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FY2024 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

Funding
$13M
$13,008,662
Awards
33
FY2024 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
23
17 lead a grant here, 6 co-investigators
Department rank
#21
of 139 · 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 Thomas Jefferson University page.

Leads a grant in this department

17 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. Ya-Ming Hou

    Leads 5 awards · $2,089,574

    • 1R01HG013302-01Department: NIH department code
      Twice reading of RNA by direct nanopore sequencing
      $780,734
      award amount
    • 5R35GM134931-05Department: NIH department code
      tRNA in codon usage
      $546,000
      award amount
    • 5R01AI164490-04Department: NIH department code
      TrmD-targeting actinobacterial natural products as next generation antibiotics

      Principal investigators: Ya-Ming Hou (contact PI), Ben Shen

      $483,241
      award amount
    • 5R21AG082005-02Department: NIH department code
      The tRNA pool in C9-ALS/FTD
      $195,455
      award amount
    • 5R03HD110812-02Department: NIH department code
      A cell model of YARS2-associated childhood-onset mitochondrial disease

      Principal investigators: Ya-Ming Hou (contact PI), Lorraine Iacovitti

      $84,144
      award amount
  2. Richard T Pomerantz

    Leads 3 awards · $1,966,022

    • 1R01CA283323-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Development of Best-in-Class Pol-Theta Inhibitors

      Principal investigators: Richard T Pomerantz (contact PI), Wayne E Childers

      $712,514
      award amount
    • 1R35GM152198-01Department: NIH department code
      Novel Mechanisms and Regulation of Mammalian Double-Strand Break Repair
      $629,912
      award amount
    • 1R01CA279364-01A1Department: NIH department code
      A Next-Generation Nucleoside Prodrug for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

      Principal investigators: Richard T Pomerantz (contact PI), Christine M. Eischen

      $623,596
      award amount
  3. Diane E Merry

    Leads 3 awards · $1,573,239

    • 2R37NS108114-06A1Department: NIH department code
      The role of the AR interactome in SBMA
      $704,752
      award amount
    • 5T32GM144302-03Department: NIH department code
      Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences

      Principal investigators: Diane E Merry (contact PI), Jeffrey L Benovic

      $439,487
      award amount
    • 1R21NS139090-01Department: NIH department code
      The mechanism and role of androgen receptor Serine 16 phosphorylation in SBMA
      $429,000
      award amount
  4. Christine M. Eischen

    Leads 2 awards · $866,749

    • 5R01DE033025-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating a new vulnerability in oral squamous cell carcinoma
      $511,509
      award amount
    • 5R01CA236853-05Department: NIH department code
      BCLW in lymphoma survival and resistance to targeted BCL2 family therapies
      $355,240
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01CA279364-01A1, led by Richard T Pomerantz.

  5. Anna Pluciennik

    Leads 3 awards · $830,266

    • 5R01NS118082-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of triplet repeat instability in Huntington's disease
      $378,300
      award amount
    • 5R01GM144553-02Department: NIH department code
      Crosstalk between DNA repair pathways in repeat instability
      $312,000
      award amount
    • 3R01GM144553-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Crosstalk between DNA repair pathways in repeat instability
      $139,966
      award amount
  6. Yohei Kirino

    Leads 2 awards · $821,956

    • 1R01HL175371-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of tRNA- and rRNA-derived RNAs in acute lung injury

      Principal investigators: Yohei Kirino (contact PI), Deepak A Deshpande

      $626,956
      award amount
    • 5R21AI171366-02Department: NIH department code
      Endogenous single-stranded RNA ligands for endosomal Toll-like receptors
      $195,000
      award amount
  7. Lin Guo

    Leads 2 awards · $780,000

    • 4R01NS121143-02Department: NIH department code
      Developing RNA Oligonucleotides to Mitigate Abberant FUS Phase Transition in FTD/ALS
      $390,000
      award amount
    • 5R35GM138109-05Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Mechanism in the Regulation of RNA-binding Protein Phase Separation
      $390,000
      award amount
  8. Erik Debler

    Leads 2 awards · $622,852

    • 5R01AI165840-03Department: NIH department code
      Chromatin Biology of the African Trypanosome
      $528,915
      award amount
    • 3R01AI165840-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Chromatin Biology of the African Trypanosome
      $93,937
      award amount
  9. Qiaoli Li

    Leads 2 awards · $602,226

    • 1R01DK136992-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Hypercalciuria and Abnormal Bone in the Genetic Hypercalciuric Stone-Forming Rats

      Principal investigators: Qiaoli Li (contact PI), David A Bushinsky

      $430,626
      award amount
    • 1R21AR084212-01Department: NIH department code
      Gene Therapy for PXE: Breaking the Barrier of Ectopic Calcification
      $171,600
      award amount
  10. Dmitry Temiakov

    Leads 1 award · $544,190

    • 2R35GM131832-06Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Transcription and Replication
      $544,190
      award amount
  11. Steven B. McMahon

    Leads 1 award · $519,475

    • 5R01ES033197-03Department: NIH department code
      METTL3 in chromium-induced angiogenesis and carcinogenesis
      $519,475
      award amount
  12. Emad S Alnemri

    Leads 1 award · $515,961

    • 5R01AR078440-04Department: NIH department code
      Caspase-1 Activation by the Inflammasomes
      $515,961
      award amount
  13. Fadia Fayez Ibrahim

    Leads 2 awards · $424,650

    • 5R01GM149825-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism for post-transcriptional gene regulation by Ribothrypsis
      $327,600
      award amount
    • 3R01GM149825-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism for post-transcriptional gene regulation by Ribothrypsis
      $97,050
      award amount
  14. Philip B Wedegaertner

    Leads 1 award · $312,000

    • 5R01GM138943-04Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Mutationally Activated Gq/11
      $312,000
      award amount
  15. Michael Soniat

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 5R00AG066938-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of Werner syndrome helicase in genome stability and aging
      $248,999
      award amount
  16. Zheng Ruan

    Leads 1 award · $241,529

    • 4R00NS128258-03Department: NIH department code
      Structural and Functional Studies on Proton-activated Chloride (PAC) Channel
      $241,529
      award amount
  17. Lily Thompson

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31ES036105-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the impact of oxidative stress on centromere integrity
      $48,974
      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.

  • Wayne E Childers

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA283323-01A1, led by Richard T Pomerantz

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

  • Deepak A Deshpande

    Co-investigator on 1R01HL175371-01, led by Yohei Kirino

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Ben Shen

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI164490-04, led by Ya-Ming Hou

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Jeffrey L Benovic

    Co-investigator on 5T32GM144302-03, led by Diane E Merry

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

  • David A Bushinsky

    Co-investigator on 1R01DK136992-01A1, led by Qiaoli Li

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

  • Lorraine Iacovitti

    Co-investigator on 5R03HD110812-02, led by Ya-Ming Hou

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