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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

Funding
$10.7M
$10,692,550
Awards
25
FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
18
15 lead a grant here, 3 co-investigators
Department rank
#29
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 Thomas Jefferson 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.

  1. Richard T Pomerantz

    Leads 3 awards · $2,059,378

    • 5R35GM152198-03Department: NIH department code
      Novel Mechanisms and Regulation of Mammalian Double-Strand Break Repair
      $741,972
      award amount
    • 5R01CA283323-03Department: NIH department code
      Development of Best-in-Class Pol-Theta Inhibitors

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

      $693,810
      award amount
    • 5R01CA279364-03Department: 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

  2. Yohei Kirino

    Leads 3 awards · $1,278,917

    • 5R01HL175371-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of tRNA- and rRNA-derived RNAs in acute lung injury

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

      $614,417
      award amount
    • 5R35GM156496-02Department: NIH department code
      Biogenesis and function of cyclic phosphate-containing RNAs
      $429,000
      award amount
    • 1R21AI196695-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular factors governing the biogenesis and release of short immunostimulatory RNAs
      $235,500
      award amount

  3. Anna Pluciennik

    Leads 3 awards · $1,098,088

    • 2R56NS118082-06Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of triplet repeat instability in Huntington's disease
      $539,089
      award amount
    • 5R01GM144553-04Department: NIH department code
      Crosstalk between DNA repair pathways in repeat instability
      $312,000
      award amount
    • 1R35GM164179-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular systems that modulate nucleic acid repeat instabilities
      $246,999
      award amount

  4. Diane E Merry

    Leads 2 awards · $936,535

    • 5R37NS108114-08Department: NIH department code
      The role of the AR interactome in SBMA
      $613,042
      award amount
    • 5T32GM144302-05Department: NIH department code
      Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences

      Principal investigators: Diane E Merry (contact PI), Philip B Wedegaertner

      $323,493
      award amount

  5. Ya-Ming Hou

    Leads 2 awards · $798,383

    • 5R01HG013302-03Department: NIH department code
      Twice reading of RNA by direct nanopore sequencing
      $685,815
      award amount
    • 3R01HG013302-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Twice reading of RNA by direct nanopore sequencing
      $112,568
      award amount

  6. Zheng Ruan

    Leads 2 awards · $668,761

    • 1R35GM165475-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Molecular Basis of LRP5/6-mediated canonical Wnt signaling
      $419,762
      award amount
    • 5R00NS128258-05Department: NIH department code
      Structural and Functional Studies on Proton-activated Chloride (PAC) Channel
      $248,999
      award amount

  7. Dmitry Temiakov

    Leads 2 awards · $581,191

    • 5R35GM131832-08Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Transcription and Replication
      $544,190
      award amount
    • 3R35GM131832-08S1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Transcription and Replication
      $37,001
      award amount

  8. Christine M. Eischen

    Leads 1 award · $521,948

    • 5R01DE033025-04Department: NIH department code
      Investigating a new vulnerability in oral squamous cell carcinoma
      $521,948
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA279364-03, led by Richard T Pomerantz.

  9. Steven B. McMahon

    Leads 1 award · $519,475

    • 5R01ES033197-05Department: NIH department code
      METTL3 in chromium-induced angiogenesis and carcinogenesis
      $519,475
      award amount

  10. Qiaoli Li

    Leads 1 award · $456,524

    • 5R01DK136992-03Department: NIH department code
      Hypercalciuria and Abnormal Bone in the Genetic Hypercalciuric Stone-Forming Rats

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

      $456,524
      award amount

  11. Philip B Wedegaertner

    Leads 1 award · $431,750

    • 1R35GM161509-01Department: NIH department code
      Cellular Regulation of Mutationally Activated G Proteins
      $431,750
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32GM144302-05, led by Diane E Merry.

  12. Lin Guo

    Leads 1 award · $429,000

    • 2R35GM138109-06Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Mechanism in the Regulation of RNA-binding Protein Phase Separation
      $429,000
      award amount

  13. Michael Soniat

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 5R35GM156956-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the mechanisms underlying DNA double-strand break repair
      $390,000
      award amount

  14. Fadia Fayez Ibrahim

    Leads 1 award · $327,600

    • 5R01GM149825-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism for post-transcriptional gene regulation by Ribothrypsis
      $327,600
      award amount

  15. Michael Jeffrey Root

    Leads 1 award · $195,000

    • 5R21AI191986-03Department: NIH department code
      Function of HIV-1 Env cytoplasmic tail domain
      $195,000
      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 5R01CA283323-03, 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 5R01HL175371-03, led by Yohei Kirino

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • David A Bushinsky

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK136992-03, led by Qiaoli Li

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