department codeVariability in organization and expression of multi-copy genes on human sex chromosomes$393,250award amount
Janine Lynn Kwapis
Leads 3 awards · $1,165,372
- 1R01MH140966-01Department: NIH department codeEpigenetic mechanisms underlying stress-enhanced fear learning in males and females$659,846award amount
- 5R01AG074041-05Department: NIH department codeDiurnal control of memory allocation by the circadian gene Per1$308,901award amount
- 1R21AG090642-01A1Department: NIH department codeEpigenetic and cellular mechanisms of age-related impairments in memory updating$196,625award amount
Nicole Ashley Crowley
Leads 2 awards · $917,182
- 5R01AA031472-02Department: NIH department codeSex-dependent shifts in behavioral profiles and cortical signaling following adolescent binge drinking
Principal investigators: Nicole Ashley Crowley (contact PI), Nanyin Zhang
$603,336award amount - 5R01AA029403-05Department: NIH department codePrelimbic somatostatin peptide signaling in binge ethanol consumption$313,846award amount
Elizabeth Ann McGraw
Leads 1 award · $576,192
- 5R01AI177352-04Department: NIH department codeExploring the coevolutionary potential of chikungunya virus and its Aedes mosquito vectors$576,192award amount
Moriah Szpara
Leads 1 award · $549,764
- 1R01AI203226-01Department: NIH department codeThe Evolutionary Flexibility of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 in Different Cellular Contexts$549,764award amount
Yingwei Mao
Leads 1 award · $427,134
- 1R21HD122002-01Department: NIH department codeConcept-proof of treatment in a rodent model of thrombocytopenia-absent-radius (TAR) syndrome$427,134award amount
Grayson Oren Sipe
Leads 1 award · $407,603
- 1R35GM162859-01Department: NIH department codeInvestigating brain-body allostasis via longitudinal in vivo imaging$407,603award amount
Sarah M Assmann
Leads 1 award · $396,275
- 5R35GM153492-03Department: NIH department codePhospho- and natural-variant regulation of heterotrimeric G protein signaling$396,275award amount
Christian Huber
Leads 1 award · $393,498
- 5R35GM146886-05Department: NIH department codeThe role of admixture in human evolution$393,498award amount
Emily R. Davenport
Leads 1 award · $387,670
- 5R35GM146980-05Department: NIH department codeCharacterizing human-microbiome interactions via molecular and functional genomic approaches$387,670award amount
Zachary Alfano Szpiech
Leads 1 award · $370,425
- 5R35GM146926-05Department: NIH department codePopulation Genetics Methods for Understanding Complex Trait Evolution$370,425award amount
Juan Manuel Vazquez
Leads 1 award · $249,000
- 5R00AG088361-03Department: NIH department codePatterns and Mechanisms Underlying Somatic Mutations Across Long-Lived Bats$249,000award amount
Gwendolyn Erin Burgess
Leads 1 award · $76,780
- 1F32AA032721-01A1Department: NIH department codeExamining somatostatin receptor pathways following binge drinking: a focus on PFC-->PAG projections$76,780award amount
Laurel Seemiller
Leads 1 award · $76,780
- 5F32AA031396-03Department: NIH department codeSex differences in somatostatin cell dynamics and exploratory behavior after adolescent binge drinking in mice$76,780award 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.
Nanyin Zhang
Co-investigator on 5R01AA031472-02, led by Nicole Ashley Crowley
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- Pennsylvania State University · Biomedical Engineering (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Rupinder Kaur
Co-investigator on 5R01AI179743-03, led by Seth R Bordenstein
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Jasna Kovac
Co-investigator on 5T32GM156692-02, led by Seth R Bordenstein
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.